Feelings !!
Being away on a sabbatical assignment.... has been a great help for me to recoup, invigorate, look at different perspectives, appreciate what others say. Above all, break the ethno-centricity (or call it egocentricity) , that one develops sitting in offices and scribbling office notes. But, unfortunately people ...especially the ones who are vested with decision making have a different version when we use the term invigorate being on a sabbatical , they feel you were in a SPA during your sabbatical and gets a bit biased.
whilst, it was a challenge to get to the field from the desk, shed your official jacket and boots ...then soil your boots...look at issues rather dispassionately ..especially when you are in a development organization dealing with poor households, their needs, hopes and aspirations !!!! sabbtical is a great opportunity to bring the right colour and feel to your office notes...which is otherwise very drab.
But all these learning's and experiences can go for a toss...when you pluck in a promo stage ,....was it all worth it....you end up a looser !!!!...mine is a good case in point.
Attending official interviews during a sabbatical period is a good example of what should not be done, but one does not have options, especially when the dates scheduled for interviews fall during these sabbatical periods. You have awaited all this while.... for such a long peroid ....10 years in my case , I started feeling frail at the edges.
For me getting rejected in a promotional interview in a organization which you have served for 24 years , waited 10 yrs for this opportunity ,while serving it with all humility, day in day out with all earnestness, having obtained three merit certificates, posted numerous suggestions to the parent organisation, participated in n no. of debates, conceived and designed and grounded many pilot projects, contributed and published papers in support of the organization. Campaigned for policy changes externally, in short .......contributed much more than the just the desk work assigned or what was expected. But in the end ...you land in a interview , where you are quizzed which ...gets me down clutched on my knees ....oh god !!!
I am in this world of pain .... I am not sure was it pre-designed ? does these occur in many pvt and public sector undertakings ......any way let me cut the crap ---- why should i cribb after all
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In life I believe everybody becomes a victim of ethnocentrism...I've seen my parent's struggle and things mom had to go through for being a part of the so called enemy of Hindus...but down the line these things will never matter and the now blindfolded fanatics,for the prejudice they've been living with will mean absolutely nothing and they'll know that they perceived life all wrong...
Sir, Gopi here.
I am glad for many things. first for setting foot out of your cabin. next for not getting promoted!(please read my reasoning below before cursing me!)
During my stay in UK, I was fortunate enough to attend a luncheon chat with mr. Alistair Campbell, the ten communications Secretary of the then British PM Mr. Tony Blair. His golden words would ring in my ears forever. He said:
GUYS, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE, CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY;FOR THIS PROBLEM WILL BRINGOUT SOMETHING FROM WITHIN YOU, WHICH YOU'D'VE OTHERWISE NEVER KNOWN EXISTED.
these words changed my outlook towards life and career (I hope you remember I was dropped twice at the very first step itself).
I am on the verge of breaking free from the golden cage of NABARD - joining Cambridge University for a Phd in Technology Policy & Management - the point of no return.
having seen for 5 years from near and far,I know your capabilities. I know you are much more valuable (rather too valuable for NABARD) than other nondescripts that would gone ahead of you. A small suggestion - why not take a year off, get some international experience (study or work) in your chosen field and land in one of those int'l donor agencies?
Best Wishes,
Gopi
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