Decades back when I was a District officer in one of the outlying offices, my ' bossy' boss at the Headquarters for reasons best known to him was not kindly disposed towards me and used to give us tough time whenever he came visiting on tour.We were supposed to give progress for some extra work not directly related to our line of duty and expectations of superiors ran very high, despite the constraints one was face to face with in the field. One more reason , as now I can guess in retrospect was myself being the male version of a ' plain Jane', , not a glib talker and quite unlike the' do chavanni and tell rupaiya' types.The vernacular news papers of the day, on the occasion of Holi would carry a special supplement giving some special ' fake' news.
That year when the' news' of the transfer of my said boss among others appeared as a headline, I heaved a sigh of relief . But this sense of relief on my part was short lived as at the end of the news was inserted the line' Bura Na Mano Holi Hai'.
All said, my said boss, the tongue lashes hurled at us by him notwithstanding, was not bad at heart . I was happy to be among the chosen few to receive a thanksgiving communication from him when in due course he got transferred.
That year when the' news' of the transfer of my said boss among others appeared as a headline, I heaved a sigh of relief . But this sense of relief on my part was short lived as at the end of the news was inserted the line' Bura Na Mano Holi Hai'.
All said, my said boss, the tongue lashes hurled at us by him notwithstanding, was not bad at heart . I was happy to be among the chosen few to receive a thanksgiving communication from him when in due course he got transferred.
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