A wish in time...! Posted by Sibi Sukumar , Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 6:22 AM, in

Think before you wish….!

“Padichu valiya manushyanayi nalla udyogathinu pokanam “ these words often made the blessings that we got whenwe prostrated before our elders while we were young. Sometimes “ Dheerghayushman bhavah “ also tagged along.

They must have blessed really sincerely that most ofthe time they came true. Thanks to the diligence ofour parents coupled with efforts of our own, most ofus got good education, nice jobs and could afford afairly decent lifestyles today. And the `tag-along’made sure that we lived our entire life that way.Most of our parents were in Govt. service / Banks /Private Sector.

They even carved a part identity fromtheir jobs. Get a load of this….“ Sooprendu Mahadevan“, “Clerk Subramonia iyer “ etc. Those who were inprivate sector took a piece of the brand itself - “Glaxo Krishnamoorthy”, “Stanes Ramakrishna Iyer”, “Caltex Hariharan “, “LIC Mani iyer” etc. We were so happy and content with reflected glory. What if Krishnamoorthy owned 51% of Glaxo, Ramakrishna Iyer owned majority stake in Stanes, Hariharan a major shareholder CALTEX.

The thoughtitself might have been so far fetched. Not now though.

Lakshmi Mittal owns world’s biggeststeel company.It just occurred to me – why not we change this wishto something like “ Valya Muthalaali aakanam “ / “valya Inventor aakanam “ / “ Valya Leader Aakanam “ instead of “Udyogathinu pokanam “ – well, theoutcome would be far more fulfilling if it does cometrue. Add the tag “Dheerghayushman Bhavah” to a goodmeasure so that you get to keep it that way.

The blessed kid will not have to be “yours obediently”all his life ( Udyogam )…. Chances are that he’ll give you a seat in his company’s Board some day …!