A Case of Break in History

A Case of Break in History After a successful career in business he committed a serious mistake. In June 2012 a US jury convicted Mr. Gupta of conspiracy and securities fraud related to his passing on confidential information on Goldman Sachs. He received a two-year jail term and was ordered to pay a fine of $5 million from a US judge. Apparently, his career was finished on this date. In his six-minute statement before being sentenced, Rajat Gupta said: “I have lost my reputation that I have built over a lifetime.” Rajat Gupta was quite right in giving this statement. I would only change the wording. It is better to say that Rajat Gupta’s case was a case of break in history. After committing this mistake, he lost his history, which is greater than anything else. One can afford loss of money, but no one can afford loss of his or her history. Everyone, whether he works as a domestic help or enjoys a high position in an institution, creates a history for himself through his performance. It is this history that is the greatest asset of anyone. The world is a marketplace and everyone receives from this market just as much as he deserves, neither less nor more. It is one’s history that determines the level of deservation. One’s history is greater than bank balance or property or any other material gain. Others will judge you by your history. One should be very cautious in this regard. According to a saying: ‘If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. But, if character is lost, everything is lost.’ I would like to replace character with history in this saying, and say that everything that