A DONKEY, TOO, CAN DO SOME SMART WORK!
One of my favorite reminders to my students is, “Don’t do donkey work – the gadha mazdoori.” Well, they are so used to hearing it from me, that they know exactly when I would be coming out with it in the midst of my teaching – or preaching. “Do smart work; not donkey work, okay?” That’s what I want to remind them, “I want efficiency, you understand?” The interesting thing is that, I am so used to reminding my students about the need for efficient work, the smart work… so much so that they have almost become immune to my reminders… Lo! There they come, once again, with their donkey-work… And, there I go, once again, with my broken gramophone! Then, I smile, nod my head thinking about my own donkey-work sermons, thinking how inefficient they are in making the desired impact on my students… and, I realize it is time, I did some ‘smart work’ in this respect… Yes, invariably, when the donkey-work drops from my sermons, the donkey-work d...