I have often been asked: If ‘Prabhu ke ishaarey key bagair patta bhee naheen hilta’ (Without the consent of the Lord, not even a leaf sways) then where is the free will of man?

I answer that there are two schools of thought. One believes the above, others believe that within a certain amount of space, man has free will.

I believe that certain aspects of life are predestined and cannot be altered, like birth, parentage, color of skin…yet, free will plays a great role in the attitudes one adopts towards the various vicissitudes that confront one, in life.

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