No work is small. When I start a project, it begins from zero. When a work
is assigned to you, try to complete it ideally. Do it in such a way that no one
can do it like you. Be the expert of the work. Jobs will run after you. There
is no scarcity of job, scarcity is of the expert.
In India we are ‘Jacks of all treads but master of none’. Contrary to
this, Russia, U.S.A., Japan, China produce experts. I have seen Russian
Engineers. One person is doing only one job the whole life. Suppose, you have
to construct a house. In Russia, so many experts of different components are
employed and the model unique type building is completed in a very short time.
In our case, only one group of mason does everything and completes the work
after a good period and of poor quality. The same person does brick work,
lintel, roof, shuttering, steel work, plaster work, flooring and all finishing
work. Now a day, in cities we have started employing experts. But, in villages,
traditional method of employing only one group for the whole work is followed.
I
am remembering one event. Those days, milk booths were started functioning. The
estimated cost of one booth was approximately 40 thousand. So many booths were
to be constructed in one district. One very old and expert person approached and
willed to construct one booth. The milk society was feeling uncomfortable to
allot such a small job to the famous agency. But, the agency showed utmost
interest and the society offered him one work. The person utilized his full
skill and his booth became most beautiful. The tiny construction became a model
and the society showed it to every senior officials of the department. Now, the
person is expert in construction of booths and he is overloaded. He has expert
team and constructs the booth in just half period specified. The society
utilizes him everywhere when such booth is required to be constructed.
I want to
describe another event of my child hood. Perhaps, in the year 1968-69, the
scheme of state deep tube well boring was started with the help of Russia. A group
of experts of the work headed by Russians were going village to village to
perform the work. One night time was fixed for the work. They started the work
at 10.00 P.M. and finished the work all complete at 5.00 A.M. The whole
villagers gathered at the sight to see the miracle. The tube wells still exist
in our villages. One operator was employed at each tube well. But we could not maintain
them and almost all tube wells are non functional. We could not give proper
electricity, could not maintain the transformers and could not keep operators.
