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मेरी कहानी

हो इतनी दुआ कबूल  की मैं जी लूँ ज़िन्दगी यही इसी जनम मैं 

हो जहाँ मेरी आबाद, माँ की ममता से और पिता के स्नेह से  

बन के मेरी परछाई रहेई पत्नी साथ मेरे और हो दो भाई मेरे हाथ 

तो क्या बात है ...

ना लाया था मैं और ना ले जाऊंगा कुछ इस मिटटी से मैं मगर 

कर जाऊं ऐसा कुछ मैं सभी के लिए यहाँ  

तो मौत भी क्या चीज़ है 

देखे मेरी माँ कोई सपना और करूँ मैं पूरी 

दूं पिता को सुकून और भाइयों को खुशियाँ 

तो ज़िन्दगी क्या बात है 

लाऊं हर चाँद जमीन पे  मैं जिसके लिए 

और करूँ हर तमन्ना पूरी उनकी 

इतराए वो बनके मेरी अर्धांगिनी 

फिरआये क़यामत भी तो क्या बात है।  

चार दिन की ज़िन्दगी मैं करूँ कम हर वो गम 

फिर निकले ज़िन्दगी तो क्या बात है। 

 

है कुछ इस से भी आगे ज़िन्दगी और है कुछ खाहिश छुपी दिल में मेरे मगर 

कर पाऊँ  इतना ही बस जो लिखा अभी तो फिर ज़िन्दगी क्या बात है। 

 

यूँ तो फ़क़ीर हूँ मैं  मगर हो इज़ाज़त और कृपा मारुती नंदन की 

तो करूँ कुछ ऐसा और न करूँ बयान भी तो क्या बात है।

भर सकूँ कुछ खाली पेट और ला सकूँ कुछ चेहरें पे मुस्कान भी 

तो ज़िन्दगी क्या बात है 

हर कोई लिखता है बोलता है पर मैं सच मैं ऐसा कर सकूँ 

तो ही  ज़िन्दगी ज़िन्दगी है वरना ये ज़िन्दगी ही ख़ाक है। 

Labor Law & Labor Inspector, Both far away from Labor welfare ???

It was a very busy day and in many ways i was finding a difficult time to even breathe, i got a Call from my office security that there is the labor inspector is there to meet the Hr guy. It was like a pain for me. I wanted to meet the lady but the child in me told me to avoid to the meeting. Nad i said the security to tell her that I am not in the office. But things were all in a different mood and she was waiting to see for the next 20-25 minutes and asked  the VP to meet and when things went out of control then the Savior Karthik the admin executive went to meet him and he just managed to calm her down and managed to send her out of office. Later I got to know that the situation was seriously odd and she shouted a lot and asked all the senior people to come to her office. I was relaxed as I dint know the aftermath effect of the incident and left office in a lighter mood and thought i survived. 

I predominantly being into the front-end HR aspects through out my career, I have had hardly any exposure to the compliance and the statutory Compliance. And I always feel that these things are like tigers to me and I have always ran away from them. But i remember I had a little interest in learning them too but I dint get a learner or a guide to learn them. I had studied these things in my management books but the practical use or the the in person experience has just incomparable to the mighty books that tells you the basic rules. and it was for me like bucketing a large number of data within minutes.

The next day it was a call from the VP directly and on meeting him in his cabin he made me aware of the consequences of this. In those cases where the registers are not maintained and the inspector is not treated properly she can use her discretionary powers & ask the proprietor or the owner of the company to meet her personally in her office and even can notify the authority to shut down the operation. He made me know the incident where the CEO had to travel to Pondy to meet the factory inspector and there too the inspector din't meet him properly. This gyan trigerred the alarm button for me. And in next two days time before the inspector asked to come to her office I got the registers ready and thanks to the supporting hand from Rajesh. It was the day to visit the inspector but she said she is gonna visit little nervous and scared to meet the lady in her office but for good fortune she said she will visit our office on the same d day. It was all set and The inspector came and for the sake of checking the register she checked and signed them all. But at the end of the meeting she bluntly asked for Money and the moment she said that i got all my tension relieved and the little respect there for her in me got vanished. the way the hype was created and the way its getting done was hopeless.then the admin guy came into picture and handed over the money and she was escorted to the exit. But the way it all happened raised many questions. Is this the way the statutory compliance to be maintained in offices ? 

Is it good to get money to the greedy govt official ? and moreover in such cases will be requirement of getting the records clear in Compliance is ethical ?  if this was the way out of all hic ups then why the same has to be there. I must tell you the labor inspector is a government body which ensures the work environment and other arrangements in the work place as according to the laws. The labor officials has to ensure from equal remuneration to leaves & all other hazards are well maintained by the employer. But they just do the reverse and take money to give a clearance. They must concentrate on the manufacturing set ups & with industries. This attitude to earn money will definitely interest their attraction towards the IT companies rather than the needy.And with this attitude if they are going to go i really doubt if there will be a safe place to work too (in manufacturing place) 

Anyway its gone now for sometime till she next visits me, but I don't find pride in doing these activities anymore.

Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, Tirumylai (Mylapore)

आज सुबह से मूड अजीब था। पगले मैं ये नहीं समझ पा रहा था के मैं खुस हूँ या दुखी। यूँ तो आज फिर एक बर्ष बीत गए हमें इस दिन को पिछले साल जीए हुए मगर आज कुछ अलग सा लग रहा था। मैं हैरान था और मन ही मन एक अंतर्द्वंद में व्यस्त था के ये हो क्या हो  रहा है मेरे अन्दर ? अक्सर खुस रहने वाला मेरा ये पगला मन जाने ऐसा ब्यबहार क्यूँ  कर रहा है। खैर जैसे तैसे व्यस्त सुबह गुजरा मगर मन मेरा काम पे जाने को बिलकुल तैयार नहीं हुआ। मैंने भी कहा आज इसकी भी सुन लेते है . तो जनाब ख़राब स्वास्थय का बहाना लिए हमने मेरे उपराधिकारी को अपनी बड़ी कुत्षित भावना से अबगत कराया और छुट्टी ले ली। जैसे अचानक शाम को बर्रिश हो जाये तो पकोड़े का मन होता है वैसे ही मन में आया के जो बड़े दिन हुए नहीं हुआ वो आज कर लिया जाये।  जैसे बिल्ली को दूध वैसे मुझे किसी मंदिर में भगवन दर्शन ; फिर क्या था हम निकल पड़े चेन्नई  की सबसे पुरानि शिव मंदिर की और।

चल पड़ा मैं सुप्रसिद्ध कपालीस्वर मंदिर की तरफ जो की मेरे घर के बिपरीत दिशा मैं लगभग 21 किलोमीटर है। पहंचते पहंचते दिन के साढ़े ग्यारह बज गए। सूरज तो नहीं थे आकाश मैं मगर गर्मी थोड़ी बढ़ गयी थी कुछ दूर चलने के बाद बिशाल और  भव्य मंदिर के दर्शन हुए। मंदिर की भाब्याता देखते ही बनता है। मंदिर के मुख्य द्वार पर पहंचते ही मैं स्तब्ध रह गया। जैसे दक्षिण भारतीय मंदिरों मैं गर्भगृह से अधिक प्रबेह द्वार में अद्भुत कलाकारियाँ देखने को मिलती है यहाँ भी उसका उदहारण देखने को मिला। मुख्या द्वार पर पहंच के मैं अंततः 3-4 मिनट स्थाणु  बन गया। बिशाल्काय मुख्या द्वार पर कुशली करिगरों  का अतुलनीय कारिगरी को निहारता ही रहा। जैसे कोई दीन प्रभु को सामने खडा देख के अपना अपा खो बैठता है वैसे ही में कुछ समय के लिए कहीं खो गया और प्रभु को शत शत नमन करने लगा। द्वार पर भिन्न भिन्न समय मैं पुराणों  मैं बर्णित देव कथायों सुन्दर और कलात्मक कारीगरी से जैसे जीबित कर रखा है। खैर मैं फिर    में  आया और मंदिर के अन्दर दाखिल हुआ। मंदिर मैं मुख्य  देब शिवशम्भु के साथ साथ साथ पार्वती  जी और मेरे प्रिय गणपति के साथ कार्तिकेय महाप्रभू भी बिराजमान है। मंदिर मैं साज सज्जा और मंदिर की पवित्रता की बरनना मेरे कलम नहीं कर सकते। मंदिर के अन्दर पहंचा तो नंदी महाराज के दर्शन हुए। उनको नमन करते हुए मैंने उनके कान के मैं मैंने अपनी ब्यथा प्रकट की और आगे बढ़ गया। जैसे की मान्यता है की नंदी महाराज से कही बातें शिवशम्भू तक पहंच जाती है मैंने अपना शीश झुकाते हुए शम्भू के दर्शन हेतु आगे बाधा। पहले कर्पगामाम्बाल ( माता पारवती के एक रूप ) है उनके दर्शन हुए और फिर शम्भू के दर्शन हुए। पुष्प और बेल बेल के पत्तो से सुसज्जित  शिवलिंग के दर्शन मात्र हि मेरे सारे पीड़ा दूर हो गए। मेरा श्रम भी लाघव हुआ और जो एक क्लान्ति थी शरीर और मन मैं वो सब दूर हुए और मैं तृप्त मन वापस घर को निकला। मंदिर से निकके झूमते झूमते प्रसाद लिया और थोडा जलाहार करके मैं घरको निकला।

वैसे मैं ये उल्लेख करना चाहूँगा के आजकल की भाग दौड़ भरी जीवन मैं हम अपने लिए जीते कहाँ है। दिन के 24 घंटे मैं से 18-20 घंटे हम वो कोम्पनी के लिए जीते हैं गहाँ हम काम करते हैं और बाकि का टाइम अगले दिन काम पे जाने के लिए तयारी मैं काट देते हैं। कोई किसी से कोई किसी से अपना मन बहलाता है तो इस गरीब को भक्ति मैं मस्ती मिलती है। और इसी लालसा को मनमे लिए मैं इधर उधर मेरे आराध्य देवी देवताओं के दर्शन को तरसता हूँ और मिल जाये मौका तो फिर साड़ी दुनियादारी एक तरफ और मेरी मस्ती एक तरफ ...

जय शिवशम्भू 

बम बम भोले 

हर हर महादेव  

From Generalist to Specialist

From my early college days to the hectic schedules in in my current role I have been performing a generalist role wherein I tried to explore the every possible aspect in my domain and moreover been a good performer too. But when the experience grows and people are looking forward to have a specific skill set in command I find i need to train myself. But One thing is that when it comes to a role with in my responsibility which I can better perform is Recruitment but is it advisable to take recruitment as a specialized one. My question remains as I can see that there is less things in it to learn and the opportunities too remain limited.All these days i have been recruiting entry level to niche level  C category employees but does my role becomes important and I grow in the organization ? Of course in recruitment I can make a difference but in the next role or level my expertise will be recommended or required is my question. 

And let em tell you  there have been time when i have been a victim of poor selection rate and other factors where I could not enjoy my job as I found my job a monotonous one and little boring too. Those days i could not spend all the day searching for profiles and speaking to 40 odd people in a day to find the fitment withe the role. And the same way too i wont breathe where it will be only recruitment I am supposed to do. But yes added few other gamuts in the recruiter's role I can equally divide my intellect and learn the other aspect other than recruitment to excel. But what is it that I need to add in to my specialized portfolio ? is it Performance management system , is it Organizational Development & strategic HR things or something else ? I need to find out the same and if any of you can suggest on this i would be obliged.

I plan to have a certification on the additional subject to get along with it and willing learn the basics to the complexity. May it give the satisfaction that a workaholic looks at and at the same time meet the organizational goals as well... 

Its time to change the gears in the development vehicle...

Yesterday one of my school friends called me and I was happy to get to talk to him after many years. On the go we asked each other about the whereabouts of others and spent some time in remembering what are they doing and all. We remembered the happy old days and cherished. After the call I just thought where we all are now & why. From a small sub urban village to the metros in the country, we have explored the opportunities around. Why could we not be in our home state Odisha only prosper? For all such queries, my mind answered in a way which neither I nor any other Odia will like. We in Odisha put focus on Children's education and spend a lot in it and we too have a equally best education system in place. But after we complete the studies we aim towards the metros for employment and to earn a descent job. A rough estimation figures out the number of engineering colleges to 30+  and close to 40000 students pass out every year from these colleges and look for employment and its shocking to know that 90% of these students have to leave Odisha aim towards the metros to justify their degree & employment. The condition of students doing normal graduation is better not to mention. Here one question arises why these people go out & work for some other state and why can’t we provide them opportunity & use them in the domestic development  of Odisha ? If all other developing states can create opportunities for growth and can progress, why can’t Odisha do the same way? 

Primarily we call ourselves as a farm based state and we keep focusing on the same, but time has come to change the gear and move to the next level. In that race I am not saying to stop farming and sit idle. We should keep the focus on but additionally we need to built infrastructure and attract investor and get opportunities for other industries to grow and create employment. and to lure the investors what we need; basic infrastructure as compared to other states, Availability of ample natural resources for power usage, better transport system(road-rail-air), availability of skilled & semi skilled labor, Quick government clearance & laws enabling business, easy & ample availability of power and wherever possible creation of special and moderate economic zones to lure investors. Out of the all above said factors for creating a growth movement & creating opportunities in Odisha, I dont think we missing in any single factor except the one one called a Political willingness to do so. I strongly feel a gap which if put in right time & place can change the gear and take Odisha to the next level. We should now aim at the outside investors like the TATA, Ambanis, Zindals, Mittals and other international investor to step into Odisha. I can see there are many projects pending at different intent levels which need a government nod to kick start. And fast pace growth will of course need a supporting hand from the govt. 

Now time has come for us to compete with the sates like Gujrat, Maharahtra, Kerala & Tamil Nadu and all other developing states. For this if it is required to support a regional or a national party we should be ready to vote for as after all what we need is a developed and a next generation state leading to growth & glory.

May the days come soon

Long live Odisha 

Long live Odia..