Saurabh Mukherjea talking to Nandita Rajhansa on his book Behold the Leviathan: The Unsual Rise of Modern India and dropping a suggestion on how to live your life.
A lot of people in our country like sukh shanti, I don’t blame them, if you live in a city like Bombay or Bangalore, jahan perpetual churn hai, perpetual traffic hai, sar kaa phodi hai, you like sukh shanti.
Sukh shanti waale jag pe holiday karna hai, right. Karma bhoomi aapki chaos main honi chahiye, holiday aapki sukh shanti main honi chahiye. Don’t mix the two. For Christ’s sake don’t try to setup your karma bhoomi in a country with sukh shanti because phir barbaadi aapko bahut kareebi se dekhne milega. Live in chaos, holiday in peace and that way you will have a great life, you will compound your wealth and have a fulfilling life. India is a definition of chaos and that’s why India rocks.
This made me chuckle. Of course you need to survive the pollution and traffic first.