Everyone of us must have heard/read about the three wise monkeys, cliched in India as "Gandhiji ke teen bandar". To break the popular notion, they aren't Gandhiji ke bandar. If the monkeys had to chose a patron, they'd probably pick Confucius over Gandhi. Unlike the lions in our emblem, these three wise monkeys have their own names (credited to some etymological misinterpretation of course), Mizaru (who sees no evil), Kikazaru (who hears no evil) and Iwazaru (who speaks no evil).They embody a philosophy of living. A philosophy that most strive to live by. Mizaru is a personal favourite, not simply because the name is much simpler to say, but i find him more intriguing. "See no evil". Three simple words, yet so profound. What do they mean? Does it mean, we blind ourselves to all evil? Or does it mean Bear no evil? The monkey misguides us, we are tempted to ape him. Will evil reduce if we blind ourselves to it? Well our perception of it may change, bu...
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