'Wow! there is a vacancy Announcement"

[This is a article written by me, when I was a fresh graduate and was looking for job. Though currently I'm employed in a good organisation in a very responsible post, in the begining it was very difficult to get a job. Organisation used to reject my CV even without giving me a chance to appear in the interview just because I had no work experience. So at that time I had no other option than writing this article. Please go through it........ I think this is not a problem of only mine but of all fresh graduates.]

As soon as newspaper arrives in my home I glance through it to find the “vacancy announcement”. As I’ve just finished my Bachelors degree and must work for at least two years to join master’s degree, job is necessary for me. As I read the content on advertisement for vacancy I become very much excited on seeing “the applicant must have an educational qualification of bachelor’s degree” but what disappoints me is “the applicant must have a work experience of minimum five years”. I’m a freshly graduated and I haven’t worked anywhere yet. From where do I bring this five years’ work experience?

“Work experience! That too of five years!. It’s not for me” I murmur alone and throw away the newspaper.

I wonder why the job providers don’t understand the problem of freshly graduated job seekers like me. Why don’t they understand that nobody is born talented enough? Everybody learns things and acquire skills only after landing on this earth. Again if the job providers give employment only to the professionals with minimum work experience of five years then how do the fresher like me get the chance to be experienced? In a country like ours, where many people are unemployed if such trend of providing employment only to the experienced one continues, then there is likely that some people (the experienced one) become over-employed (One person working in more than one institution at the same time) and many remain unemployed. This is what we call unequal distribution of resources and for every society unequal distribution of resources is a sinister.

In my opinion what really must count among the job seekers are enthusiasm, perseverance, determination, dedication and capacity to work. Sometimes a freshly graduated professional with no work experience but with enthusiasm and perseverance may be fit for the same post in comparison to his counterpart with five or more years of work experience. I accept that I don’t have work experience but I have promising mind, innovative ideas, enthusiasm and dedication towards my work then why should I not be selected?

A TRAGIC DAY

Sanjaya sent an application to his boss for half day leave. As the office was too busy and lots of work was pending the boss was reluctant to give him leave. Finally after pleading for half an hour and requesting that he had to meet his grandmother admitted in the hospital Sanjaya was able to manage half day leave. Actually Sanjaya had lied to his boss. The reason why Sanjaya needed half day leave was that he was called by Batika and she wanted to meet him immediately in the Basundhara Park. Sanjay was sure that if he would have told the boss he wanted to meet Batika he wouldn’t give him leave. Sanjaya’s boss was a kind of misogynist type of men. He was so strict in the office that he wouldn’t allow the male staffs even to talk with the female colleagues in the office time in matters other than the official work. He would detest chatting and flattering of his male staffs with the female staffs.

Sanjaya had met Batika two months ago on his journey to Kathmandu. Sanjaya was going Kathmadnu to attend a seminar while Batika was to attend her friends wedding. Fortunately the seat of Batika was adjacent to that of Sanjaya and Sanjaya was on the window side. After around half an hour the bus headed toward its destination Kathmandu from Pokhara, Batika requested Sanjaya if she could sit on the window side. Sanjaya politely left the seat and came on Batika’s seat. The exchange of seats paved the way for Sanjaya to begin the conversation with Batika.
“Hi! I’m sanjaya” sanjaya said.
“This is Batika! Batika pradhan” Batika replied.

This was the beginning of never ending chatting between the two. Immediately after that Batika asked so many questions to Sanjaya that he sometimes felt irritated. “What’s your surname? Where do you work? What does your father do? What’s your favorite dish? Why are you going to Kathmandu etc................... ?.”
“So many questions in such a short interaction” Sanjay murmured.

Batika was talkative and very beautiful. Blonde hair and dimple on her checks were adding beauty to her round face. Sanjay on the other hand was a polite, humble and a little bit introvert. Since his school days he was a bit shy. So he had very little female friends. Sanjaya had never met a chatterbox like Batika. Though for the first few hours of the journey he was very irritated by interrogative Batika but slowly he began enjoying her questions and her questioning style. He was very fascinated by the dimples on Batika’s cheeks. Sometimes when Batika was speaking continuously he would secretly look into her cheeks.

Slowly Sanjaya also began asking questions to Batika and he also became engrossed in continuous chatting with her. During rest of the journey Sanjaya and Batika were so much busy in chatting with each other that they both got surprised when the conductor said “La La Kalanki aaipugyo……” (We arrived Kalanki). Before departing at Kalanki, Sanjaya asked Batika her cell no and the date she was returning to Pokhara. Fortunately Sanjaya was also returning on the same date. So he requested her to give him company during the return as well. Batika didn’t reply his offer. She simply said “I’ll call you latter” and hired a taxi to ‘Kalimati’- her friend’s house. Sanjay glued his eyed to the taxi till it took a turn in the far end of the road.

On the day of their return, Batika called Sanjaya early in the morning and both agreed to meet at Kalanki and returned together.

With in a week after their memorable journey from Pokhara to Kathmandu and back to pokhara together, one Friday Sanjaya called Batika for a date. Batika accepted his request without a thought and agreed to meet him. By this time Sanjaya was completely in love with Batika but didn’t have courage to propose her. Sanjaya went to meet Batika with a red rose in the inner side of his jacket. He was not sure whether to give it to her or not. After staying there around for two hours and finally before departing from there Sanjaya gave the rose to her. Batika accepted the rose with a smile and said “thank you”. Sanjaya was fascinated by the dimples formed on her cheeks during laughing. Sanjaya was very happy as Batika accepted his rose and he understood it as a green signal for his love toward Batika

Every day Sanjaya went on a date; he used to go with a red rose. Every time Sanjya gifted the rose to Batika she would accept it with a smile and two words “Thank you” in return. Sanjay was very fascinated by the smile and the dimples that form on Batika’s cheeks during laughing. That was the reason why Sanjaya always used to go on date with a rose.

Today also, after getting permission from his boss, he directly went to a flower’s shop and bought a rose. While he was on his way to their favorite dating spot “Basundhara park” Sanjay thought “I should propose Batika today”. But he asked himself “Why should I do that? I have been giving her red roses and she accepts it with a smile. As red rose is a symbol of love, I love her and she loves me. It is very clear. If she won’t love me why would she come on a date with me whenever I call her? And why would she accept my roses with a smile? But still I need to propose her and I’m going to do that today? But why had she called me on a date today…………….?” He went on thinking like that.

When sanjaya reached at their favorite dating spot, Batika was already there. There was a bundle of red roses on her side. Sanjay was too happy to see that “oh she has also come with roses for me…….” Sanjaya was just about to say “I love you Batika”. Batika overtaked him and said “sanjaya thanks a lot for your friendship and your roses. These are the roses you gave to me in the last two months. Please take them back. I’m getting married next month. This is the invitation card.” Batika gave him a bundle of roses and an envelope. “This is the three hundred rupees that you paid for my busfare while returning to pokhara from kathmandu. Thanks a lot Sanjaya for your help”
Sanjaya silently accepted the rose bundle, envelope and his money back. He remained speechless.

GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH

Watching cartoons is favorite time pass for my 8 year’s old little brother. He can watch cartoons on TV for a whole day. When he gets chance to watch cartoon network he forgets hunger, thirst, homework and sometimes even mum and dad. Serials on Sony and Star plus are favorite programmes of my sister. She can sometimes forget taking her daily meals but can’t forget watching 'Kasauti' (a teleserial on Starplus). In his spare time my dad loves watching CNN. My mum tunes Nepal Television whenever she gets remote control in her hand, and music channels are my choices, whenever I sit in front of television set.

In this way every individual in my home has different taste of TV channels but the television set is only one. So to watch a favorite programme of his/her choice my family members have to pass through many hurdles. Watching a TV channel of one’s choice in my home is more difficult than getting a ticket in a houseful cinema hall.

To watch my favorite music channel first I have to get remote control in my hand from my little brother. I do this by scolding him and sending him to study. Then I have to fight with my sister for the same remote control. The one who wins could tune the programme of his/her choice. It’s usually me who wins. No sooner I start watching my favorite channel then dad comes and scolds me “you fool! Always lingering on television, go to your study room". He scolds me in the same way as I did to my little brother. After getting remote control in his hand, dad tunes CNN. And then enters my mum. Scuffle grows between my mum and dad, mum insisting for watching Nepal television and dad for CNN. No sooner the dispute settles between my mum and dad then enters the little brother crying, "Mum today I studied a lot, can I watch cartoon for few minutes please". Mum handovers the remote control to little brother and enters kitchen. As soon as the little brother tunes cartoon then enters my sister saying "Oh! It’s already 8:45 pm, its time for “Kasauti". She grabs the remote control from the brother and tunes Star plus. No sooner she starts watching her favorite serial then dad again grabs remote control from her hand saying "Oh! It’s time for news report on CNN". The cycle continues….

This happens everyday in my home, the remote circulates from one hand to other so fast that neither my brother can watch a complete show nor my sister, neither can I enjoy a complete song nor can my dad watch news till the end. This problem has created havoc in my home. I searched a lot for solution.

Finally I found solution to my problem. There was only one option remaining i.e. avoiding watching TV. I did same saying “good riddance to bad rubbish”. I made my other family members also do the same. My sister gave up watching the never ending and moral less Hindi serials. She was made to give priority to our own Nepali programs. My brother was contented even without watching cartoons. These days all my family members sit together and watch only those shows which are easily digestible, give some moral lessons and are very helpful for students like me, my brother and sister. These days I don’t watch TV even if I am alone in my home and there is no one to combat with me for remote . These days, in my spare time, I do something which could be really beneficial to me instead of lingering on those filthy TV shows.