By C. N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant
Arjun: (chanting) – Hare Krishna! Hare Krishna! Krishna Krishna Hare Hare!
Shrikrishna: Arey Arjun, I am very much in front of you. What makes you chant my name at this moment?
Arjun: Lord, all my CA friends are fed up with this practice. They say it is frustrating and humiliating.
Shrikrishna: Really?
Arjun: Yes, Bhagwan. They say, we are taken for granted by everybody. We are slogging sleeplessly without commensurate reward. Too much of regulation!
Shrikrishna: What else they feel?
Arjun: They are repenting that they became a CA and entered into this practice.
Shrikrishna: And still they are putting their next generation into the CA course?
Arjun: Many of them have preferred their next generation to study other streams. And those children who have done CA are choosing corporate jobs instead of entering the practice.
Shrikrishna: I understand this situation. One reality is that your practice has become Compliance-oriented without much creativity. Secondly, clients don’t feel that you are indispensable.
Arjun: Lord, we cannot afford to be assertive. We have always to remain submissive and accommodative. In the process, many mistakes occur. Quality suffers.
Shrikrishna: Yes. That’s the reason why there are rampant