DISCIPLINE PUNCTUALITY AND TRANSFEREE OFFICERS ----- LIFE OF A BANKER
“Delhi Janata Kithna late hai”? As Anil asked over phone this question with a simpering face, many others in the branch used to snigger. If the train is late by more than two hours as it often used to be Anil will be jubilant. Anil was from Mumbai posted to Surat on his promotion as officer. As a newly married, forced to be away from wife who too worked in the same bank, Anil was a weekend husband as many joked and he used to counter saying not a weakened husband. All this almost four decades ago. The dilemma of Anil was similar to many other officers who came from Mumbai to south Gujarat on promotion. First it was a fight among friends to get a posting nearer the railway station, then finding a place of stay normally a cot in a room accommodating six persons and find food again normally from a lady caterer addressed as mousie. Thereafter it was waiting for the weekend and looking at the clock to sneak out if possible earlier than office time. Unfortunately th...