Part of the syllabus of Paper IV
(Family Politics), Family Management Course
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2. Status. Static status and dynamic status. Rise and fall of status
within the family. Conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation of status.
Family status built upon job, money, property, lineage and connection to
political hoodlums. Self-implied status.
(…) Status by marriage. Status difference between father and father-in-law and
how to make the most of it.
3. Politics without elections. The concept of decentralized multi-party
feudalism. Advantages and disadvantages of seniority. Role of children. Goals
of family politics: ego, revenge and justice. Concept of reconciliation.
Transient reconciliations. Concept of being angry on someone till they die.
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5. Favours. Trading, selling and accumulating favours. How to take a
favour from a family member. Returning a favour. Situations where a return
favour is not imperative/not necessary/not important/avoidable/can be ignored. Asking
for more favours after not returning previous favours. Reasons people help
unworthy family members: sustenance of bloodline, emotional weakness, egoistic
pleasure, disposal of black money, peer pressure, social expectations, to ensure
probable return favours when needed.
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