THE SEVEN RUPEES
THE SEVEN RUPEES
My Father, a highly decorated Army Veteran, is a founding member of the Armed Forces Veterans Association at Chennai. The members keep exchanging mails of relevance. One such mail titled “The Seven Rupees” caught my attention. It highlights the need to be a PERSON OF VALUE that is so important in today’s context. We have much to learn from the simplicity and honesty of our Nobel Laureate Scientist Prof. Subrahmanyan Chandrashekhar.
The Nobel Laureate Prof C.V. Raman after retirement wished to
open a Research Institute in Bangalore.
So he gave an advertisement in the newspapers
for recruiting three physicists.
Lots of eager Scientists applied thinking that
even if they were not selected, they would at least get an opportunity to meet
the Nobel Laureate.
In the preliminary selection, five candidates
were selected & the final interview was to be taken by Prof. C V Raman
himself.
Three were selected out of the five.
Next day Prof. Raman was taking a walk &
found one young man waiting to meet him.
He realized that it was the same man who was not
selected.
The Prof asked him what was the problem & he
replied that there was no problem at all, but after finishing the interview the
office had paid him ₹7 extra than his claim & he wanted to return it.
But because the Accounts had closed, they could
not take back the amount & asked him to enjoy.
The man said that it is not right for him to
accept the money which did not belong to him.
Prof C V Raman told him, so you wish to return
the Rs 7 & he took the money from him.
After going few steps forward the Prof.
asked the young man to meet him the next day at 10.30 am. The man was happy
that he would get an opportunity to meet the great man again.
When he met the Prof. next day the Nobel
Laureate told the young man "Son! You failed in the Physics test but you
have passed the honesty test. So I have created another post for you."
The young man was surprised & very happy to
join.
*Later on he too became a Nobel Laureate in
1983.This young man was Prof. Subrahmanyan Chandrashekhar (US Citizen of Indian
Origin)*
He has written a book on how the seven rupees
changed his life.
*This was how Honesty made a Great Scientist*.
*What is lacking in Talent can most often be
made up for, with Hard work, guidance & help from others, BUT, what is
lacking in Character & Values can’t be made up for with anything Ever!*
*Which is why Einstein said,“Don’t try to be a
person of Success, but always be a Person of Value!"*
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True! It's the values that we imbibe and reflect that counts...rest will follow.
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