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| GS Ramesh |
I
am going to be in Layam till God permits and my vision is clear for next 10
years. Layam must touch its pinnacle,
so that people should look at this Institution with Awe and naturally with
burning eyes which I cannot avoid it. I always respect and admire my
competitors and I always Pray my competitors should push me to achieve more and
more. Well I am not trying to be arrogant and egoistic, but God and my Well
wishers are with me and God has given me good health and appearance, that’s why
people say I don’t look 60 but still I thank God for his blessings.
I
must announce my son and daughter in law, after completing their engineering
and management from France are undergoing apprenticeship programme under me and
in due course of time, with a strong team and Advisory Board with leading
Intellectuals and the who is who of the industry, this company is going to
march forward.
Last
week has been full of excitement and surprises. 1st April was very
eventful day, because I was fortunate to remarry my better half, who has been
the moral strength of my life. I would like to give full credit to my wife for
tolerating and managing me so efficiently for the last 34 years. Hats off to
her. I am very fortunate that I am blessed with my wife, son, daughter in law (daughter)
and grandchild. I prayed to my Guru Sri Sai (Shirdi Sai) to continue to give me
strength and happiness.
One thing I
would like to share that whenever I go to temple I never asked from God
anything except to make everyone happy (Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhavantu) and guide
me and forgive me if I have committed any sin or hurt anyone in life. This is
the only Prayer I do everytime and I thank Almighty for guiding me till date.
Let
me come back to the reaction of Ganesh. He started crying and he said till date
nobody had ever bother to find out the reason behind his drinking habit. He
began by telling me that his wife was more qualified than him. He was an
ordinary worker in the mine whereas she was a post graduate. His wife was very
friendly towards a neighbor who was also a postgraduate like her. Together,
they used to ridicule Ganesh and insult him everyday. On hearing this, I asked
ganesh to take me to the house of the teacher. The teacher who was oblivious of
what was in store for him was relaxing at home with a cup of coffee in his
hand. I pulled him out of the house and admonished him for his despicable
behavior.
Being
the Personnel Office, the school in that town was under my control. I enquired
about the teacher and suspended him immediately. Next, I made Ganesh’s wife
apologize to him. From the very next
day, Ganesh was a new person. He had kicked his drinking habit for good and was
a very happy man. He continues to live a contended life to this very day with
his wife, children and grand children.
I
think Ganesh used to drink and shout abuses probably because it was his way of
drawing people’s attention to him. Unfortunately, nobody pays heed to a drunken
man’s banter nor bother to find out the reason for the same. Most of you may
feel that my method of dealing with a situation like this may be bullish and
daring. Nevertheless the end result has been satisfying. I tried to get close
to a drunken man with the sole aim of reducing his misery to a little extent.
Many people warned me against taking such a risk. Don’t you think without
having taken a few risks our lives become meaningless? In this particular case,
if I had not taken the risk, Ganesh’s life would probably remain worthless and
faded into oblivion forever!
As
HR Professional I felt that the secret of my success are :
1.
Be
proactive to understand the reason of such behavior of the employee
2.
Be
empathetic
3.
Be
proactive to resolve the matter.
