Kaushik, Kingo, Prabha and Padma were all relaxed as it was year-end and workload at office was less. They decide to use this time to practice and improve their game. The discussion soon got into what is the best method for practice. Kaushik started off by saying that the best way to start practicing is […]
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Kingo concluded the discussion saying, “Most of the arguments between people, countries and groups are due to politics, religion or power struggle. If the world had no boundaries, one currency, no military and one religion, we would be living in a different world.
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It was the first week of January when everyone had been to their home town and they were meeting a after a gap of 2 weeks. Padma wanted to speak first before any one and burst out saying “I think I know how Bridge evolved in India”. Prabha, Kaushik and Kingo were eager to hear but they had their own findings on how it evolved in India. Ultimately, the four of them decided to do a white paper on trick taking games in India and compare them with today’s modern game of Bridge.
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Prabha had just returned from a day IPL game at Wankhede where Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in the last over in a tight finish. Padma had come after attending a wedding and was all decked up in Kancheepuram Silk saree. Both wanted to talk about their outing but Prabha prevailed and the discussion moved to cricket. Padma quipped chirpily, ”What a difference seeing the match live than on TV – it is a totally different experience”.
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One of those lazy days when nothing interesting was happening and Prabha was looking forlorn and lost. When quizzed, she opened up about how her marketing department was committing to unreasonable deadlines and the technical team has to struggle with delivery. Kingo, who worked in the marketing department, could not handle any criticism of his area of work. He exploded “That is the universal law. Our job is to get contracts and meet targets. If technical people cannot deliver, it is their problem. If we don’t get contracts, you won’t have projects to work.”
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The month of March-April brings in the aroma of Alphonso mangoes into Mumbai. However school children and college students are not in the mood to eat mangoes as they are busy cramming for their examinations. Students eagerly look forward to their last examination so that they can get rid of the books and go out and have a fun time.
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