My article published in The Hindu on May 1st- Workers Day

Sweet fruits of labour
Hard work ha s more benefits than you realise
TOILING AWAY Working hard is very good

True and sincere labour uplifts the human race. Most of us work for wages. But few pause to reflect that more than material benefits our occupation reveals to us our own strength, temperance, diligence and instills faith in ourselves. Through work you discover yourself. It is said if heaven is blessed with rest, the blessing of mother earth is toil. Work thus justifies life.
Power of labour
Adam Smith, the father of Economics said that the original purchase money for all things was not dollar or pounds but hard and sincere labour. All the wealth of the world was thus originally purchased by labour.
Each of us has our unique style of work that sets us apart from our co-workers. So demand the best from yourself before others extract it from you. Don't simply work hard on a project but give it your individual best. For the foundation of true self-confidence and esteem is mastery over work. True happiness lies in the sense of fulfillment that arises after hard work.
"Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice," said Henry Ford. Rest and leisure can thus be truly enjoyed only after hard work. It is only continuous and committed exertion of our body, mind and intellect that prevents one from rusting.
The more one works the more willing one is to work more. Businessmen, professionals, manual labourers feel it is better to wear out after hard work than rust out after idleness.
Writers and artistes too assure that they don't wait for the mood or inspiration to set in before churning out masterpieces.
One accomplishes nothing by waiting for moods. For ideas and inspiration come during work and not before it. Genius often thus is a capacity to work hard.
Cure for maladies
Many maladies in today's world like boredom, depression, hypochondria, melancholy, complexes can be cured by proper employment. Such ills and woes are nothing but the body saying it needs work. In today's hectic life most people worry than work. It is thus worry that kills, and not work.
Perhaps nothing can be more arousing and motivating than the inspirational words uttered by Sam Goldwyn who said, "the harder I work the luckier I get."
Hemjit Bharathan
HEMJIT BHARATHAN