tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14284601.post716281744139572630..comments2024-02-02T11:40:07.429+05:30Comments on Evergreen Essays: Children of a marriage between money and cultureTusar Nath Mohapatrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12067509498066370100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14284601.post-48185244367992454502016-03-14T20:35:42.752+05:302016-03-14T20:35:42.752+05:30Source: http://gurcharandas.blogspot.in/2004/07/se...Source: http://gurcharandas.blogspot.in/2004/07/seriously-rich.html<br /><br />"We have a saying in North India, haveli ki umar saath saal, (the life of a business family is sixty years). The first generation makes the money and naturally wants to flaunt it, like Laxmi Mittal. The second doesn't want more money; it wants power, which might explain Anil Ambani's curious decision to join politics. Born into money and power, the third generation dedicates itself to art, or more likely just squanders the fortune. The Kennedys, Rockefellers, and others illustrate this cycle. Thomas Mann, the great German writer, made the same point in Buddenbrooks, my favourite novel about a business family. In this saga of three generations, the scruffy and astute patriarch works hard and makes the family fortune; his son becomes a senator; but his aesthetic and physically weak grandson only wants to play the violin; thus, a grand family comes to an end. This rule also explains why business families break up in the third generation."<br /><br />Related: http://gurcharandas.blogspot.in/2004/07/biblio-essay-medha-m-kudaisya-life-and.htmlTusar Nath Mohapatrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067509498066370100noreply@blogger.com