Meet Tej Singh

• Name : Tej Singh
• Age : 50
• Work Experience : 30 years in this Hotel Chain :|
• Interests : Lalua ( Lalu Prasad Yadav)
• Hometown : Iti , Uttar Pradesh
• Qualification : School Dropout
• Designation : Helper

I thought I should start blogging about people . I would have been rather obvious had I blogged about someone I *love* , so well I thought of starting with someone I admire .

You are forgiven if you think I'm weird for blogging about a helper. But really , qualification does not make a man . Men made qualification , later put it as a yardstick to measure the so called value of men . Unfortunately , the yardstick started measuring how we behaved with people based on their education or designation . What makes him not important ? I see Nothing. What about you ?

" So you like talking to him ? "

" Yes , why ? "

" its just strange he's a helper you know "

"I'm sorry but he's more real than anyone in this office. "

Meet Tej Singh. His fragile lean structure gives it away , he's a man who works hard for a living . He's not paid well , not like he complains about it . He can make the strongest coffee for you ever and is an expert at making the yummiest of all cold coffees and is quite funny .

He thinks the " Haraami Bhraman" is responsible for half of the shit happening in this country , he loves every speech "Lalua " gives and beat this , he has his plans for 2012 . He watches India T.V unfortunately.

Ask him "Mam sakh-at hai ? " and he looks up immediately " Hona parega , Headmaster jaisi he , warna aap log kaam nahi karoge" . He smiles often, reports at work two hours prior to his time , he believes duty comes before his own kids and well he's quite dedicated to it.

They ask me though at work , Why I bond with him so much ? And well I don't have an answer , I gave one today though . He's real. Unlike them he's not hiding behind a mask. He's not trying to show anyone down nor does he have an agenda . He's not insecure about where he stands . He's not trying to be a mirror image of what he ought to be like so many of them . They lost themselves in competition , he was never in the race in the first place . He does not seek approval for he knows what he does is more than what is expected of him and yet unlike them he does want recognition in his small capacity , although he offers a smile so real , it makes you want to talk to him.

They consider it below their so called dignity to be interacting with him . But I'd feel sorry for the man , if they really do start talking to him . I think he'd be sane without the insanity that they crack on his innocent head . I'm sure though he's had his share and yet he hasn't changed or so his partner claims , who on the other hand gets credit for all the work Tej Singh does , why ? cause he's educated. The partner got promoted recently . For what really ? Maybe smoking 30 cigarettes during working hours which leaves pretty much everything on Tej Singh , who *still* has no complains.

He does rant though . "Amreeka Harami desh hai , yeh sala India aur Pakistan ki ladai karata hai , China bharamano ka saath deta hai "  the logic and reasoning I don't care about . It makes me laugh out , yeah thats as simple as I'd want it to be .

He likes the newspapers , he loves browsing through them , he can't read but he tries to figure out whats with the world through pictures and he never does ask what's in the news . He's content . Happy in his own world.

He does smile though when I get yelled at by " the boss" , he gives me a you got pwned look as he brings out my coffee , it makes me smile and forget about the mind-fucking session for a bit . Yes he's real , He has nothing to say and no advice waiting and no sympathy , he just smiles.


In a nutshell , If there's one human being left in the office , its probably him . And even though I might be considered strange for interacting with him , atleast the system is not so embedded in my head that I forget about .. people.

And even though he might be cursed , might miss out on a promotion , may get yelled at without reason he manages to *Smile* .. The system did not absorb him , and I'm glad it did not .