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Arjun (A)
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Shrikrishna Bhagwan, in Bhagwad Geeta,
you had told me about re-birth.
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Shrikrishna
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Yes dear. I had mentioned that so far, you and I, and
all these people have taken innumerable rebirths.
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Arjun
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And whatever good or bad we do, we get
the fruit in the same birth or in next birth.
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Shrikrishna
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Yes.
That is true. But what makes
you ask this question?
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Arjun
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My friend is very innocent person,
very God-fearing. Now practising in a
rural area.
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Shrikrishna
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What about him?
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Arjun
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He had done the audit of some company
5-6 years ago. He left that work since
the company shifted elsewhere.
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Shrikrishna
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Ok. Then?
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Arjun
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A few months ago, all of a sudden,
survey party from income tax came to his office. They harassed him for 3 days – asking
questions about that old client.
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Shrikrishna
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Oh! Why?
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Arjun
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They said they found two different
balance sheets signed by him for the
same year – the last year of his audit.
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Shrikrishna
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Surprising! But you said he is very innocent!
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Arjun
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Yes.
I have no doubt about his innocence.
Gentleman to the core!
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Shrikrishna
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What did they find?
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Arjun
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Actually, in village places, most of
the professionals work from residence only.
They keep some room for office.
So they searched the records in his house also.
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Shrikrishna
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But what did they get?
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Arjun
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Absolutely nothing. Not even the remotest evidence.
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Shrikrishna
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So what did they finally do?
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Arjun
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They were completely satisfied. But they said they had instructions to
investigate thoroughly. They regretted
inconvenience caused to him!
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Shrikrishna
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Good.
But there must be something else in the story.
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Arjun
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Yes.
He showed them that he signed the same and the only balance-sheet that
was submitted to ROC and IT! And the
alleged balance sheet which they got somewhere else was only photocopy.
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Shrikrishna
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They have to produce original. But what was their grievance – when correct
balance sheet was filed with ITR?
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Arjun
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That’s precisely why I mentioned about
re-birth. He must have committed some
sin in last birth.
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Shrikrishna
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Why?
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Arjun
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Actually, for subsequent years, there
were multiple financial statements for every year. Different for ROC, different for IT and
something else to the Bank!
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Shrikrishna
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It was then a blatant fraud!
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Arjun
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Yes; true. So subsequent years’ auditor is also in
trouble.
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Shrikrishna
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But where is the client? What does he say?
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Arjun
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That’s another story. The main director of that company is now
absconding. That prompted them to go
to the CA’s office! He is the real culprit.
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Shrikrishna
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They must have recorded the statements
of both of them.
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Arjun
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Yes, obviously. My friend flatly denied the
allegation. But the subsequent auditor
succumbed to the pressure of survey people.
But then immediately retracted it.
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Shrikrishna
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You mean to say your friend suffered
unnecessarily. There was no fault on
his part.
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Arjun
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Exactly. In the hospital, we see many small innocent
children suffering from terminal diseases.
What sin they have committed?
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Shrikrishna
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You are right. Your friend did not perhaps do anything
wrong; but somebody did it and the poor fellow suffered because of someone
else’s wrong deeds!
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Arjun
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And the irony is that the client is
very resourceful and influential. He
will settle it with IT. But the IT
people have forwarded the information to our Institute and my friend will
have to face the music for a few years!
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Shrikrishna
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I have sympathy for your friend. But I had also explained to you the role of
fate or destiny in Bhagwad Geeta. Even Lord Shree Ram had to undergo hardship
for no fault on his part!
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Arjun
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I am more worried because in our
profession, there is hardly any opportunity to do a straight thing! Everything is manipulation. So what will happen in our next birth.
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Shrikrishna
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Dear Paartha, don’t be so negative.
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Arjun
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What shall we do? Neither the clients whom we serve are clean
nor the authorities before whom we represent the clients are straight!
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Shrikrishna
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The only solution is the unity amongst
you all. If you act collectively with
positive thinking and good leadership, you can improve the things. You are educated professionals. You should provide leadership to the
society.
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Arjun
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But what exactly we can do
collectively?
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Shrikrishna
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You can be more assertive. You can afford to say ‘No’ to wrong
things. Today, you have a fear that if
you refuse to oblige a client, some other CA will do it. He will compromise on the standards.
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Arjun
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That’s true. We can even develop good culture and
discipline iin the finance sector.
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Shrikrishna
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And you can establish the image and
credibility of the profession, so that no once can point a finger at you.
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Arjun
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I see a point in what you are
saying. Since we are not united, no
one heeds to our feelings and suggestions.
I think, all of us should seriously think on these lines.
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Shrikrishna
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I had already said in puranas that in Kaliyug, the real strength
lies in unity. Please act unitedly and
you can change the world.
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Arjun
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Yes, My Lord!
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