Whom did I Vote?
Son: The elections to Karnataka local bodies have yielded some interesting results, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: One candidate of BSR Congress for the Mandya City Municipal Corporation has secured a single vote, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: It is said that there are several claimants for this single vote, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Several people from his family and friends are claiming that the single vote was cast by them, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The claimants include his own wife, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It is said that the candidate has absolute faith in his wife and believes that the single vote was cast by her only, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But now he is said to be puzzled as to whom he voted, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Yeddy’s Unpopularity in the Neighbourhood!
Son: KJP, the party floated by B S Yeddyurappa (Yeddy), the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, has performed miserably in the elections, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The party has won absolute majority in only one Town Municipal Corporation in the entire Karnataka, dad.
Father: Which town? Go on, son.
Son: It is Shikaripur town in Shimoga district to which Yeddy belongs to, dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: But interestingly Yeddy’s candidate was defeated in the locality where Yeddy’s residence is located, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It obviously implies that Yeddy is unpopular in his own neighbourhood, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Importance of Homework!
Son: We know the parents always give importance to homework given to children and make it a point to ensure they do complete the same, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: But we were unaware that the Kangaroos attach such importance to homework for even the adults, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: The Australian cricket star Shane Watson and three other players have learnt a costly lesson for forgetting to do their homework, dad.
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: Watson & Co have been axed from the current touring Australian team by the team management, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Their crime was that they had failed to give inputs to the management on self-improvement, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A different Catfight!
Son: The top PSU banks have been provided with two Executive Directors (EDs) to assist the Chairman and the Managing Director (CMD), as per the revised policy of the Finance Ministry, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: A South-based top PSU bank had been posted with two EDs about 6 months back, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Incidentally both the EDs were from a top North-based PSU bank and were promoted from the General Manager cadre, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Meanwhile the CMD of the bank retired and the Ministry took its own sweet time to post a new one, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The two EDS being from the same bank had their own ego fights earlier as GMs and carried them forward to the South-based bank, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: In the absence of the CMD, their catfights became daily affairs and the management went to dogs, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The matter came to the notice of the Ministry and a new CMD was posted hurriedly to set right the things, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But quite unwittingly, the Ministry had overlooked the fact that the new CMD belonged to the same north-based bank and he was junior in service to the two fighting EDs, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: When last heard, the two EDs have ganged up now and are raring to go for a fight with the new CMD, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
14th March 2013
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