http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-ceo-to-give-fortune-to-charity-2010-12-09?dist=afterbell
this is what freedom does to peoples' hearts... the 'gupta dhana' (hidden wealth) concept practised by the banias is a deeply ingrained defense against historically regular theft by the aryan state, it is a way of refunding themselves after economic demolitions resulting from inter-state warfare... indeed 'gupta dhana' is, I believe, the key to why banias have been able to quickly adapt to "liberalization" in recent decades, they have gone through these vagaries of state policy many times before...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-ceo-to-give-fortune-to-charity-2010-12-09?dist=afterbell
Note: banias, or more broadly vaishyas, after brahmins and kshatriyas, are the 3rd in the hierarchy of castes in India, and the highest of the non-aryan castes behind rajputs (the former non-aryan royalty) - traditionally involved in retail, trade, money lending and such, their family empires have been mainly driving the corporate success story of recent decades.
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