Prabhakar reflections

My Dearest Daughter Rumki, It's heartening to find you having entered a new phase in your life. This phase starts when a student after completing his formal studies makes a debut in government service. Only a few days ago you were just a university student having no knowledge of job or service to say.  But that doesn't mean that it will be a huddle as far as one is receptive to learning and deal with common sense the nitty-gritty of the new situation.                      Now when you have joined as an officer in the state government I feel it's my duty as your father beside being myself in the government service to tell you something about what it stands to mean to those who belong to it as well as to the people who are meant to be served. First; I must tell you that you are one of the fortunate aspirants who got this service after clearing in the very first attempt the state public service commission examination wherein lakhs...

Merit can help you reach up to a certain point beyond which it ceases to be of any use save that it will make you mere stand at where you are. If one wants to rise further one may need to have something more in the name of merit. These “somethings” are connections, subornation, adulation, references etc. Together; they're euphemistically called interpersonal competence.  Even if you are deficient in the above mentioned qualities, all you need is the money power which is the best substitute of merit and all the above mentioned criteria for success. This fact is more felt than expressed by the common people in their everyday life experiences. ******************************************************** In our time you could not imagine success in the competition unless you had requisite merit.  But the same merit can't earn you a promotion or posting of your choice.  Your performance appraisal is more a measure of ‘relationship’ with your boss you work under than a measure of y...

हमारे शास्त्र बड़े प्रवीण हैं.शास्त्रानुशीलन से कोई व्यक्ति कोयले से हीरा में परिवर्तित हो सकता है.                          *** शास्त्र कहता है कि अभिवादनशील व्यक्ति की सर्वतोभावेन एवं सर्वतोमुखी उन्नति की गारंटी है. विद्या की पहचान सबसे पहले इसी की परख से होती है कि व्यक्ति में विनय कितना है अर्थात् वह अभिवादनशील कितना है.  अकड़ अभिवादन का शत्रु है,वह अभिवादन से घृणा करता है.अस्तु. सुभाषितानि का एक सुप्रसिद्ध श्लोक है- अभिवादनशीलस्य नित्यवृद्धोपसेविन:। चत्वारि तस्य वर्धंते आयुर्विद्या यशोबलम्। अर्थात् जो व्यक्ति सुशील और विनम्र होते हैं, बड़ों का अभिवादन व सम्मान करने वाले होते हैं तथा वृद्धजनों की सेवा करने में तत्पर होते हैं;उनकी आयु, विद्या, कीर्ति और बल इन चारों में अनायास हीं वृद्धि होती चली जाती है. इस तरह व्यक्ति के जीवन में उसके अभिवादनशील होने का महत्व असंदिग्ध है. ******************************************* यह सभी का अनुभव है कि सम्मुख व्यक्ति के वय(age) और उनसे अपने सम्बंध की प्रकृति को देखते हुए हम उनका...