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Union Budget 2021: Art of hiding the truth -Jyotsna Jha

-Deccan Herald

Many of us have grown hearing the story of how Dronacharya is slain in the Mahabharata by a half-truth

Many of us have grown hearing the story of how Dronacharya is slain in the Mahabharata by a half-truth. On Krishna’s advice, Bhima kills an elephant that bears the same name as Ashwattama, Drona’s son, and Yudhishtira announces that Ashwattama, Drona’s son, and Yudhishtira announces that Ashwattama, the elephant, is dead, as Krishna blows the conch loudly to drown out the words “the elephant.” Filled with grief, Drona lays down his weapons. Seizing the opportunity, Dhrishtadyumna beheads Drona.

Whether it was an ethically and morally justifiable act to deceive Drona thus continues to be debated even today, but it is accepted that it was a brilliant way of hiding the truth. The Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seems to have taken this lesson well.

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