The Big Fat Indian Appraisal !!

One of the most awaited but not cherish-able moments in every Indian Corporate is the Appraisal day , for it not only brings joy on the faces of a select few but saddens the faces of a lot as well. 
This is a very specifically documented and policy specified conundrum that neither the employees nor the employer ( the Indian MNC's ) in this case have been able to decipher. 

The disappointment writ on the faces of all those individuals who have been going through this never ending process year after year tells a story that's not only intriguing but also utterly confusing to one and all. 
For the corporate as well as all the heavily experienced individuals around in your life will advice you to not switch so many jobs in so short a time period but what no one would try and explain is the reason behind the weird ways of the corporate houses when it comes to giving a pay hike to the employees who diligently wait for fiscal year end to increase their CV's look and feel not having switched jobs as well as pin all their financial hopes on the increment they think they deserve. 

How else do you explain the fact that in today's IT industry a 3 year experienced job hopping kid is earning almost the same remuneration as a 7 year experienced individual who has spent all his professional experience witnessing the up's and down's of a single firm that arguably has been demanding but not rewarding all this while. The firm that has stopped recognizing the efforts that he/she has put into the work , the firm that by the outflow of the increments does make the employee believe that he/she has sacrificed blood and sweat for almost nothing.

As a matter of fact the educational background of the individuals do differ but the point is most of the Indian IT professionals are NonIITians , though the IIT and NIT pass outs rarely complain about the pay packages they receive. The appraisal day is meant for only this class of Non IIT people who even though being brilliant never have the guts to go and explore the industry like their more amazingly talented peers. This class of people who either need to go for a Master's / Management degree midway their career for taking care of the financial security of the life and the family or else quash their dreams of doing anything big in life and make their own selves satisfied at what they are taking home right now irrespective of the fact whether Money is being saved or not. The same class of people who always crib about the rising taxes , the rising prices and everything related to financial stability in the life yet when it comes to the most important day of the year they have a firm belief over their organisation , the belief that is shaken year after year with the misgiving deeds of increment of single digit numbers.

To sum it all up , in these Years of Variable components and everything that renders the On Paper Money almost useless , it seems really tough for any employee to be motivated to work for the organisation after such scenarios year after year.

P.S - So Maintain Calm and Switch Jobs Till You find something to do that you would love to. For then Money, appraisals and everything financial will be overshadowed by the sole relevance of the nature of work you do to please your own selves.

कुछ अलफ़ाज़ हमारी ज़ुबानी !!

बैठे हुए उस अधूरी किताब के पन्नों को देख मुस्कुराते हुए
खयालों को शब्दों में पिरोने की कोशिश तोह यूँही जारी है।

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कुछ तो खिला है सभी को इस ज़िन्दगी से
ना चेहरे पे है मुस्कुराहट ना आँखों मे है कशिश
निकल पड़े हैं आज बी हर रोज़ की तरह
सवेरे की ताज़गी मे सभ कामों से है रंजिश।

कुछ तो खिला है सभी को इस ज़िन्दगी से
ना शाम होने का है जूनून , ना चाहत है रात की
यूं लौट चले एक मेहनत भरे दिन के बाद
मनन फिर बी डगमगाया हुआ लेके जो काम है बाकी।


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कुछ अजब  सी तपिश उन निगाहों में  थी ,

सर्दियों की कशिश वहा हवाओं में  थी ,
उस पार  जुलस रही आग को सिर्फ गूर  ही सका ,
रंजिशें  दुवाओं में थी मगर कुछ बोल ना सका।

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हौसला तो भरा पड़ा था पर मन था मुर्जया हुआ ,

आंसू ना रुक रहे थे फिर बी कदम ना डगमगाए ज़रा,

तकलीफो के समुन्दर से चोट यू खा रहा ,

यह नक्श ये बेचैन दिल फिर बी उसी के गुण गा रहा !!!!!

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उन गुज़रते पलो को याद तो कर
कुछ होसला कोशिश और इल्तेजा तो कर
क्या रखा है यूँही जान दे जाने में
मोहब्बत के जुनून पे ऐतबार तोह कर।

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जुनून -ए -इश्क़ भी बिखरने को मजबूर हो गया

Are We Really There !!

So many of us are happy and content with where we are, but are we really there ???

Seems like a pretty confusing statement or question but on its deep end lies a weird paradox that not only leaves us wondering about what all needs to be achieved in life before we can really start to feel happy and satisfied but also leaves us wanting more in each aspect of life.
The want that many regard as an unsatisfied hunger of an individual yet a select few term as the needs of walking through the path of thorns to an unattainable peak of success. The want that can be characterized by the fact that we are always hungry for more in whatever we do , hear , see or eat.

The wants and the needs that can be justified by how you feel when you see and read about an entire generation of your age group making it huge in the entrepreneurial world and the sporting carnivals, the success stories of the so called talented and hard working people that throng the online motivational stories that make you question your own ability at making the life as humongous as you think it ought to be.
The vision that can be understood by the fact that a lot of your peers and friends are making more money than you and some of them have even reached a pinnacle of some sorts ( obviously that's their perspective ) in what ever field they are pursuing their dreams in and yet you find yourself in an insurmountable rut that keeps on getting deeper the more hard you try to dig out of it.

PS : It is just what our own perspective is about what and where we really are and what all we can fight to achieve what ever we want to..!!