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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BANK OF BARODA   ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "V. Kannan, Bank of Baroda, Surat" was the address with which I received a letter soon on joining the Bank and was proud of being so famous to receive the letter with such a brief address while my good sense remembered the joke of Amitabh Bachhan in his early days receiving a letter with the address Amitabh Bachhan Bombay and the famous comedian Mahmud told him he received in his hey days as Mahmud India.     I soon realized that all the orphaned letters from about 25 of the branches of Surat land in Surat main Branch and in the branch all the letters disowned by others land in Personnel department. That is how I received my letter and I did receive many disowned letters subsequently also and was searching the owners. On receiving first salary I chose to buy a tape recorder and offered to pay by cheque as that was a status symbol when...

                                                ·        It is not that a lazy person is not capable of being active, but he is comfortable with idleness. ·       An active person takes rest only when he is tired    mentally and physically. In other words his first choice is work and last choice is rest. ·       A lazy person is an expert in discovery of reasons for not doing a work now. ·       Now, now and only now is the 'mantra' of the active person. ·       A lazy person mentally decides the rest that he would take and ensure it is taken when he undertakes a difficult job. ...

CONVERSATION 1 NEWS : Raja's family has shifted from the heart of the city to the suburb of Chennai beyond Tambaram. Listener : Why? Since Raja has got only one year of service left, he can manage travelling to the city somehow, but his daughter got admission to a college which is very near the place they shifted. His son is any way in IIT and is staying in hostel. Listener: That is good. I think they would also save good money in rent. It is good for them. __________________________________________________________ NEWS : Raja's family has shifted from the heart of the city to the suburb of Chennai beyond Tambaram. Gossip monger (GM): How do you know? Who told you? I met Raja in Ram's daughter marriage and he told me. GM: Is Ram that close to you? What gift you gave? I gave a gift voucher. GM : How Raja knows Ram? Does Ram know Raja has shifted? ..............hm GM : What is the re...