Birth day party, sasthi pujah are alright, nothing wrong with these functions as long as these functions are held after the sun had set in when the Government office hour is over. The other functions like Mapam chakkouba, ushob, deevosh are wastage of time and money. It happens in Manipur a whole office block would remain paralysed for the whole day simply because all the staff members would be away for attending a grand feast, ushob, arranged by one of the staff members in memory of their dead ones. Not knowing what had happened in the office visitors would waste precious time waiting for the employees to turn up. When the clock ticked 1 pm visitors begin asking each other what had happened to the office. One of the office staff members, perhaps he did not get invite would shout loudly all had gone to attend ushob. It sounds funny Government employees shirk official duty to attend grand feast. Rules need to be made strict to ensure that no employee waste time without doing anything at the office. Ushob is wastage of money and time. Moreover it is conducted during office hour precisely around 1 pm when employees should have remained gluing to files and other documents on their tables. Lady employees and male employees begin dressing up from 11 am for the special occasion. 11 am is two hours away from the formal declaration of relishing the grand feast. Around half an hour would be spent either relishing the sumptuous meal or by sitting near the well arranged meal. It is Manipuri style none can wake up until and unless either the old man or Brahamin leading the guests declare the programme is over. By the time the function is declared closed it would be two pm. Naturally no employee attends office after 2 pm, which virtually means holiday for the day. None realises the harm being done by offering ushob. If one desires to consecrate something in living memory their dead ones they can do it by inviting some close relatives of the family. No Government employee should accept invitation for attending ushob. The problem facing Manipur is wastage of time by Government employee. They attend office at 12 and return home at 2 pm. We consider giving pay to such recalcitrant employee as wastage of public money. Amazingly the heads of departments cannot ask these employees to attend office at 10 am and remain fastened to their seats till 5 pm. If they remain at the office for the whole office hours they will think of doing something, which will be beneficial to the state. Everywhere in every parts of the country Government employees have the habit of attending office in time and leaving the office complex as per the time set. Why such rules cannot be applied here in Manipur. Whose fault is it? Does is it have anything to do with the system prevailing here? Manipur is afflicted with diseases created by self. Non attendance of office by the employees should be treated as a disease, which is contagious.
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