From IIM Ahmedabad To Happiness

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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FROM IIM-AHMEDABAD TO HAPPINESS
executive, it is felt necessary to have a peep into his routine. An account of his typical day in office:
Ensconced in his regal corner office, situated on the n" floor of some steel and glass monolith, he is draped smartly in an expensive threepiece suit. Maturity and responsibility is writ large on his face and all his five senses are working in perfect unison. One ear is in seemingly endless contact with the earpiece of his telephone, and the other listening to the sounds emanating from his computer speakers, or from the mouth of the person sitting across the table. His two eyes are shifting their gaze, seemingly at random, from the monitor to the keyboard to the papers lying on the table and to the other person in the room. One hand is busy scrolling and clicking the 'pointing' device, and the other in so many things simultaneously - moving the cup of coffee from the table to his lips, sifting papers, and gesturing. Regular sips of coffee are helping him keep his tongue moist; the anxieties of office environment seem not to allow the salivary glands function to their optimum. Room fresheners and deodorants are providing him with scented air to breathe. All day long his mind has been working on a thousand and one things.
And, a peep into his evening, till the morning next, revealed:
He reaches home late in the evening, at around 8:30, after having an exhausting drive through the crowded streets of the metropolis. The home, with wife and two children, looks like heaven. He would hate to go anywhere now, but there are other demands on his time. He has to attend a business-cum-dinner-meet, organized at an expensive French restaurant. During the meet, while talking business he indulges in excessive drinking and eating, the most expensive drinks and delicacies though. He comes back home past mid-night, does what is usual for a man of his age and state at that time, and steals a sleep of few hours.