if one should be bold enough to make strong decisions and take actions accordingly, then one should have the ruthlessness to follow it through. one cannot through the course of the consequences let emotions creep in and lose face or heart. meet everything head on and harden yourself to do what it takes to reach your goals.
reading kiran nagarkar's cuckold and it's a pretty insightful book. commentary on statesmanship mostly occupies the debate in the book. still it's interesting to read into the dilemmas faced by maharaja kumar, the protagonist.