a
Next month on 15th February, I’ll complete 5 years of my
professional life... Yes, FIVE long years... ;-)
And... After devoting all these years to my work life... I sincerely believe college life was the best in terms of certain things... This nowhere means I am not enjoying my life now... Yes, I am truly in love with the life I am living... Financial independence, responsibility, having the freedom to speak up and manage my time and money as per my own convenience, having a social life without a stress of finishing assignments and so on... And being single along with all this is an icing on the cake.... ;-)
This phase of life is indeed one of the best that could have happened... But in all this there is something which was still the best in college...
I remember in my MBA batch we had people from across the country.... They all were quite diverse in terms of culture, language, persona but they were all accepted as friends and there was no judgement about them on the basis of appearance or anything... The only thing which actually counted was their talent and brain!
But, on the contrary, professional life is very different... I often hear people talking about others' dress up... Lifestyle... Food habits... And they rarely appreciate the talent, brains and the hard work... Seriously, sometimes I feel like asking them... is this the job they are getting paid for....? Or is this what they learnt all their life from their family & teachers... Where is that education?
Education teaches us equality, not discrimination!
In School, I have learnt “Sangati ka asar” and trust me I don’t wanna opt for this mindset!
3 months back... while working as usually... I heard a dialogue...And it affected me deeply... It was-
Guy A (to Guy B & Guy C)- yaar, XYZ ke paas lagta hai ek hi pair hai shoes ka, do hafte se dekh raha hu wohi pehen ke aa jata hai...
Guy B- Silent
Guy C- Silent (giggling)
I mean, really? Why can’t people stand against wrong... listening to wrong statements and not taking your stand is equally bad.... it’s actually an encouragement to the one doing it...
And listening to this I really felt like telling him "dude, you need a life" is this what people are supposed to talk and do in office... We live in a country like India where many people don't get clothes to wear, food to eat and we can still manage to talk like this.... then crib about better government... What govt. will do when people are carrying such mindset... Where is the education, actually?
For me I know I am least bothered about what I wear, forget about others... And I believe that’s what I have learnt throughout my life... To respect people for what they are as a human being and not on their appearances....
You can't judge a person on a pair of shoes... I am a kinda girl who may repeat a pair of shoes/denims for 2-3-4 months if I love it without touching 50 more I may have... How can we be judgmental about such stupid things... And believe me after listening to this... I respect the guy who can carry himself in same pair for dunno how long, but, I somehow lost respect for the guy judging it...
Now, if I go back to my college days... this was something I never felt and in fact, if this would have happened in college I am very much sure no one would have supported such loose remark... That’s what education really means...
Well, I dunno... May be this is how most of the people are in offices... May be!
There were many other things I miss about college like fighting for lunch box, bunking, planning businesses etc. :P things but luckily for me that's not specific to college only... I was blessed with such people afterwards as well... ;-)
Although, life is perfectly great in terms of everything
but sometimes I wish I could change certain things which I believe should be
changed....
Anyhow, thank you God for such a brilliant and beautiful
life with of course lots of troubles :P.. I love you for being there... Take
care of my people... Amen! :*
