A father left 17 Camels as an Asset for his Three Sons.
When the Father passed away, his sons opened up the will.
The Will of the Father stated that the Eldest son should get Half of 17 Camels,
The Middle Son should be given 1/3rd of 17 Camels,
Youngest Son should be given 1/9th of the 17 Camels,
As it is not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the sons started to fight with each other.
So, they decided to go to a wise man.
The wise man listened patiently about the Will. The wise man, after giving this thought, brought one camel of his own & added the same to 17. That increased the total to 18 camels.
Now, he started reading the deceased father’s will.
Half of 18 = 9.
So he gave 9 camels
to the eldest son.
1/3rd of 18 = 6.
So he gave 6 camels
to the middle son.
1/9th of 18 = 2.
So he gave 2 camels
to the youngest son.
Now add this up:
9 + 6 + 2 = 17 &
This leaves 1 camel,
which the wise man took back.
MORAL: The attitude of negotiation & problem solving is to find the 18th camel i.e. the common ground. Once a person is able to find the common ground, the issue is resolved. It is difficult at times.... :)
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Outrage after United Airlines refuses Muslim woman Diet Coke - because can 'could be used as a WEAPON
A Muslim chaplain and director of interfaith engagement at Northwestern University, Ahmad, 31, was traveling Friday from Chicago to Washington for a conference promoting dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian youths. She was wearing a headscarf, or hijab.
For hygienic reasons, she asked for an unopened can of soda, she said. The flight attendant told her that she could not give her one but then handed an unopened can of beer to a man seated nearby. Ahmad questioned the flight attendant.
"We are unauthorized to give unopened cans to people because they may use it as a weapon on the plane," she recalled the flight attendant telling her.
I am sitting on a United airlines flight in the air 30,000ft above and I am in tears of humiliation from discrimination....
United spokesman Charles Hobart said a flight attendant had tried several times to accommodate Ahmad's beverage request but that there was a "misunderstanding."
Hobart did not elaborate on the so-called misunderstanding but said United officials spoke to the chaplain Saturday afternoon to "get a better understanding" of what happened and to apologize for "for not delivering the service our customers expect when traveling with us."
On Facebook, Ahmad wrote that she was "truly disappointed" with the airline's response, which she said "disregarded and trivialized" the discrimination she experienced.
"I have not received a written sincere apology for the pain and hurt I experienced as a result of the discrimination and hateful words towards me," she wrote. "This is not about a can of soda."
From A Balika Vadhu To A CEO of MNC
A woman, who once attempted suicide to escape caste discrimination, poverty and physical abuse, becomes the CEO of a multi-million dollar company.
Born into a Dalit family in Maharashta, Kalpana Saroj was bullied at school. Some of her friend’s parents did not let her in their homes, and she was not even allowed to participate in some school activities. She was forced into marriage at the age of 12. She moved to Mumbai to be with her husband who was 10 years older, but was shocked to find herself living in a slum.
She was treated very badly by her husband’s elder brother and his wife. When her father visited her in Mumbai, he was shocked to see his daughter emaciated and wearing torn clothes and took her back home. Many villagers were suspicious of her return, viewing Kalpana as a failure.
She tried to ignore the judgmental comments thrown at her, focusing instead on getting a job. She learnt tailoring as a way to make money. At the age of 16, she moved back to Mumbai to stay with an uncle and work as a tailor. She began by earning less than 30 rupees a month, but tirelessly learnt how to operate industrial sewing machines, and as a result saw her income rise. She took a government loan to open a furniture business and expand her tailoring work. Her reputation led to her being asked to take over the running of a metal engineering company, Kamani Tubes, which was in massive debt. By restructuring the company, she turned things around.Now, Kamani Tubes is a growing business, worth more than $100m. Kalpana Saroj was awarded the Padma Shri for Trade and Industry in 2013.
“If you give your heart and soul to your job and never give up, things can happen for you.” - Kalpana Saroj
Service tax hiked from 12.36% to 14%
Service tax rate has been hiked from 12.4% to 14% effective from today(June 1).
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget had proposed to raise service tax from 12.36 per cent (including education cess) to 14 per cent.
The tax is levied on all services, expect a small negative list. Some of the key services that will attract higher tax and hence become costlier are: railways, airlines, banking, insurance, advertising, architecture, construction, credit cards, event management and tour operators.
Jaitley had proposed to raise the service tax rate to 14 per cent to facilitate a smooth transition to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, which the government wants to roll out from April 2016.
Once implemented, GST will subsume service tax, excise and other local levies.
"To facilitate a smooth transition to levy of tax on services by both the Centre and the States, it is proposed to increase the present rate of service tax plus education cesses from 12.36 per cent to a consolidated rate of 14 per cent," Jaitley had said in Budget speech.
Education cess, which is levied on service tax, will be subsumed in the service tax rate with effect from June 1.
Although the Budget also proposed a 2 per cent Swachh Bharat cess on selected services, the government is yet to come out with a notification in this regard.
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