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The owner of the house/s was entering one by one to collect the rent. There were in all fifteen houses inside that compound of which 13 could pay rent immediately, one with some delay and the other with great delay. As the delay grew from ‘some’ to ‘great’ the language and respect with which the owner spoke deteriorated. It also used to get singular in address and would confirm the disrespect with unparliamentarily bad words. The episode sometimes used to end in sad note with the owner taking away a huge vessel as collateral for the rent. The whole population of the fifteen houses would watch this drama and the affected man and his family would hang their heads in shame.   The affected man was otherwise holding a very respectable position in the society, a teacher in the middle school. Krishnamurthy vadyar   KM for short, was a teacher almost sixty years ago and was my teacher when he was about fifty years. He was my teacher for mathematics, science, social studies, Tami...

  Having a cup of tea is always a pleasure. One can add on to the pleasure by support system that enhances the delight. Sitting in the balcony, having a teapoy on the right side to rest the teacup and plate of biscuits, another teapoy to rest the stretched legs, a mild music adds to the joy. Biscuits truly enhance the experience of savouring tea. People choose to dip the biscuit mildly in the tea and bite before sipping tea which is not my cup of tea as it soils the biscuit and separates the particles as also pollutes tea. Biscuits come in variety. Some have inbuilt nuts, fruits and jam thickly mingled with the base element.  Such biscuits must be bitten in small piece and stored in the corner over the gums. The tea when sipped and sent inside there is a wonderful coalition of saliva, biscuit bits, and the tea. As the tea travels to the throat through the tongue that is the real charm of tasting the tea. More bites, more sips and more pleasure are the process.  ...

  When you vacate a house, you hand over the keys to the owner and walk off with no hangover. But when you vacate a post, you just do the opposite. Same is true when you enter a new house and position. The usual expressions are    I left behind a clean and up to date office.    I inherited a messy office.    THE TOP IS PERSPECTIVE OF PREDECESSOR AND BELOW THAT OF SUCCESSOR Life in the corporate and business world is hugely trapped many times between these two contentious statements. What is unfortunate is in both cases there will be facts that are right, but the perspective is diagonally opposite.  What is conveniently forgotten is if you are right the other need not be wrong. At times matters are complicated by people who support the successor or predecessor and add up fuel. When the predecessor takes over in the controlling office any post, his office time hobby would be to put spokes to the successor.   I was also ...