HARI SADU

Please excuse me if i am encroaching upon frail boundaries. But in this small write-up i want to trace a fact, a feeling that most of us must have been through. The feeling of unrestrained elation on Friday evening and a gloom set all around the very next to next day. I am talking of the latest buzzword in corporate world called 'HARI SADU SYNDROME' (of course it’s me to coin this term and would like to patent it before it becomes a big hit).
Let’s talk of those people who wittingly or unwittingly, willingly or unwillingly fall into the category of office haters. The obvious question that strikes one is this: why is it that most of us, and not all as some suffer from other maladies (My office is the best) and i don’t think it any bit wrong, after all at the end of the day what counts is what u are happy doing at, whether it be the PC at office or the bike on road. I call the first type of people as 1st type' and the others as '2nd type'. How very innovative and convenient, isn't it, after all working for a few years definitely hastens your creativity and for convenience, its the armor that keeps you going. For some the base is set right from the beginning, only the dough has to be cast. Now enuf of mongering, lets come straight to the point, after all i have promised the write-up to be small. So the 1st question that comes naturally is why so anguish, so desolation. Since we (from now on WE symbolizes a subset of the people belonging to the 1st type) are so stereotype from the very beginning that we tend to follow the path treaded by others culminating into a fat salary, a social reputation (society needs a redefinition although), and a more than modest comfortable life. As nothing of value comes cheap we bargain for our innate desire, now here is a catch.... we compromise mainly because we do not know that it’s the desire that we are trading off, else there would be a definite melee to break free. Its later when we are in a position where we can take out moments to think, to rejuvenate and decide what excites us most ... not on short term but over a longevity, that we ponder over what we could have done. But still bound by necessities, obligations and a more overpowering fear of failure (Since individualism is still to preach and not to be followed), we find the right excuse, the right motive in continuing, and sneer at someone who dares to break the shackles. But the submission is temporary and the diversion an illusion, coming out of it we realsise that the routine task gives us bread topped with ham and cheese but not peace of mind, we feel dejected, not that we have been betrayed, but that we have betrayed ourselves. We feel so buried, sunken so low into the chasm that every effort seems trivial. Now talk of other category of people, one who have realised what they want from life, they have all reasons to be happy and committed. They want to pave their own way, steer their boats the way they like and not to be guided by the wind. These are a class of people who have envisioned a dream and the workplace is like heaven which nurtures their dream into reality. But is their dream of carving a masterpiece of their own in itself a dream. You have numerous opportunities to grow, but not to grow something of your own is the latent mantra not proclaimed but evident. Why to reinvent the wheel, when you have the COPY PASTE option :). The guys/gals are dismayed and the dough is cast. 'Last but the least', this is what my HR in ex company used to say, and may be it's different from the original, but at least he tried to be different :). Here is a group which is unhappy about not being able to feel happy, a kind of oxymoron, a predicament which is difficult to get to since you don’t know where to start from. These are the kind of people are still struggling to identify why they don’t like anything in particular, they are like a caterpillar coming out of the shell and trying to ape the butterfly. They get disgruntled at slight provocation and in flashes decide what they want to do, just to dump it the very next moment. These are of the kind who are in a state of constant ambivalence, but when they do have the atmbodh as is rightly called they leave no stone unturned to pursue the call. There may be finer categories which I have ignored or not foreseen, but with such a humble mind and no nonsense attitude my vision of demarcating has gone down. However one thing is for certain, the mix of all these classes adds spice and makes the workplace workable. The churning and unchurning of feelings, emotions and even of people joining and leaving has profound impact on the way we feel and act. It may seem as an exaggeration of calling the boss as H for Hitler, A for arrogant and R for rascal, but you do smile every time you see this ad.