Railwaymen and Carnatic Music

I agree--Carnatic music is very soothing! One thing one learns early in service is that except self, every one else has the smarter answer and no one actually listens to any one.

Some develop a hobby of gardening, some others specialise in to painting, others in to jogging ,mountain climbing, and yes of course the golf, the royal pursuit apart from closed circles of card game clubs with happy hours.

Intelligent but misunderstood by every one else, quite a few railway officers seek solace in areas external to own service areas.

One of my friends and a batch mate did so much of research in to Carnatic Music that he finally published a much acclaimed treatise by the end of his service!

The point is , as I do advise many a friend, enjoy the wonderful privilege of being a member of an organised service, -- a rare club where 24 hours you are taken care of, provided with games of exchanging meaningless notes, which the country thinks to be very important work, and finally rewarded with privileges of free travel and decent pension as well as respect in other non-railwaymen's perception, by arranging some HQ quota for their emergency travel.

A bonus could be, post retirement, snatch positions of being some advisor to some institution or company struggling with the maze of administrative processing we created on railways, to get the service they needed , by using the networking connections developed over the years.

Not bad at all-- why complain! We have all the reasons to be happy and watch the world go by with contentment.

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