Niceties and Nuances

Niceties and Nuances

Ever wondered how the linguistics has a got a relation with a person's growth and development.
Even as i use many a similiar meaning words in the sentance above and as a title for my blog, I think to myself if the subtle difference in their meanings can bring all that difference in the world around myself.
Well, it does.
I recall that tuition class of Mr Ashok Gupta, my maths teacher during the IIT preparatory years, who once wrote down some equation and while elaborating on it's meaning, went on to say the Pride and Confidence have a very fine difference:- that of Hardwork.
What this recall did tell me was that , for both, Pride and for Confidence, there is just one word in Hindi language:- Garv. 'Ghamand' is a latter day corruption of the concept, which, still, fails to explain us, the students, how one is different from another.
Look at the list below and let's see if we know how to differ between the two:-

1. Morality, Ethics and Religion:- Hindi language keeps mostly one word to talk of all three: 'Dharma'
2. Pride, Confidence and Overconfidence:- Garv , in hindi
3. Faith, Belief and Confidence:- Vishwas, in Hindi
4. Growth and Development:- Vikas , in hindi
5. Niceties and Nuances :- Bareeki, in hindi/ Urdu
6. Safety and Security:- Surakhsha , in Hindi
7. Rules and Regulations :- Niyam , in hindi. Often used with Kanoon too, which is Urdu perhaps but definitely not Hindi. In any case, can any one differ out the two??
8. Concept and Understanding:- Samajh, in Hindi/Urdu
9. Brain and Mind:- Buddhi , in Hindi
10. Intimacy and Secrecy : Gaupniya, in Hindi

There are many more. Add to the list if someone remembers something like it.

Model of business around transportation by sea

Business and laws


Business model of Sea Transport



When I look at the above diagram, I tend to wonder how small is the position of every person in the whole circle of business.
The bold yellow highlighter indicates us, the sea farers, and our ship. the red denotes the Cargo, whole purpose of a merchant ship and seafarer's existence.
The Bold Green reversible arrow line indicates 'Trade'.
What's trade? I wonder in a real philosophical sense. The very meaning of existence of human beings. The crunch of our society and all our relations.
Oh ho ho. It's only trade-by-sea that serves the seafarer's purpose, but that doesn't mean that 'only' that all is Trade. Trade in its more diverse forms is everywhere. That is why I say, Trade is in all human exchanges..
And then , as the great Kautilya puts it, in Arthshastra, "There can be no human relation without self-interest." It's trade.
And then look at all those laws that apply to that small entity of this big cris-cross world, the contractual laws, and all that in the list, lower down.
How will that common man, as a sea-farer, live all those laws?? So much of it.
Dharma becomes his only shelter to live life with peace.To live awakened, knowledge-gaining, quiet, and recluse. ...Never know what law may slay him down when.
So much powerless and so much beseiged by compilations of law, we are, we all.
Some of them for our safety only, but still crushing us down with their weight for their good application. That's the irony.
And then I think of Arjun in the battlefield. Dharma and bhagvad make more sense now than before.
To deliver the idealism of Ram in this huge, complex world of business is what is the pragmatism of Krishna, the lesson of Dharma.

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