TILL WE MEET AGAIN

The young candidate shifted uncomfortably, adjusting his right hand. His elbow seemed to be crooked, and the candidate did not want the interviewers to notice what seemed like a deformity. This was after all an interview for the civil services, and impressions were important.

The candidate could not afford a suit for the interview and so he borrowed it from a friend, a friend with a deformity, a crooked arm. It was 1959 and that was the best he could do.

“What are your hobbies?” asked one interviewer

“Boxing, Sir” answered the young man, all of 22 years.And so, the interview went on. The young man was conscious that he was focusing too much on his “crooked arm”, and not enough on the interview.