One has not lost a battle until he
is left with something to lose.
A gambler gambles until he is left
with anything to bet.
Do you remember 'Mahabharata'?
The historical scene, in which ‘Yudhishthir’
bet his wife ‘Dropadi’ after losing everything including his crown, his
brothers, and his kingdom ‘Indraprasth’.
Historical in the séance, due to
that gamble the ‘Yudha’ [battle] of Mahabharata taken place.
There were also other reasons,
including this one.
History repeats itself.
An ugly scene of ancient ‘Mahabharata’
was repeated yesterday, not in a ‘Raj Sabha', but in an IPL betting.
In a bizarre incident, Just like
the Mahabharata in which Yudhishthir lost his wife Draupadi , who was put at
stake in a gambling game, a man from Govindnagar area of Kanpur district of Uttar
Pradesh put his
wife at stake in an Indian Premier League (IPL) betting game and lost her.
The matter came to light after
Ravinder Singh's fellow gamblers began harassing his wife Jasmeet Kaur,
prompting her to approach the local police with the help of social activists.
The police have registered a case,
while the accused is still at large.
The police said that after having
lost his all money at the share markets, the man put up his wife as a
stake in IPL betting and lost her too.
The couple was married about five
years ago. But things turned difficult from day one, said the wo man,
who is a boutique owner.
On the very first day of marriage,
her husband, who was into share trading, asked her to hand over to him her
jewellery and other valuables.
Later, she got to know about his
vices of drinking and gambling. Over the years, he either sold or lost in
gambling all the valuables of their household.
He was also planning to sell the
house when this IPL gambling fiasco happened.
Source: ANI
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