Breaking the Inertia

For last two months, I am struggling with the inertia of not writing blogs. The reasons are not many. First could be the fear of spilling too much personal details. Second is lack of substantive and structured thoughts to write. Third but I think the most prominent is my own laziness on this front. Anyway, there is lot of things to write about, lot of thoughts, experiences, frustration, joy, and new developments. 

To begin with, I must apologize to myself for my failure to write anything for January.  The month taught me ways in which the leadership can destroy the zeal and enthusiasm of genuine employees.  Our whole batch (People in Delhi) was put on an unofficial compulsory wait. We were not given the further postings after the "sham training" of two and half months. There was sense of uncertainty and demotivation in me. However, I tried to compensate through other means like exercise and music.  I managed to follow my resolve of not eating after 7 PM. It helped me putting my schedule in practice and I felt much happier. We installed our TV at home and most of my time went in enjoying the TV shows specially the horror ones. 

February was little busy. I wrote a book on Budget and Survey for Vajiram. I was put on the project Insight, one of the most sought after project in the department. I met many interesting people including my project head Mr. Sanjeev Singh. Watching and observing him and others in the department, I understood the importance of documentation, project planning and why is it better to be feared than loved. 

Working along side him, there were numerous small observations day in and day night. The taste of functioning of the government department in the backdrop of my own experience of working in private sector helped in developing the new perspectives. I will list some in the upcoming blogs. 

For now, the breaking news is breaking the internet. Indian air force has hit deep inside Pakistan and destroyed the terrorists hideouts. This could well be beginning of a 5th war between India and Pakistan. Pakistan may target Gujarat next. Let us see how the situation unfolds. Bidding adieu for now.