Brighter Side of Stash

Let us look at few lines from a passage on “Alexander the Great’s Last Words”, with a focus on this third and last wish.

He called his generals and said, "I will depart from this world soon, I have three wishes, please carry them out without fail."

With tears flowing down their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king's last wishes.
….
The king felt exhausted after saying this. He took a minute's rest and continued. "My third and last wish is that both my hands be kept dangling out of my coffin".

The people who had gathered there wondered at the king's strange wishes. But no one dared bring the question to their lips. Alexander's favorite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. "O king, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled. But tell us why do you make such strange wishes?"

At this, Alexander took a deep breath and said: "I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt.
….
And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world".

With these words, the king closed his eyes. Soon he let death conquer him and breathed his last. . . .

Modern day looters of India, including the de facto Emperors and local Satraps, are united in their disagreement with Alexander. The loot should go by the rules of dynastic succession. The money stashed in Swiss Banks and other ones is in their accounts which will have a) normal facilities like nomination (useful if the account holder dies intestate) b) joint account facility which helps in the hassle-free operation in the event one of the holders dies c) legal remedies to claim by descendants etc. Does it not tantamount to bequeathing the loot to spouse, progeny or the persons of account holder’s choice? If so, one can draw a somewhat safe conclusion that the loot still lies in the safe hands of Indians (assuming those who obtain Indian citizenship are Indians) who anyway get the right to loot further and make piles bigger.

Hence, the capital in the foreign banks has not migrated into foreign hands; it remained firmly in Indian hands. Indeed it is some silver lining.