Man Ni Tarango (The Waves of Mind)

It was January 2000. Arham reported to the job at a very young age, after acquiring his MSW degree. He was just a fresher. The NGO, that he was a part of, was located into a remote village of Maharashtra. The NGO was funded by a big corporate, located in Mumbai.  It was an NGO with a difference! The salary of the staff was well above industry average and it was paid on time. It was managed professionally, albeit, in a traditional manner as it was located in a village. The language of circular etc was Marathi. The size of the staff was 127, which included all the types of staff like administration, law, managers etc. Arham was very enthusiastic to be a part of this NGO. He was a quick learner and started contributing to the work fast. He became instantly popular, not only with the staff, but the local community as well. His work received good feedback from all the stakeholders. He could mix with everyone too. He had a friend, who was a journalist, living in Mumbai. Arhman was fond o...

A story, that I heard long back (don't remember the source), is something, I would like to share. It is not my original work and I would love to share credit with the one, who is the original narrator. Anyways, there used to be a big American Pharma giant. They were good in everything! The company had always been at the top of its game for a long time. They started a new plant. It was good. Good technology, heavy financial investment, best of the engineers- everything was just perfect! But then, still, somehow, that plant was struggling to give the best output. (Engineers, please don't ask for evidence or try to find any technical errors please, as this is a write up by an HR professional!). After trying every trick in the book, the company hired an American consultant to look into the problems. He failed. Another American consultant was hired. She failed. Many failed! The company, then hired, a Japanese consultant (I must have been too young then, you know!). The Jap...

સુખ તો સુખ તો બધા કરે છે,                                        ચાલો મનાવીએ દુઃખ નો ઉત્સવ,  રામ ને  રામ, પાંડવ ને પાંડવ,                                         જેણે બનાવ્યા, એ હતો  દુઃખ નો ઉત્સવ, સિદ્ધાર્થ ને બુદ્ધ, અખા ને કવિ,                                          બનાવનાર હતો, દુઃખ નો ઉત્સવ, જીવન ના બધાજ રહસ્યો,                                          સમજાવનાર છે, દુઃખ નો ઉત્સવ, સારી કવિતા માં પણ યોગદાન,                                           આપ...