A Welcome Change...
What a welcome change! After so many consecutive outbursts of violence and destructive behaviour in the city, it's nice to see that the recent tribunal verdict on the Cauvery issue hasn't triggered as much backlash as was expected. Sure, there have been reports of sporadic acts of disruption, mainly on the day the verdict was made known, but compared to the quite consistent rounds of violence that the city has been reeling under, these acts were largely dispersed and easily dealt with. The precautions that were taken beforehand by the police force in the city seem to have been a useful insight. Even the bandh that was supposed to have been held tomorrow, the 8th of February, 2007, has been postponed to accommodate an intervening airshow! Monday, the 12th of February, 2007, is what it has been shifted to. Maybe, by then the anger over the verdict would have simmered down considerably for the bandh to be called off altogether! Not that the working girl in me is exactly rooting for the same!
I've often wondered what it is that gets us so excited about getting an unexpected holiday, even if we have nothing great to do with the time off!?! I mean, I'm sure most people don't want or condone such acts of violence or even protests, but I'm certain only a very small percentage will not be looking forward to getting a day off! Even if our workplaces are places that we enjoy being in, even if we have great relationships with our co-workers, we still wait and watch for that one day when we needn't direct our feet to the confines of our offices; and at the slightest notice of its arrival, we hurry forward to catch its fall, all the while augmenting its importance! Does it mean that we work only because it's expected of us, only because it's a done thing?!? Or, does the mentality of a schoolchild waiting for the holidays, a break from school, stay with us all through our lives!?! That's not saying that most of us didn't enjoy school either! I know I did, and yet, holidays were another sure shot welcome change!
posted by supernova at 9:38 AM
8 Comments:
eventually i guess it boils down to the work/job itself!! if its what u like doing, then u'll enjoy it...else workplace, people may not matter that much
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Aah... that's not what I said... I said that even if you like everything about your job, you still wait for a holiday!
hmm.. i think its the routine that sets the excitement for an unexpected leisure.. We juz look at the cozy or brighter side of leisure and forget the faithful routine which actually has added that invaluable joy in the leisure.. don't you think so....?
Well, maybe; but a job you enjoy doing doesn't necessarily become just a routine, right?!? Or, does it eventually become just that!?!
Its because you are a lazy xxx and so am I :)
Looks like Girish Karnad has gotten into trouble for supporting the court verdict.
Hehe... Nice explanation!
Oh, has he?!? Poor guy!
Aah! Just as I expected. A post about this was inevitable, wasnt it?. Except, I thought it would appear the very day when the verdict was out!
Well, I was more disappointed about the postponement of the bandh! As there was no other way to talk about that without talking about the verdict, you can say I had no choice! ;-)
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