It was 7 Th Jan .... 10:30 in the morning ... i had just completed my morning kriya of brushing my teeth ... when my cell rang .... "Abe news chalu kar jaldi " .... was what the voice of my friend on the other end said .... i thought the india pakistan war had started ... fearing the worst i switched on the TV .....
BREAKING NEWS -- RAJU nahi raha gentleman ..... 7000 crore ka gaban .... Corporate fraud at its worst ..... 53 thousand employees orphaned .... were some of the headlines flashing on various news channels ....
I got dressed and reached office ... the floor looked like a crime scene with PMs and Rms as the FBI and CBI officials and the employees standing as innocent onlookers ..... the employees were on thier phones explaining their relatives that we are not a part of this .... the fraud was commited by one man and not the whole organisation ...
Next was the " ab kya karenge ,humara future toh barbaad ho gaya" phase ... everyone was contemplating alternate career options ... some of them were --
1.Workin in MAYTAS infrastructure as the crane operator ,cement mixer or a mason.
2.Workin with the municipal corporation as a traffic constable .
3.Working as a female swimming instructor ...
4.Delivering washed clothes for the local dhobi.
5.Opening a idly vada stall in partnership .....
Well the night was even worse ... evry1 at the room was hooked to aajtak news ...watching the downfall of our own company ... i was having this recurring dream of my kid sporting a tatoo of
" mera baap ek satyamite tha " ..... every satyamite was being looked on a a fraud ,cheat and a moneyswindler .....
Well the next day it was as if SATYAM was a shirt on a dicount sale at the local shopping centre ... even companies like jignesh software , kishore solutions and other 2 room companies were vying to buy satyam ... but nothing like that happened .... at the office people were in a more positive mind ... we thought this was the company which has given us so much ...... You dont abandon your parents or grandparents when they grow old ... so everyone was advised to continue working normally ...
We thought when we recover this would be the best comeback stories of corporate india .... we could tell our children we were part of this historic comeback ....
Thus we are still trying hard to keep the satya alive in satyam ....... and will continue to do so ...
"SATYAM-MEVA JAYATE"
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Nice little sarcasm....the advantage u have is that u already know ur disadvantages and the only way to walk ,for u is, upstairs, coz it cudnt get bad than this.....
ReplyDeletebut its the time when we have to prove that automation is not all, its humans and the people in 'herds' that can make the difference...
So m sure that u are going to get the best experince that we may not get in our lifetime.
Coz when u fall ,pick up something and stand up.
maa kasaam suhas ...solid philosopy hai re .... i think u shd also start writing ...
ReplyDeleteGood 1 dear...evereything penned down in really simple and articulate manner...the expression and similes used are up to the mark..
ReplyDeletecheers!!
oye ..already mere 2-3 blogs hai..
ReplyDeletejisme se kuch 'incognito' mode main hai n kuch on my profile...