Saw a piece of news from USA that Jeffrey Epstein has committed
suicide inside
his jail.
I had not heard about him but out of curiosity, searched the web
for his name. Got to know that he was a multi-millionaire before being accused
of child sex trafficking charges and sent to jail. And the Wikipedia article tells more about his background:
Jeffrey was son of a gardener, grew up in working class
locality and attended public schools.
As his first job, he taught physics and mathematics at a
school, and it is there that he impressed CEO of Bear Stearns who was father of one of his students and got
a job offer. He joins Bear Stearns as a low-level junior assistant; shows great
talent and rises up the ranks; and in just 4 years he becomes a limited partner. But then he got fired for some policy violation. Then he starts his own consulting
firm; achieves great successes; and becomes a multimillionaire. He also did
philanthropy through his own foundation.
Then he is charged with taking a girl below age 18 for
prostitution. Hells breaks loose and he is accused by dozens in child
molestation cases. Serves a jail term and comes out. Then he is arrested again recently on
July 6, 2019, on charges for sex trafficking of minors. And today, he committed
suicide inside the jail.
From his humble background and struggles in early days, one
could think that he was a great success; until his true reality came out. All his
financial successes would be ignored; and his personal fallacy would always be
remembered whenever his name would be remembered. That is tragedy. This is why in India of earlier days,
elders always gave higher priority to character and lower to the financial
success. If a person has lots of money but no character, the person is sitting
on a ticking time bomb.
This is the lesson from the Jeffrey Epstein saga.
- Rahul Tiwary
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