Joy of working – Initiate, simply enjoy maadabedi!
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Some enjoy their work / some enjoy but work / some work just for sake of working.
Which category would you come under?
When you get inspired by a great work and want to present your inspiration in a telling episode, you need a great deal of courage and determination too. For, the greatness of the original work has to be replicated in its re-presentation also, in whatever format chosen. This becomes far more critical when you choose to adopt works like You Can Win by Shiv Kher, ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’ by Stephep R Covey, and ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ by Jack Canfield etc.
It was a demo of such a courageous effort, in deed, the other day at a programme called the ‘Joy of Working’. It was, in a nutshell, a combination of several fictitious creations and real-life experiences.
G S Lakshmiprasad must be considered a courageous person on that count. For, he attempted to design and direct the ‘Joy of Working’ in the company of the charming Samyuktha who co-ordinated with the him throughout the show.
I watch lots of plays like Othello, Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare), Huttadalli Hutta, Bandavaalavilada Badaai (TP Kailasam), Bhikre Bimb, Hayavadana (Girish Karnad), Soul for Sale (TN Sitaram) etc. ‘Joy of Working’ has been another greatest experience.
Everybody needs entertainment. A play is one such format. But I think we can also gain an idea or two of professional growth, besides entertainment, by watching a play.
This time around, I had the benefit of watching such a play, sponsored by our office. The programme is an interlacing of a workshop, a play, and a dance. It started with a conversation between a student and a professor- on how the student has to get an easy job and the professor explains it with what Henry Ward Beecher has said when somebody asked him.
There are six threats in life – poverty, criticism, fear of losing loved ones, ill health, old age, and death – which we usually come across. All these six threats have been beautifully depicted on the stage. They also sought to explain how the ‘arishadvargas’ – kama, krodha, moha, madha, matsarya and lobha – impact the ‘joyful workplace. Most of us have been told about these ‘six enemies’ in our school days itself. But admittedly, many of us tended to forget them in the process of becoming ‘modern’ citizens of a modern nation. It was, however, heartening to be retold about them in what was a lively blend of play and (Bharatnatyam) dance. Shrewd as he is, Lakshmiprasad intgelligently presented the application of these presumably neglected, if not forgotten, codes of conduct for ‘Joy of Working’.
The essence of the presentation is that three Hs – Head, Heart and Hand – have to be proper while working. The artistes presented this in one of the most appealing renditions of the theme.
A programme involving the story of a frog and a village was impressive in its appeal to promote positive thinking. Ironically, however, when the director called for somebody from the audience to come on to the stage and explain what it was, believe it or not, none from the packed auditorium of 350-plus audience turned up. Proudly, for us, one of our company employees was bold enough to do the honours- much to the delight of our company and claps of the gathering.
Anybody who adopts all these mantras to their profession will definitely be a winner. If you are already adopted, the winning chance is on the way. If you have already won, please teach others the mantra.
The background music, stage and lighting support was good, graphics shown on the screen were not catchy and AV system was too bad, you can hear lots of noise, not sound.
Organizing of the show was bad. Though they have printed on the ticket that the parking is at Ravindra Kalakshetra premises, the security there did not let us to park, we towed our bikes to ADA Rangamandira, and there the parking space is too small- only 8 bikes and 2 cars can fill. In the break time, the snacks were too bad. The place was too congested, and difficult to move through.
Anyway, it was a nice workshop, thanks to Mr. Lakshmiprasad for his effort. If given a chance I would like to watch the Kannada version of the same.