Shyama pick up the papers that have fallen down in her haste to return back to her seat. She didn’t want to look back and find what could be her entire office would be thinking of her clumsiness.

Especially her lead manager, Radhika.

She has pitch another one of her ideas and was brought down even before she could complete her sentence. It is okay. She is still learning and all this is just part of her journey, once she has got some experience people will take her seriously.

She left her file on her desk and went to the canteen to grab some coffee, ignoring the chatter group today.

She has sat down and let whiff of warm coffee envelope her. What else could she do to improve, to pass the hidden criteria due to which she keep getting rejected.

Three of her colleagues enter and sat down around her. No one said a word for few seconds and she felt nice that she didn’t have to give them a fake smile.

“Give your thoughts a break, distance yourself from it and maybe after some time when you go through your papers again it will come to you naturally.” One of them finally said and the other two nodded.

She wants to do exactly that but her brain doesn’t let her, she is wired that way. But she nodded nevertheless. They all left for their own works after a while and finally she also made her way back.

This time when she passed a group of people, she gave them a smile.