E3:- Ganesh Acharya

Ganesh Acharya had taken a massive pay-cut to join WeDonate. Sarita

Sharan was the only reason Ganesh had joined the organization, but on days

like this, he hated his job.

Ananth Khatri is sitting in front of him, pissed, and Ganesh knows he can’t

do anything for him.

Ananth says, ‘Ganesh, there are two things. First, I want to be in medical. I

thought it was clear during the interview. And second, why are we wasting so

many resources at entertainment? We don’t make anything good.’

‘We understand where you’re coming from,’ says Ganesh. ‘Did you tell

Karunesh about what you feel about entertainment?’

‘I can’t. He works hard at it; he’s quite passionate about it.’

‘Look, Ananth, today someone donates Rs 200 to a music band with a cute

boy singer. Who knows, tomorrow she might pay for someone else’s heart

surgery. We need to throw a wider net, make people interested in helping

other people out,’ says Ganesh.

Ganesh knows Ananth doesn’t buy it but he nods his head. Ganesh didn’t

entirely buy it as well.

‘But can an exception be made and I be shifted to medical?’

Ganesh wishes he had taken those dramatics classes in school to really pull

this off.

‘Ananth, I will tell you the best we can do. You stay here at entertainment

for a month or two, wrap up a couple of projects, and then we will look for a swap?’ says Ganesh.

‘But—’

‘I’m sorry that’s the best we can do right now,’ says Ganesh with a

sternness he has learned from Sarita.

He sees Ananth’s face fall. If his opinion counted, he would have put

Ananth in medical. He thought of Ananth as someone with endless empathy,

the chief requirement for the team. He was a nice boy who sought and saw

niceness in everyone. He remembered Ananth being so polite to everyone in

the office on the day of the interview one would think he was a fake. But it

was him—sincere and loving. You could see that in his eyes. The girls at

WeDonate had been whispering about him for days after the interview. Of

course, they knew he was dating someone, and yet they talked about his

jawline, his eyes that had inhuman percentage of pupil—large black pools of

water, his short cropped but lush hair, and his slimness, like they were

entities of their own. Only this morning, a girl from the college project

vertical wanted to know about Ananth’s skin care routine.

The team could do with people who would give it their all. And who better

than Ananth? He was prepared for this and yet Sarita thought different.

Ananth thanks Ganesh, gets up and leaves.

Not long after, Sarita calls Ganesh to ask him if it went well.

‘Thank you, Ganesh,’ says Sarita. ‘We have a plan for him or I wouldn’t

have asked you to do this.’

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