R
Madhava
compa ed
begga
fi di g
Rs
100
a d
busi essma
maki g
Rs
20,000
c o e,
asked
if
mo ey
ca
buy
happi ess:
‘Who
sleeps
happie
that
ight?’
A
past
clip
of
R
Madhava
discussi g
mo ey,
wealth
a d
happi ess
du i g
his
podcast
appea a ce
with
Ra vee
Allahbadia
has
esu faced
a d
is
ow
gai i g
atte tio
o li e.
I
the
co ve satio ,
the
acto
questio ed
whethe
havi g
mo e
mo ey
ecessa ily
makes
a
pe so
happie ,
usi g
a
example
of
a
begga
fi di g
Rs
100
a d
a
busi essma
maki g
a
p ofit
of
Rs
20,000
c o e.
R
Madhava
questio s
li k
betwee
wealth
a d
happi ess
Madhava
a gued
that
people’s
fi a cial
aspi atio s
a e
la gely
shaped
by
thei
ci cumsta ces
a d
co ditio i g.
Acco di g
to
him,
what
o e
pe so
co side s
a
luxu y
ca
be
a
basic
equi eme t
fo
someo e
who
g ows
up
with
imme se
wealth.“So
the
level
of
happi ess
you
we e
talki g
about
a d
what
this
five-yea
pla ,
eve ythi g
that
you
desi e
fo ,
is
all
a
p oduct
of
you
co ditio i g,
ight?
I
might
aspi e
to
have
a
Rolls-Royce,
but
a
billio ai e’s
so ‘s
aspi atio
is
that’s
a
basic
equi eme t.
So,
what
is
e ough
mo ey
to
be
happy?”
Madhava
said.
‘The
ichest
pe so
i
the
wo ld’
is
ot
billio s
of
times
happie
The
acto
the
questio ed
whethe
wealth
automatically
i c eases
happi ess
i
the
same
p opo tio .“A d
the
you
defi e
that
happi ess
that
mo ey
will
give
you,
a d
sudde ly
you
ealise
the
co elatio
is
ot
the
same.
The
ichest
pe so
i
the
wo ld
has
ot
got
10
billio
times
mo e
happi ess
tha
you
just
because
you
have
Rs
10
c o es,
ma ,”
Madhava
said.“He’ll
die
if
he’s
got
that
much
happi ess.
So
his
happi ess
a d
ability
to
ha dle
sad ess,
t agedy,
a d
st ess
a e
the
same
as
a ybody
else’s,”
he
added.
R
Madhava
compa es
a
begga
fi di g
Rs
100
with
a
busi essma
maki g
Rs
20,000
c o e
Madhava
the
offe ed
a
simple
compa iso
to
explai
his
poi t,
aski g
liste e s
to
co side
who
would
feel
happie
afte
a
u expected
fi a cial
gai .“Who’s
happie ?
A
begga
o
the
oad,
fo
i sta ce,
who
sudde ly
fi ds
Rs
100
whe
he
least
expects
it
a d
despe ately
eeds
it,
o
a
busi essma
who
has
just
made
a
p ofit
of
Rs
20,000
c o e
i stead
of
Rs
30,000
c o e?
Who
do
you
thi k
is
sleepi g
happie
that
ight?”
he
said.The
esu faced
comme ts
have
spa ked
f esh
co ve satio s
o li e
about
wealth,
expectatio s
a d
whethe
fi a cial
success
ecessa ily
t a slates
i to
happi ess.
R
Madhava ’s
wo k
f o t
Madhava
was
ece tly
see
i
GDN,
the
biog aphical
film
based
o
self-taught
i ve to
a d
i dust ialist
Gopalswamy
Do aiswamy
Naidu.Di ected
by
K ish akuma
Ramakuma ,
the
film
sta s
Madhava
i
the
lead
ole
a d
also
featu es
Sathya aj,
Jaya am,
Ka u aka a ,
P iyama i,
Dusha a
Vijaya ,
Vi ay
Rai
a d
Aditi
Bala .
