Ever thought about thinking?

Who thought of this concept that an employee needs to work for minimum of 8 hours a day? Where is the time to live one’s life? Office jao, ghar aao, khao, so jao and next day again in office!! Aur do din ki chutti se hota kya hai? Aur do hii din kyunn? baaki din insaan ko apni zindagii jeene ka koi haq nahin hai kya? Well if am working every day, then I should get time to live my life… everyday!! I should get time to pursue my hobbies, to spend time with myself, my family, learn new things, go out, play sports, exercise, date, watch movies, watch plays, go to gym, learn French, join Jive classes, kick boxing, read good books, cook, chat, LIVE…

Tomorrow when  you are waiting for your company transport to pick you up, just look at the faces of the people who are heading for work in different company buses and looking out of  windows like POWs in some St Petersburg jail.  “Arrey yaar main kahan jaa raha hun?? Phir wohi bus, wohi log, wohi road, traffic, office, PL, break, loo, lunch, stroll, bus, evening, home, food, crash, Dead…”. This is written all over their faces . And if you are lucky (on leave and notice a company bus coming back in the evening) and get a chance to see the faces of these very people, you would notice that they are so exhausted they don’t even have energy to crib about their lives as they did in the morning!! Their faces are dead, no energy, no spirit, no glow, no hope, poker-faced, expressionless as if someone has given them anesthesia, and their heads would be hanging out of those POW prison windows like tongue of  a stray dog in African summer.

Aadmi kaam karta hai apni life ko support karne ke liye…. Aur who kaam shuru bhi isii intention se karta hai par after a few years the work engulfs him aur kaam hii uski life ban jaati hai.. aur yahin se shuru hoti hai zindagii ki dhalaan, short mein VAAT!!! Aadmee Mentally, physically, emotionally (aur jitney bhi ..lly hain) drain hone lagta hai. Where are we heading as a society?

 If sitting in front of a machine for 8 hours which makes your eyes watery, gives you spondilitis, backache, migraine, indigestion, obesity, stress, restlessness is called success, respectable life, development and growth then I don’t want this growth.. .if this is what a city life demands then I don’t want to live in a city. 

A long time ago I read somewhere that according to a survey done in early 20^th century, people with professions like cobbling, tailoring, accountancy and others, in short those who sit at a place for long hours and work are the ones who face problems like backache, joints problem, acidity, weakness in bones, obesity, etc once they attain the age of 40. Since profession of software is very new and most of the people are young, we don’t have any idea of its consequences as we don’t see that many problems at present. But in a few years from now, we will know how worse this could be on our health, lives and lives of our dear ones!!When god sent us here He didn’t know that this is what we are going to do to his creation, that is, to ourselves. Torturing ourselves.

And who says we can have only two days leave in a week? Why not 3 days work and 3 days Off… lets have 6 days in a week.. Someone once said, “world is not perfect but what the heck, we can at least try”. And again, who thought of the rule that we have to work for 8 hours? Why can’t we have 4 straight hours of work? In case of IT and other white collar jobs, every one  knows that nobody works for 8 hours in an 8 hours shift. It is hardly 3 to 4 hours. So why not Come at 8.00 am, work with all your zeal, energy and concentration till 10.30, have a 30 min break (Breakfast, tea) and again work efficiently till 12.30 pm and then everybody leave office to live their own lives.

Think about it!!