Religion is business, BIG business. And this is a truly secular statement of a fact. Whether one is a Hindu, a Muslim, a Christian or anything at all, there's tonnes of money to be made... No?
So, to reiterate, entirely unnecessarily, merely for effect - religion is BIG business.
Perhaps - in fact, almost certainly - religion, in pure "turnover" terms must be much, much bigger than my sector, which is insurance.
And so, having set that "background", let me look at a mirror to my own actions...
There I was, earlier last month, in the first week of March, flying out to Delhi on an overnight trip. Business beckoned, I chose to travel. (Also, spent a fantastic evening with a very dear friend, catching up on old times)
A week later, again a business trip, this time down to Chennai, and once again, did not miss the opportunity to meet a couple of very dear friends...
All this while Corona was in the air... I flew, I met clients, I met friends, stayed with relatives, etc.
On return, both times, it was life as usual AND business as usual...
I am (as of now) not a Covid "case" (and, hopefully, won't be) and hopefully I haven't passed on the virus to anyone else...
Now, compare this with the "irresponsible idiots" who went to Nizamuddin Markaz... They, too, went for "work", no?
Or, compare us with the (allegedly) "massive" rally that the BJP took out in Gwalior to welcome a certain Mr Scindia into the fold...
I cannot resist quoting one of the most spectacularly famous "men of god", a certain Jesus of Nazareth
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