S Ganapathy who has spent his life rising up the ranks at British Council, starting as a gardener and retiring as facilities manager, South India.
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On the last day of a 40-year career that has undergone the unmissable seesaw of life, S Ganapathy, who began as a gardener at the British Council (BC), chose to reminisce the long swathes of time at the organisation. When the premises permanently closed in March earlier this year, he walked through the grass lawn that he once tended to.In a crisp pinstripe shirt, he recorded this journey of going back to where his life started in the form of a cinematic video. He sent it out to friends, family, and colleagues, and when he did, he ensured that it went out with the song ‘Venpani Malare’ from the film Power Pandi, in the background, romanticising the years gone by. “I think I’ve lived a successful life. It is not often that a gardener and maintenance person who once cleaned toilets, retires as facilities manager, South India,” he said.
From Ganapathy’s personal archives
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