Quite a few dayz back, in my usual wanderings around the plant had an peculiar encounter with the "Literate India".
It was a magnificent night with a cool breeze blowing and the travelers moon shining bright & high. The setting and timing where perfect, from a dreamy sequence & on top of it I was trying to balance myself between engulfing drowsiness & complete consciousness. Although I had no intentions of continuing but my addiction to the monthly paycheck made me go on with the night shift. On a routine round intended for inspection of work being done, happened to cross a group a people working on an the 10th floor below the beautiful night sky. With pure intentions of giving a cursory glance at their work & admiring the night sky I crossed them, but couldn't help overhearing a cacophony of human sounds, shouting, yelling & arguing about the correct procedure to Lift some piece of equipment. Suddenly remembering that my paycheck was smaller than the cost of the equipment I rushed to take a look into the matter. Coming closer it became clear that the yelling and shouting was being done by the burly supervisor & on the receiving end was a tall lanky boy in his early twenties, sharp piercing eyes but right now low on confidence.
At the end of all the yelling & 'i told u so' the supervisor just raised his doubts regarding his knowledge.
"Have u ever worked before?"
At this point the boy raised his eyes to meet the supervisor's & replied with a Sarcastic tone, "Completed my MA in Sanskrit last year, couldn't land up with any job so had to join here. Agree am low on experience but will catch up soon"
For a few seconds the stars stopped twinkling, the breeze felt chilly & the moonlight felt harsh and piercing.
Could just say - Ek Anubhav hua naya, main maun reh gaya..!!!
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