Pittsburgh Patrika January 2022

The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol. 27 No 2, January 2022
All the participants at the end of the program (2019).
and support to cover the $16,500 expenses. We have been supported for
the past decade by the Srinivasa Prasad International Foundation for the
Performing Arts (SPIFPA). Please support our efforts by reaching out
to Dhirana’s Sponsorship Chairs, Stuthi Iyer and Roma Usgoankar,
at dhirana.sponsorship@gmail.com, and take a look at our Sponsorship
Packet at shorturl.at/pzMW2.
We hope that you will join us on Saturday February 19th, 2022, at
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. Please follow us on Facebook or
stay updated at dhirana.com for ticket sales and updates! •
Cynically Sublime — The Power of Wealth
Almost instinctively, people in all societies at all times throughout history
have pursued wealth, often single-mindedly. We cannot blame them, for
this is how some of the great minds cynically looked at wealth:
• He who has wealth is deemed noble, a scholar, proficient in the
scriptures, discerner of tastes, an eloquent speaker, and attractive
to even look at. All qualities are dependent on wealth.
• Wealth is class, wealth is beauty, wealth is learning, wealth is fame,
What can those deprived of wealth aspire to?
• Good qualities are attained by wealth, not wealth by good qualities.
The wealthy ones are served by the ones with good qualities, not
the other way around.
• The old, the famous, the learned, the skilled, the valorous, the ones
well-versed in the scriptures, poets, noble men, all look at the wealthy
and declare, “May you be victorious. May you live long!”
• The poor are loathed in their own homes. The rich have affectionate
relatives even in the other worlds.
Can you guess who is the author for each of the above? E-mail thepatrika@aol.com
for the answer. — By KSV •
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