Even as Muthiah replied, "I am fine, Sir," his eyes reflexively looked at his wrist watch.
"When did I come to Coimbatore? I am departing from Coimbatore! I have got just five minutes for you. Please don't offer me coffee or tea. I have to catch my flight. I have squeezed in a few minutes just to see all of you" said Arulmozhi, as he stepped into the house. He turned to Muthiah and said, "Only five minutes, precisely."
Muthiah nodded his head and went out.
Arulmozhi spent exactly five minutes talking to his relatives and came out of the house. He joined Muthiah, who was anxiously waiting for him outside the house. Both walked fast to the car.
After getting into the car, Arulmozhi looked at his watch and asked Muthiah, "Hope we can make it to the airport in time."
Muthiah nodded his head, more in hope than in certainty and said reluctantly, "Sir, I am aware of your habit of visiting your relatives living in the places we travel to, on business. But today, the time was quite tight. That was why I expressed my reservation when you started for this place."
"Most of my relatives are poor. I am the only person who became a businessman and attained a higher economic status. But I want to be intimate with all of my relatives. They are understandably reluctant to move with me, daunted by my higher economic status. It only for the purpose of removing their reluctance and making them feel comfortable to move with me as a relative that I have been visiting my relatives as often as I can and keeping my relationship with them strong" said Arulmozhi.
Section 2
Assessing Before Acting
peRRaththAl peRRa payan.
Verse 523
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