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Zakir Hossain

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Oct 3, 2013, 1:30:17 AM10/3/13
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  • A father left 17 camels as an asset for his three sons. When the father passed away, his sons opened up the will.

    The Will of the father stated that the eldest son should get half of 17 camels while the middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third). The youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the 17 camels.

    ...As it is not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, three sons started to fight with each other. So, the three sons decided to go to a wise man.

    The wise man listened patiently about the Will.

    The wise man, after giving this thought, brought one camel of his own and added the same to 17. That increased the total to 18 camels.

    Now, he started reading the deceased father’s will.

    Half of 18 = 9. So he gave the eldest son 9 camels

    1/3rd of 18 = 6. So he gave the middle son 6 camels

    1/9th of 18 = 2. So he gave the youngest son 2 camels.

    Now add this up: 9 plus 6 plus 2 is 17 and this leaves one camel, which the wise man took back.

    Moral :The attitude of negotiation and problem solving is to find the 18th camel i.e. the common ground. Once a person is able to find the common ground, the issue is resolved. It is difficult at times. However, to reach a solution, the first step is to believe that there is a solution. If we think that there is no solution, we won’t be able to reach any !!

Sudipto Choudhury

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Oct 3, 2013, 3:04:42 AM10/3/13
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Jio kaka

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Soumik Bhattacharya

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Oct 3, 2013, 6:18:35 AM10/3/13
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Superb... Solid Demag

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Tathagata Mukherjee

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Oct 3, 2013, 6:25:54 AM10/3/13
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good
good attitude i like it
its impotent

cool
Regards
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Naveen Rajdev

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Oct 3, 2013, 2:57:14 PM10/3/13
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Baghu@ who is impotent?
Teko@ good one my son!!

Tathagata Mukherjee

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Oct 4, 2013, 6:08:19 AM10/4/13
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muk kholas na bhi

Kaushik Hati

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Oct 4, 2013, 2:40:29 PM10/4/13
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oto soja noy bhai.. choto chele 2 camel niye khelbe na.. bawal korbe
KaushiK

Tathagata Mukherjee

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Oct 4, 2013, 9:12:41 PM10/4/13
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sundor
i miss our thake
our time in front of the krisnosayar park.

Soumik Bhattacharya

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Oct 5, 2013, 7:34:06 AM10/5/13
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Naveen i'm also surprised ki Who is impotent??????????????


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Tathagata Mukherjee

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Oct 5, 2013, 11:48:56 AM10/5/13
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gudmarani haaa haaaa haaaa haaaa
akat chuto palay holo bolo
lay lay ros kora lay 
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