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    We live in times where the most successful mangers are graduates of engineering and business schools - institutes that value measurement over human emotions. And that reflects in how many successful professionals treat their parents at home.

    Shravan Kumar carried his parents in a basket to every pilgrim site in India. This story, which forms part of the Ramayana, is told by every Indian parents to illustrate what a good child, or rather good son, is supposed to be. But reality is often the opposite. The Takkala Jataka tells the story of the Buddha who at a young age starts digging a grave for his parents, after he observes his father digging a grave for his grandparents, while they
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