The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Bio: Ravi Veeraraghavan Gomatam is the Director of Bhaktivedanta Institute and the newly formed Institute of Semantic Information Sciences and Technology. He is also Adjunct Professor at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India.