essay on "OLD IS GOLD" about 200-250 words
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“The Old is Gold” is an ancient proverb/saying and people use it off and on in day to day conversation or talk or discussion.
It is cited by someone when it is felt that the thing or material has become very old but its significance or property or quality remains the same or rather enhanced with the pace of time or period.
Its meaning will be clear if I tell you a very witty and interesting story.
Long, long ago there lived a very rich merchant in the city of Ujjain. The merchant was dealing in diamond only. He had spread his trade and business all over the neighbouring countries. He had three sons who were doing their own business in three cities of the country independently. All the sons were married and had their own families. They were the owners of what they possessed but they had equal share in father’s property too.
With the pace of time their father became very old and as when he fell sick. The physicians were consulted but of no avail, they said that due to overage the immunity physical power was reduced to the minimum due to which even the weaker bacteria and virus attacked him and consequently he fell sick off and on.
In their opinion ageing is a great problem in old age. It is an alarming situation and ends in death ultimately.
The merchant was of 87 years old. He suffered from pneumonia and left for heavenly abode.
Their sons hearing this sad news rushed to Ujjain. All the relatives and dear and near ones also arrived to take part in the last rites. But the sons were adamant to divide the father’s property equally first in presence of the dignitaries of the locality and only after that the dead body of their father would be cremated.
The total property was listed out as per the balance sheet of the sole trading concern in his father’s name and was equally distributed very soon to their entire satisfaction. Everyone was satisfied with whatever each got in share but the younger brother raised one problem.
The people asked, “Now there should not be any problem to take the dead body to the river bank for cremation. Let us stand up and take the “Arthi” on our shoulders.”
The younger brother stopped them unless or until the diamond ring that his father had had in his right ring finger was equally divided, if not broken into pieces at least according to its market price, he would not allow anybody to take the dead body of his father for cremation.
He asked someone to take out the “Kafan” and take out the ring from the finger. One trustworthy person while checking the finger, did not see the diamond ring in his right ring finger. He informed to one and all who were present there.
Another problem arose and everybody was looking at each other in suspicion and doubt.
Who has stolen it? The eldest son queried in surprise.
The middle brother announced firmly, “The dead body will remain at its place unless or until the real culprit was caught hold of or anyone who stole it knowingly or unknowingly came forward and confessed his crime.”
Once again the cremation was withheld sine die.
People started to find out the solution to this problem. None had adequate knowledge or experience to solve the problem or suggest any way out. One old man was sitting in one of the corners of the hall wherein people were discussing about the solution of the problem. Someone noticed him sitting alone keeping his head on his knees.
He asked him, “Can you able to recognize the thief who had stolen the father’s diamond ring?”
He replied in the negative but at the same time he asked him to search an elderly old man of about ninety years sitting under a Bunyan tree just one kilometre away from here in the right side. Now he will be there taking rest on the chabutra.
Two persons took a car and reached there. Seeing a very old person keeping his head under both knees and dosing, they stopped their car in front of the tree.
They approached the old man and requested him to help them in solving a great problem they have had in their family. They would apprise him of the detailed information when they reached their house.