Personal to Corporate!

Gokhale & Sathe

A firm with that personal touch.

A firm to whom I owe quite a lot...

Yes, Quite a lot..

My Time, Attitude, Persona, Ethics Friends.

Well we moved into a new office premises.

It was wonderful. Just like a festive occasion.Colors all around. With girls in saris and guys in their best traditional clothes, it was indeed a sight to behold. All partners, employees, articles and peons enjoying the move. But then there were many changes, observed by the heart with the aid of the mind and not just the eyes...

The wooden partitions were now replaced with glass ones. Everything was chaka-chak. The open work places are now replaced by cubicles. The flooring was done afresh. All the cupboards were numbered and everything was organised to perfection something which has not been the usual Gokhale & Sathe. lol. Everything filled, packed and shifted to new places. Yes but definitely something to be proud off. We mooved froma residential colony to an Industrial gala.  Many more changes. and why not... 'afterall we are starting afresh!!'... But these observations were met by my eyes..

Then as time grew older, my mind and heart observed. Somewhere deep down, my heart missed something. The memories of the old place were not Filled. Those were not packed. Those were left behind there. Almost two years of meeting some fantastic people, working with even better people and the memories of being thought work ethics, were left behind. The September where I worked day in and night out and all those past memories. Why cant we carry it here? After all Laxmikant was an important phase in Gokhale&Sathe's life. It has now graduated to a mid-size firm with a widespread clientele. It has grown both in numbers and professionally. Then why not carry all these treasured memories together?

My heart screamed for a someone to notice. My mind cried. But I did not shed the tears.
I assured myself that it is time to move on. Someone had said I think, "Change is a Nature's Principle".
Might be yes, variety is a spice of life. I think for a Firm to grow this corporate-ness is essential.
Well thats it then, as I pondered on my way back....


Time to form new Memories.
Time for new Beginning.
Time for a new September.
Time for something new...

But I hope, I pray..
That with the same people around
And even with Gokhale & Sathe embarking
Towards a Corporateness
I want that Personal touch to remain...

PS: Might be when I resume work.. I ll still get down at Matunga and walk to Laxmikant. Because I am so used to it now.!