Cyclone Thane was hovering somewhere close to Chennai
skies. The winds were erratic and the
rain gaining momentum, I decided to work from home. The year was drawing to a
close and business was at its lowest – was the justification I gave to the
‘working from home’ status of mine, which more often than not turned out to be
‘working for home’ than ‘from home’.
My friend (neighbor) and her family invited me for lunch and
I was more than happy to get some tasty homemade food without venturing into
the rain. Of course as all of us would do, I maintained a good boy image and
answered precisely to the questions that were thrown at me. The topic switched
to IT and Corporate life not only because my friend worked in one but also
because their guest a well-mannered young man (well that is me) had the same
back ground. Even though her parents were not too much acquainted with IT and
related industry her Dad had his own say in the topic from the perspective of a
retired EB engineer. The topics kept floating around but my voice subsided as the
nostrils picked up the aroma of the food around me puffing out steam.
Food over took my thoughts and the last topic of discussion
I remembered was something to do about stress at work and Uncle had his own say
on his days at Thermal power station. All of a sudden there was a little
laughter that brought my senses back to the discussion. My friend repeated the
same to benefit me. It was something to do with motivation - which one of her
colleague took upon himself and made it a point to jot down a quote every day
on the white board in their bay.
Wealth (gained) by the ear is wealth of wealth; that wealth
is chief gain of all wealth.
-
By Thiru
Well whatever the saying meant it was for all to understand
but my friend was slightly puzzled not by the quote or its meaning but by the
“By Thiru” part of it at the end. After much deliberation she decided to ask
the person who put it up on the white board. He was more than willing to
explain the meaning, which she eagerly listen to awaiting the “by Thiru” part.
At last he did reach the “by Thiru”, looks like his answer has dragged the rest
of her colleagues into a roar of laughter.
By the way, I was also eager to know Mr. Thiru and then
found out it was Thiruvalluvar
the quote was from the classic of couplets - Thirukkuṛaḷ.
Later, I learnt
that the person writing these daily quotes neither hailed from Tamil Nadu nor
knew Tamil that justified the fact that it is not strange for him to address the
great Thiruvalluvar as Thiru. Never the less the employee certainly deserves an
appreciation for the attitude of sharing “his 2 cents” for his team.
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