RECOLLECTION OF OLD PASSIONATE HOBBIES

MANY OF MY FRIENDS ASK ME WHY I DIDN'T DISCUSS ABOUT MY OLD PASSIONATE HOBBIES IN MY BLOG. THEY WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY IT WAS EXCLUDED.

TODAY I WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT MY FAVORITE HOBBIES VIZ. CRICKET, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND UNION. TODAY I WILL BE COVERING ALL THE ACTIVITIES CONNECTED IN MY CAREER.

TO BEGIN WITH, I WILL DISCUSS REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNION ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE BANK OF INDIA AND HOW I DEVELOPED THE INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT THROUGH OUT MY CAREER.

IN THE YEAR 1965 I GOT APPOINTMENT IN STATE BANK OF INDIA, TIRUCHIRAPALLI AND CONFIRMED (PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT) IN JULY. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO MR.N.BALASUBRAMANIAN, A FRAIL LOOKING FEROCIOUS LEADER WHO NARRATED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNION . I LEARNED THAT THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT ASSISTED AND HELPED THE EMPLOYEES TO HAVE DISTRIBUTION OF WORK EQUALLY AND WHEREBY WE CAN VOICE OUR THOUGHTS TO THE MANAGEMENT ON PROPER JOB ROTATION. I TOTALLY LISTENED TO HIM AND AS I WAS A BACHELOR HE USED TO ASK MY ASSISTANCE IN UNION WORK. I USED TO ADMIRE HIS DEDICATION AND THE SINCERE APPROACH IN SPITE OF HAVING ASTHMA BREATHING PROBLEMS WHICH ATTRACTED ME TO A VERY GREAT EXTENT.

AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, I REMEMBER AN INCIDENT WHICH REMAINS FRESH IN MY MIND REGARDING MY EARLY INVOLVEMENT WITH THE UNION. I REMEMBER A PERSON NAMED M. SRINIVASAN, WHO WAS WORKING AS A GARDENER. HE WAS UNILATERALLY DISMISSED BY THE MANAGEMENT WITHOUT ANY REASON. TO HANDLE THIS ISSUE, THE UNION LEADER AT THAT TIME ASKED ME TO TO TRACE OUT THE OLD APPOINTMENT LETTER SO THAT THE DISMISSED EMPLOYEE WILL GET BACK HIS EMPLOYMENT. AFTER THOROUGH SEARCH, I WAS ABLE TO TRACK THE ORIGINAL LETTER, GAVE IT TO LEADER WHO PROFUSELY THANKED AND APPRECIATED MY SINCERITY. TWO YEARS LATER THE GARDENER SRINIVASAN

SPORTING A FULL BEARD, PROSTRATED AND FELL ON MY FEET. NEVERTHELESS, I WAS QUITE EMBARRASSED, BAFFLED AND SHOCKED AND ASKED HIM WHY HE DID THAT. HE WAS EMOTIONAL AND TEARS, HE REPLIED BACK SAYING THE UNION LEADER BALU SIR ASKED HIM TO DO IT TO SHOW THE GRATITUDE.

WHEN THE LEADER CAME, HE RESPONDED SAYING THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE HIM DO THAT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE LETTER HE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE THE JOB AGAIN. THE LETTER PAVED WAY FOR THE UNION TO CONTEST IN THE COURT AND WHICH FINALLY LEAD TO REAPPOINTMENT OF THIS POOR SOUL .THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT KINDLED AND ACTIVATED MY UNION SPIRITS THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE FELLOW PEOPLE WHICH CAN HELP THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE AND TOOK THAT AS A MISSION TO HELP PEOPLE.