Tonight as I am writing this, I am
letting the words flow through my fingers on my office PC. There is one of my colleagues,
Mayank sitting next to my cubicle looking at the screen of his PC with
earphones plugged in connected to his cell phone. I could listen to the beats
of the music. We both just came from a thirty minutes tea break and I couldn’t
stop myself writing what we talked about. Since there is very less work in office
today, I got some spare time to write.
“Hey Aurick, do you want to go
for a tea break?” Mayank asked.
“Give me a minute. I will just
finish this”, I said pointing towards the screen.
“Okay, just let me know.”
We walked outside the office near
to the tea stall where all the smokers were filling up their lungs with the
tar. I wondered if I am the only one who remember the *Itna taar aapko bimaar…bohat bimaar krane ke liye kaafi hai*
advertisement that comes before every Bollywood movie in the cinemas.
We ordered a cup of tea for both
and started talking. One thing that I had respected him for was that he never
said anything negative about anyone around ever.
“Mayank sir, do you like working
in night shifts?” I tried to break the ice of silence.
“Definitely! I feel so independent in night shifts and I should
tell you that I am married”
We both laughed out loudly.
“On a serious note Aurick, I will tell
you my story”, he said taking the tea cup from the tea stall vendor.
“I would love to listen it”, I responded
with an excitement. Oh yes, I have never told anyone around the office that I am
story writer.
“When I passed out from my college,
I was placed in a call center, where I used to work more than what I was paid.
In the early stage of your career, you do not know who will use you at any
point for his/her own favor and give you nothing in return. I was a victim of
the same. But during that time, I was happy because of her.”
“Tell me she is your wife now?” I
asked out of curiosity.
“Hahaha. Let me just complete.
So, I was telling you about her. I had a long seven years relationship with
her. When it came to marriage thing, we knew that our parents won’t agree and
with our understanding we both ended up with a happy note. My wife knows about
her and this is the reason I am still happy. I got an offer from a much
esteemed organization soon and I switched. I learnt things in my life every day.
The only thing I regret in my life was sleeping with a girl on whom I spent one
fourth of my first salary after celebrating the party of my hars earned first money. That was the only time when I was drunk that too with the company of few friends.
Now, after 8 years of experience, after having two daughters in my life, I am
still happy. My wife knows every single truth of my Life. I do not have any
loan on me. I own a car and a large enough flat to live”, he said as I paid for
the tea and we started walking back to the office
“You know Aurick, There is no
happiness in earning money until and unless you are not happy. Happiness comes
from one’s own home. If you stay happy in your home, you will have a good mood to
work in the office as well. Of course there were so many compromises that I did in
my life, but it never affected my happiness. Somehow, God showed me the right
path to move ahead in life. I today earn good enough that I
