Reflections on Life and Death

What Matters in the Hereafter? things, you will hear either the sadistic laughter of the oppressor or the pathetic cries of the oppressed. You will see people driven by the most terrible impulses to fulfil their selfish desires, or others strewn in a drunken stupor the gutters, in a state of total unawareness and insensitivity. But this is not going to remain forever. Very soon, the time will come when man will find himself in another world, a world where the power to make decisions will be God’s and not man’s.

What Matters in the Hereafter? L t. Col. Jaipal penned a book on his memories of hunting. Titled The Great Hunt, it was published in New York in 1982. Jim Corbett was a well-known hunter. He was particularly fond of shooting tigers. He had a seemingly beautiful explanation for this murderous activity: “I kill man-eating tigers in order to save villagers from them.” Most hunters have a similar seemingly attractive explanation or excuse for their violent pastime. But Col. Jaipal did not have to search for a pseudo-excuse like this. He very openly admitted what others do not. Col. Jaipal was very fond of killing crocodiles. He writes that he loved tracking these animals. The crocodiles would slip into the water, and then, when