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The Socio-Economic K Curve
The rich & priviledged keep getting opportunities that they keep capitalising on.
The poor never get those opportunities and keep getting dragged in the day to day challenges. The socio-economic divide keeps getting wider & wider.
The Socio-Economic K Curve
The rich & priviledged keep getting opportunities that they keep capitalising on.
The poor never get those opportunities and keep getting dragged in the day to day challenges. The socio-economic divide keeps getting wider & wider.
The poor works for the rich - the driver, servants, maids, office boys. They observe the rich capitalising on such opportunities, enjoying their lives, while they struggle.
I remember once, in my corporate office days, my team had arranged back to back client meetings. We went into a meeting at BKC, Mumbai. The driver dropped us, couldn't find parking nearby, went to distant parking lot...and dozed off!
We stepped out of our meeting, called him, he didn't pick. I kept calling him in the peak heat in the afternoon, my colleagues kept looking for the car at the regular parking lots.
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Finally, after some 10 odd minutes (felt like 30, in the sun), we decided to take a cab as we were desperately getting late for the next meeting.
Eventually, my driver woke up. Must have panicked seeing so many missed calls from me & my colleagues, started calling me frantically.
Eventually, my driver woke up. Must have panicked seeing so many missed calls from me & my colleagues, started calling me frantically.
His calls kept disturbing, an already boiling me, during my next meeting. My colleague stepped out of teh meeting and called him, giving directions to our location.
When we stepped out, I yelled at him, in front of all my colleagues. It was lunch time, hunger compounded the emotions.
We all got in the car...started voting for our lunch venue.
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We all got in the car...started voting for our lunch venue.
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During the lunch, discussion came up about holidaying & travel. The discussion continued as we got back in our car and headed to our next meeting.
I gave him an earful. Almost immediately, we got into discussing our lavish lunch and holiday destinations!
I gave him an earful. Almost immediately, we got into discussing our lavish lunch and holiday destinations!
Atleast a 100 times, since that day, I feel like shit about what happened.
Vishwas, my driver, was a dependable driver, as his name suggests. I started using a driver in 2005...Vishwas. He was the only driver I used all the way till 2016, when I quit job.
Vishwas, my driver, was a dependable driver, as his name suggests. I started using a driver in 2005...Vishwas. He was the only driver I used all the way till 2016, when I quit job.
He was very reliable and loyal. I was very supportive of him - sponsored his daughter's education, his health insurance. Even when I asked him to leave, I helped him get an Uber car. He has many times said to various people that I was very kind hearted...
...and yet, I had no right to scream on him like this, in the middle of the road. My heart still sinks, as I write this.
All the kindness I offered him, gave me a right and him an obligation to let that happen.
All the kindness I offered him, gave me a right and him an obligation to let that happen.
Almost everyday, we carry on enjoying our lives, offering our kids and ourselves the best of opportunities. All this, as our driver, maids, office boys, slogging to keep our lives running seamlessly, while going through their struggles.
The socio-economic K Curve is very disturbing. The least we can do is to show empathy!
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