Honesty is the best policy? Satyameva Jayate?

Imagine this……
Host presses the guest to have one more puri, just one laddu……….come on…one more helping of pulao…
The guest vehemently refuses………reluctantly takes the puri and the sweet
And manages to finish the meal
The host and the guest are quite satisfied with this interaction and the dinner is a success.
The host thinks…..we must take good care of the guest…….he expects us to force him to have more…let me force him
The guest thinks…….. I like this person...if I refuse the food he will feel bad...I must not hurt his feelings………ok, let me have some more…….

Have you seen the saas-bahu serials?
The little sister appreciates the jewel box. The sacrificing sister in law tells her that she can have it. The little sister protests weakly but the sister in law pushes the precious box into her hand. It is assumed that the bahu really did not mind the transaction and more important…the little sister really wanted the jewel box.
What if the little sister actually didn’t care…….and what if the bahu actually priced the box a lot?

That would be very ironic……right?

Do you think such second guessing happens only in serials and advertisements? Well, not really
We Indians are adept at saying what we do not mean……… As a result we also do not take what others say at face value

This makes the head reel

For we are often left in doubt……………does he mean what he says? We try to second guess, and often end up in a mess

The mother tells her extended joint family, she does not mind the cooking and the cleaning
The boss tells his assistant manager, the product must be ready for despatch in 30 days.
Both do not mean it.
The mother would rather take it easy and laze…… after all she has spent 35 years caring for the family.
The boss knows the product requires 60 days for completion…..anyway the manager never delivers on time

The daughter in law says………its Ok ma, I will help
The assistant manager says …….yes sir, the product will be ready
Both do not mean it
The daughter in law would rather hire a cook……..and spend precious time with the children before leaving for office
The manager has already decided that the product cannot be readied……..anyway we can always blame it on something later

Why do we complicate our lives? With whom will the buck stop?

Just for this week I will say exactly what I think………let me see if anything around me changes?
Don’t they always say? Honesty is the best policy