The workplace is a jumble of many different personalities and they are always not clearly typified. For example the chatterbox may double up as the complainer or the gossip may turn into the credit-grabber by day end. It is understandable, everybody wants to get credit for all the things they have done and some things they haven’t. Work would be really great if it wasn’t for the people at office. If you think office politics is just about being ‘nice’ to people and that we don’t really need to bother about it , THINK AGAIN ! Office politics aren’t just for suck ups (though theres plenty of that too!), its about maintaining relationships. With most of us spending more than 8 hrs at work, the office is more or less like a second home. We have to make it comfortable for ourselves – and that means avoiding conflict situations with the people you are working with. . Conflicts assure that everybody is sucked into tunnel vision and focus on immediate differences. The immediate reaction is ‘if you are not with me, you are against me’. There is no way you can not be a part of this. As part of working in very close quarters , you do allow a lot of liberties to the people around you but the problem is where do I draw the line? How far do I ingratiate myself? Do I do it at all? Should I preserve my dignity , ethics, moral responsibility , blah blah and play nice just to make myself a better paying employee or should just be a non-conformist and explore my own path to better relationships and consequently a better life. How much of bitchiness do I really need ? how much should I tolerate?
Situated at around 30-35 km from Port Blair is a beautiful,sandy,shallow beach called Collinpur. Since its situated a little away from the city, the beach is cleaner and quieter. Its covered by dense vegetation and you wont know that you're near the sea until you actually see it. Its a long stretch flanked by a hill on one side and since the gradient is not steep,its ideal for swimming and sunbathing. The main attraction for me was however, another beach called Kurma Dera. This beach is situated a little farther from Collinpur and is more deserted and quieter. The car couldn't go upto the beach and we had to walk nearly 2-2.5 km to reach the beach. The walk was through a very muddy and slushy path along a creek andd I expected to see a crocodile pop out any second. In fact, the second time we went to these beaches, we heard of crocodile attacks on the same day corresponding to our visit. Kurma means shells and I found the most amazing shells on this beach. And what surprise
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