The System
Poem by Vishnu Nagar (in Hindi) ,translated to English by yours truly
Sir, you have walked here ( to our offices) from so far ! no doubt your work will be done.
Tomorrow , if not today, it will be done.
By tomorrow, please don’t conclude it to be Tuesday .Could be day-after Sir and by day after please don’t conclude it to be Wednesday either
I must advise you here, that for this type of work sometimes a month has been taken to complete it.
I wont be surprised though if it takes more than a month. In our offices, I have even heard such types of works taking more than a year to be done.
Oh God almighty, punish me if I lie, because there have been examples, where it has taken 2–3 years .
However, our staff here ensures that in-spite of delays, eventually, every work gets done.
Sir, you don’t loose heart, you should have a single minded resolve that in-spite of the delays I will have my work done.
What is the worst case scenario Sir ? That you might die while awaiting this work to be done ?
Let me assure you that it wont be happen, but the matters of death and life are outside our staff’s hands Sir
And in case unfortunately you die, if you were to come back and check on the status of this work,
I can reassure you that as long as this system and I within it, exist, you work will be done.
Don’t mistake delay for futility Sir, because as you know, in-spite of delays, eventually, every work gets done
