Is IT Shit??

Well it has been a long time since I have penned something down,probably because I have been so occupied (Feels funny even to say it, its so nor true :P).But anyways here are the rantings of a frustrated soul.

The world was a very simple place back in those good old days of school. But then something called IT entered into our simple world. It is apparently big stuff today. It has supposedly transformed India and all the big banter about us being World Powers with China by 2020 is apparently thanks to this "phenomenon".

But is this really true? I mean, okay it has literally made the Indian economy a global force, it has transformed Bangalore from a small pleasant city to a gargantuan behemoth flooded with monstrous traffic jams. So let us explore what really happens behind the scenes. Is it all the makings of an economy changing masterclass or is it just a masquerade developed to fool the commonwealth.

As I joined TCS, fresh as a college graduate, I thought ,"YAYY, Now I get to be a part of this hooplah. Let me see what all the fuss is about". And from the very first day, the paradise was ripped apart. This is how a typical day in TCS transpires for a college fresher( TCS recruits around 35000 of them annually so they are a major part of the workforce). A general shift starts at 9.30 a.m. and ends typically by 6.30 p.m or does it??

Well 9.30 is just a definition. What really happens is that people dont trudge in with total indomitation anytime before 10.30. As the vast majority of the nations economic upturn makes its way to work an hour late, the delay is not even fretted upon. Instead people shamelessly head straight to the cafeteria for breakfast as if denial of this meal might just lead to their demise.The more alarming thing is that these people spend a good 45 minutes exchanging meaningless banter and pleasantries over breakfast.So by the time , the vast majority of the growth cells begin work it is nearly 11.30 am. Now begins the uncluttered initiation of internet banalities and vulgarisms, all this amidst the formal browsing of top priority mails received overnight. Once the petty forwarded mails have made their way around the campus, the work finally begins. Well so you would think, but what begins is the planning for lunch and where to go and what to have. Invitations are sent out to everyone requesting their presence for the all important meal of the day( everyone is entitled to atleast a one hour break for this). Anyone who dares to dis acquiesce to this request is then subject to a group mauling and branding as the office nerd.

As the clock strikes 1, this workforce responsible for making India into a economic giant heads in unison for the luncheon break. A quite 30 minute excercise is converted into a 1.5 hour sojourn through the realms of time killing. People who have never worked out in their life find it necessary to engage themselves in a compulsory 45 minute walk after lunch. The small tapris which sell Cigarettes, Tea and munchies are crowded worse than Times Square on New Years. As the afternoon sun begins its descent, these " hardworking people" head to the air conditioned facilities and give their tired bodies a rest by taking a good one hour nap.

Now that they are all rested, they all head back to energize themselves with a cup of Hot Tea or Coffee and umpteen Munchies to munch along. These tea sessions are again wiled away in meaningless banter as the clock ticks on. At 5 pm sharp everyone heads back to office, a look of steely determination on their faces. But this is just a disguise meant to fool the Leads and managers. At around 6, when the sun begins to set, this very group of people passes all their workload to the freshers who are placed below them under the pretext of learning. They then trudge out and rush towards their commute proud of having worked so hard, and the poor fresher who thought the day was over after meekly staring at walls from 10 in the morning to 6 in the evening, is heartbroken to realize that his day has just begun and he will have to continue onwards and probably even burn the midnight oil till some fresh new fish comes under his grasp.

And so, having been a frustrated fresher for 3 months now living under the noose of a good for nothing maniac with the ego as large as an elephant, i wont ask " Have i made IT large?"...I will instead ask, "Is IT Shit"..and the answer is an overwhelming affirmative. It is very difficult to fathom how this schedule followed by everyone and How IT remains to be the driving force of the Indian economy? maybe we have all been blindfolded.

" To be or not to be, that is the question" has always been the question, but seeing how IT has done so much for the economy without its working parts not doing anything really makes me conclude" To DO or Not To DO, That is the QUESTION"!!!!!!!!!!!