I was very much amused once when visiting a certain town in India. I went into a shop to buy something, and the owner was sitting cross-legged on some cushions, smoking his pipe. I asked him whether he had a certain thing I wanted. He thought for a minute or two and said, "I don't think so." I asked, "Where can one get such a thing?" He said, "I don't know." He would not budge. He remained sitting quite comfortably where he was. I saluted him and thanked him for his kind silence and indifference.