What this billionaire means to us.Their name will fade with the passage of time. The man who was extremely rich became a FAKIR by choice and his name was Gautam Buddha.Even after several century of his death he is remembered with due respect across the globe.Another great person who abandoned his wealth & power was Emperor Ashok.
RE:billionaires
by Akash on Jun 28, 2007 03:34 PM
hmmm are you planning to gift your computer and your house and everything you have to the downtrodden right now and become a fakir? If not then you are not like Gautam Buddha:-) and all that you are saying is false . Money is extremely important in life and a fool and his money are soon parted.Earn, Earn honestly and if you become rich, it's up to you what you do with your money and if you don't earn stop criticizing others. Paisa ped pe nahin ugta kamaana padta hain
RE:billionaires
by Akash on Jun 28, 2007 03:38 PM
if it was ethically earned it's their's and they can do whatever they wish to do with it. If I take you computer and your house and all your belongings away so as to help the downtrodden people in this world, you would call it extortion wouldn't you? If they earn it they have it, and it's up to them what they do with their wealth. They spend the time and money and hardwork to earn that status rather than sitting idly and now if they are rich, it's their money.
RE:billionaires
by rahul on Jun 28, 2007 03:48 PM
well u can keep cribbing ur life out on such shit thinking thats why because of people like you ,the country never grows instead of getting inspired by these great people a idiot like u states examples of emperor ashok and gautam buddha which is centuries ago
actually the words determination , grit and "against all odds" dont mean much to indians like you( there may be a billion like you) thats why ur ego cannot actually accept the success of these great people
well according to you money is nothing , alright dude pay ur house bills with emotion or respect if thats not enough pay ur telephone bills and educate ur children by paying for their fees with honour and dignity
RE:billionaires
by reddy saisurendranath on Jun 29, 2007 03:12 AM
Buddhism is the only religion in the world which doesnt treat(Divide) its followers on colour, race and creed. This was the greatest religion ever evolved
RE:billionaires
by Kyon Bataon on Jun 30, 2007 03:54 PM
hello ... it is only because of these Idiots (1) Gautama Buddha & (2) Ashoka that India is confined only to India ... otherwise think guys, China and the whole of south east asia would have had same religion and think where India would have been? Have u ever pondered??
RE:billionaires
by jitendra biswal on Jun 29, 2007 03:47 AM
Well said Aftab, We present Indian are not worthy of those great prople's descendents. India nevers understand budhism properly. That is why it vanished from here and spread in rest of the world making them rich in spiritually and economically. Look at Japan,China,Korea etc ... Budhism should come back to India again ...
I know a person who became millionaire three times and went bancrupt three times. He also started from scrath and does not regret his present situation as he knows where he started.
Why are we all talking so much about money when all of us know that this is something which will not help us in leading our way to the heaven or hell so as our deeds will. We should concentrate more on our deeds and less on money.
RE:Money
by Pat Thakur on Jun 28, 2007 03:30 PM
Not 'WE' friend but Gossip Blogs like Rediff who are more interested in floating such Frivolous Topics because they want to publish self - congratulatory items afterwards - "Rediff Most PoPular Blog", "Rediff Most Widely Recognised Blog" etc. etc. by giving some spurious organisation's Survey Figures as evidence. And to add spice, they will stick 'US' to the organisation's name.
RE:Money
by Akash on Jun 28, 2007 03:27 PM
Deeds are important so is money, ask a starving or poor person to do good deeds first and then look for food what do you think should he do first? Well someone can do a good deed and feed the fellow but to do that deed he needs money to buy the food. Money brings independence and Money is extremely important alongside good deeds. Honest hard earned money that is.
RE:Money
by Bali Reddy on Jun 28, 2007 03:26 PM
how can u survive with out money...sub kuch bagawan diya to tum kya kar raha hai is duniya me...jat maar raha hai kya....start earning for urself and for ur family(dont tell them to depend on others or relatives)
RE:Money
by rahul on Jun 28, 2007 03:51 PM
dude not to offend you on this , why cant we think of what we can do in our life right now (god has send us to live right) and improve the life of people around you , be it your wife , kids etc only money can get them the standard and comfort of living man ,its not ur deeds its ur cash which counts in this big bad world , money can buy out any thing even happiness , what money cant buy is the togetherness you share with ur family , the emotions , happyness can be brought with money
RE:Money
by Srikanth Chundi on Jun 28, 2007 04:27 PM
Its better to be remembered be it good or bad rather than living sadu life aiming heaven(Which no one knows does it really exist) and not being remembered. Money and work you do with money is one of the ways which can make people remember you.
No one knows who r u(atleast I don't) and who am I, but many know who is Bill Gates/Ambani/Premzi/Donald Trump and lot others.
R they useful to society...just by having the money....yes they do hell lot of charity work which I can't even dream of even earning for myself.
Rich is one side of the story and the social work they do is the other side (They may not spend time but they will help the people who want to spend time)
All the Theresa foundations or many NPO are not possible without help of rich.
When u become rich you will automatically help people around you (Either wishfully/Forcefully to escape taxes) but end of Day you do good to the society and those are the ones who will remember you.
Finally who said all rich are bad for you to talk abt deeds etc., many rich people has gr8 principles in their lives ... Read abt Ratan Tata.
With due respect the billionaires I wish to only know how much time & money they have spent to remove the misery of people around the globe and whether the wealth was earned without being unethical?
RE:Being rich
by Akash on Jun 28, 2007 03:28 PM
if it was ethically earned it's their's and they can do whatever they wish to do with it. If I take you computer and your house and all your belongings away so as to help the downtrodden people in this world, you would call it extortion wouldn't you? If they earn it they have it, and it's up to them what they do with their wealth. They spend the time and money and hardwork to earn that status rather than sitting idly and now if they are rich, it's their money.
RE:RE:Being rich
by Akash on Jun 28, 2007 03:45 PM
Bill Gates created the computer from which you are writing this message Abdul, as far as I know Windows isn't about Porn Gambling or Intoxicants is it? and if it is then what are you doing on it right now?:-)
RE:Being rich
by rahul on Jun 28, 2007 04:01 PM
for ur info bill gates and melinda gates foundation has donated more than a billion dollars for the underpriveledged ,the worlds second richest man donated 3/4 of his entire life saving ( note : 34 billion dollars) to the underpriviledged ,you might not have donated even ur old pants in ur entire life
ethical or unethical , when it helps a thousand lives its ethical!!!!
RE:Being rich
by George Mankottil on Jun 30, 2007 10:04 AM
Billionaires make their billions and hundreds or thousands depend on them and earn their living. The billions they made will be left for the rest of us as they cannot carry it! Even if they dont give it, people will get it eventually. It is only a matter of time. Those of us who havent made the billions, let us wait patiently! Dont be jealous of those who do well in whatever they do! Wish them well.
RE:Being rich
by Srikanth Chundi on Jun 28, 2007 04:38 PM
They don't spend time but they donate money and thats why you have So many charity organizations across the world...without money you cannot run a charity organization even if you have enough time.
When you have money you will automatically do charity (Wishfully/"Forcefully to escape taxes"), so you will definately help society.
Tatas provides thousands of jobs,ambanis provide thousands of jobs, helping to build better society...stop blaming what rich are doing and you also start helping the ones below you.
How many times you donated money to any Charity organization.
RE:Money Gained By Peddling in Porn, Gambling and Alchohol, Cheating will be of no Benefit!
by ax jeyaprakash on Jun 28, 2007 03:11 PM
Hey abdul, Why bring allah ,prophet and islam into this article . If you want truth Find it now .There is no heaven where prophets ur mohammad and ur terrorists(martyrs) live . GOD is every where and all human souls will unite with GOD . All humans are part of GOD's soul and experience beauty ,truth ,Luv,Wealth,Richness ( all are GODs presence) in this world thru our intentions .You have the power to create what u want . I guess this is why muhammad wud have told u to pray 5 times to make ur intentions clear and believe it so that you will experience ur desire in this world. All other bakwas mullah , bullah , is not far from truth.
RE:RE:Money Gained By Peddling in Porn, Gambling and Alchohol, Cheating will be of no Benefit!
by ax jeyaprakash on Jun 28, 2007 03:18 PM
bakwas mullah is far from truth .
Knowledge through proper education is always good. I am sure all these billionaries who are school droupouts would definitely regret for not completing their education. Infact, if you ask them whether they would like their kids to have degree/professional qualification, they would definitely say yes because knowledge through education provides them with upperhand to understand the business better.
Earning money through entreprneur skills, becoming billionaries , etc. is always related to one's ability. Here, see the percentage of successful billionaires who are droupouts to the total droupouts of the whole world. Its very less.
I feel that the comparision of education with few billionaries ( who are droup outs ) is meaningless.
U can also have people like Mr.Narayan Moorthy, Mr.Lakshmi Mittal, Mr.Kumaramangalam Birla, etc. who are all well educated and that having busiess skills.
RE:money .......
by Bali Reddy on Jun 28, 2007 03:19 PM
u r right Mr Ganesh....education is important in life not mandatory to achieve big in life..these self made billionaries are in this position by sacrificing their childhood,happiness,desires and education(couldn't afford) etc...
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by Rajendra Deshpande on Jun 28, 2007 03:46 PM
There is some relation about creating wealth and school/college dropout. India's greatest wealth creator Dhirubhai Ambani was also school dropout. It is very difficult to conclusive but I think so called education teaches limitation in all aspect and it reduces risk taking ability of the person, high risk high gain. But it doesn't mean somebody should be foolish while taking the risk, person should be able to catch the nerve of the business and if you are able to do it then degree/education doesn't matter, what we learn from books is practised succesfully by these great people and some time they add new rule to it. We must salute to their innovative ideas and ability to think of future. That is what I want to say.
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by krishnan viswanathan on Jun 28, 2007 04:15 PM
Rajendra, According to me education is having knowledge. Knowledge is power which one has with himself throught out his life.
Risk taking, having nerve of the busiess,ability to think of future etc. is the skill of at individual level.I dont think by having education any of your inbuilt skill diminishes. A nation always progresses through literacy. The fact is that u have more crimes and criminals is because they r not educated /school dropouts...u can say they may be unsuccessful in business..having no option...they resort to crimes, etc.
Consider the cases with other developed countries.
Lastly, Dhirubhai Ambani himself though school dropout ensured that his kids got the best education. See, with education they are taking reliance to new level ( global ) alongwith all top class professional working for them. See now what u say
RE:money .......
by rahul on Jun 28, 2007 03:55 PM
the education scene is a totally different topic dude and IN THE END ALL U HAVE TO DO IS EARN MONEY TO SUPPORT UR FAMILY , do it by being educated or otherwise
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by anil chadha on Jun 28, 2007 03:14 PM
try to be happy for others and dont always try to find some thing negetive in every damm thing.
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by Rajesh shukla on Aug 15, 2009 12:05 AM
Hi everone it is great to discuss of some body who has attain the highest objective of lifE.We need to spread the real value and meaning of Human life through YG.
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by Krishnan Eswaran on Jun 28, 2007 03:16 PM
I sympathize with those who replied to Vishwanathan's comment. Show me one human being who took all the money he had to the grave. Even Dawood Ibrahim made money, and even a beggar makes money. So what? But what's the use of telling you all thense things? One needs to be educated to understand it.
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by Srikanth Chundi on Jun 28, 2007 04:45 PM
To become rich you need financial intelligence....by earning degree in science fromm IIT's and MIT's doesn't make you rich unless you don't have financial education.
They know where to put money and where not, they know what is the level of risk taking...all this things will not be taught in any schools...its the financial IQ which they develop reading different cases and noticing people around them.
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by krishnan viswanathan on Jun 28, 2007 03:07 PM
People like u can always criticise others without any substantiate arguments. I liked being criticised becaz, I beleive in what I write and probably u r jealous becaz neither have anything to write ...just having negative energy will land u nowhere. Not probably .....but surely u are below ordinary man.
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by Bali Reddy on Jun 28, 2007 03:16 PM
born again in a poor family..there is no money to have food,shelter,clothing...then you'll stop educating these jealous guys with your bashan... earn money with strong smart skills not education yaar.
RE:money .......
by krishnan viswanathan on Jun 28, 2007 03:38 PM
for me education is to have knowledge.....with knowledge and skills i will earn what i can... post education how i utlise my skill to earn is relevant....in life u can have thousand execuses for failure...
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by Vijay on Jun 29, 2007 08:01 AM
In your education courses you only learned what these "uneducated" guys did in their lives. So who is better educated you or they??
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by Prof. Vilas Shah on Jun 28, 2007 03:36 PM
I agree on education part but I think we are missing one common link in all these stories. All these people must have made it big in big cities. you can earn money only from where it exists. vilas
Great and inspiring. That is the way hard work, imagination and determination work. Nothing to inherit except ones own merit. Take charge and then shoot to the stars!
RE:From scratch; to the stars
by Sachin Dhariwal on Jun 28, 2007 02:55 PM
yes.. one should also keep in mind, that this happens only in capitalist countries. Im sure, most of the billionaris from scratch are from countires whose guiding principle is democracy, which itself opporutunity for hard work, imagination and deetermination. I havnt heard these stories coming from GULF, Russia, and China before liberlisation. This is the power of democracy and we should feel fortunate to be in one of the democracy of the world.
no school, college or uni can teach the art of doing busines;one is born with it! and if you look at it closley, any school or college just prepares one to be qualified with a degree in order to get a GOOD JOB!! business is in the blood.. not all can take risk, therefore, not all are billionaires or millionaires..
What really matters to amass a good fortune is right decision at right time and a passion to excell. All these personalities have just prove that. Nice articles.............
it is indeed great to know school droputs are leading tycoons of this world, it is not only because of the failure in studies, these people take more risk and hardwork and bit of luck.
RE:great
by nicholas praneeth on Jun 28, 2007 05:08 PM
Kind of..They know what their surrounding needs..rather than go to school/college and get into some job..
