In the weekly column in the Hindustan Times of October 26, 1991, Khushwant Singh, a noted Indian journalist, wrote about the late Charnajit Singh, who was a prominent industrialist who bought over innumerable businesses ranging from soft drinks to furniture, as well as acquiring valuable properties within the country and abroad, including a large hotel in London. A whole fleet of the latest cars was always at his service.
However, he found it difficult to manage this vast business empire. Ultimately, the strain and tension proved too much for him, and he died before he was 51.
Man is never satisfied. That is because human nature is not one of contentment. By his very nature, man desires an unlimited world for himself. That being so, everyone continues in his own sphere to strive towards that end. But finally, when his capabilities fail him, the realisation comes to him that his ‘limitless world’ cannot be constructed in this life. Craving for the limitless, he becomes the victim of his own limitations.
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