Here lies the truth by IVPentothal

Honesty is the best policy
I was in 8th std then,it was our first CA class, None of us knew
 what CA meant, but we were supposed to talk on
 this topic, and funnilly none of us really knew the terms
honest ther. Not that we understand
 the terms in depth now but we are better acquainted with the
ramifications now than
 what we knew then,  We did have
 some of us talking on it, about it, and around it. I cannot now

 recall exactly what we talked about. But our teacher
 was n’t really unhappy about it, So it seemed okay.
I think we must  have talked about
 Harischandra the honest king, George Washington and the
woodcutter who lost his wood handled axe in the river. May be
 we just went blah blah about the need to be honest
 in all matters of life.”Honesty being the best policy” was
then considered to be an inviolate thing, not to be
talked of otherwise.
Now over years I have gained valuable inputs
 into these things the meaning of which were not very
 clear in those formative years. So today “Honesty” packs a
lot of punch and one is clear about its usage. It is of
 course very personal what meaning you attribute to it.
Let us take the case of Washington who had cut
a tree whether an apple tree or  a cherry tree or a
 peach tree is irrelevent, but the fact remains that it is
against all environmental safety measures and the perpetrator

 who ever it is would come under the scrutiny of law and I am
sure that George’s father would not be very keen for his
son to own up what he did though it might catapult him into
eternal fame as an honest youth. If it was in India the
 Muncipal Authorities would be at your door with all
embarrassing questions thereby sidelining honesty into a bylane.

 In this context it would be interesting to discuss a one act
play written and directed by Kader Khan for an inter
collegiate competition which won him an award after years of
 waiting”Badi dher kar dhee meherban aathe aathe”
 (The benefactor took a lot of time to arrive).It is about a
man trapped under a fallen tree who could not be
rescued in time because of all the red tapism and environmental
 issues involved in the  cutting of the already
fallen tree.
More about this in my regular column”Here lies
the truth” by IVPentothal.