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Last time we were talking about IPL-2026 which was finally won by RCB for the second successive time. After the long break that hardly needs to be accounted for, we have to refer to the same money-spinning cricket bonanza again because of that stupendous superstar created and established by it. Yes, he is Vaibhav Suryavanshi or Boss Baby as fondly called. Well, there's absolutely no issue in that: the kid was really superb and impressive. The problem was in the hurry to take him into the T20 national side. He is only just past 15 years of age and has all the time in the world to prepare himself to be a part of Team India. But big money speaks and decides. For once he's in everybody would be tuned in to watch him hit the sixes which means more TRP, more sponsors, more ads and so on. Therefore, he made his debut in the second T20I at Manchester against England yesterday, that is on July 4, 2026. 

That obviously was the big news. That Sanju Samson, the architect of India's win in the recent T20 World Cup, was dropped to accommodate the super kid was hardly the news and perhaps didn't matter much to anyone, including the cricket mandarins and experts. Suryavanshi's historic debut continued to be the only News even after England humiliated India by four wickets. This became the third straight defeat for Team India under the new captain Shreyas Iyer, after the 0-2 loss against Ireland. Surprisingly, Suryavanshi was not considered for that brief series even though the squad was supposed to be an experimental one. Maybe Ireland was not considered worthy enough for the Super Kid's great debut, because obviously the commercial impact of the debut would not have been as strong as against England in England. Besides, the kid being still younger than when Sachin Tendulkar came into the Indian cricket team could well explain the hurry.

So then, let's set ourselves to watch the super kid hit sixes in the remaining T20 matches against England without bothering about if Team India loses or wins. And who knows! Maybe he'll make his ODI debut too in England. Why should we bother which player accommodates him in the ODI squad? We want superstars! Hurray! 

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At thebeginning of this piece or rather any piece on the Indian Premier League-2026that I’ve been intending to write for a long time and shelved again and againthanks to various reasons, I must address a concern of mine. It’s about thepitch at the iconic Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. My concern might be absolutelyuntrue or even preposterous, but address this I must. Have the curators tweakedthe Wankhede pitch in some way like that in the suspected case of the Ahmedabadpitch in the ICC Men’s World Cup-2023 that eventually, as it is alleged,deprived an unbeaten India of the Cup? The pitch or the pitches on this groundhave always been known to be sporting, giving opportunities to both the batsmenor the bowlers to excel and yielding exciting results with fighting totals. So,I was shocked when in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-final earlier this year at the Wankhede when Indiaset a mammoth target of 254 runs in 20 overs and England nearly chased it down.Since then, in the IPL-2026 matches, this ground has been producing mostly 200+runs totals and the opponents chasing those successfully, most often. If indeed the pitch has beentweaked the said act is perfectly in line with the BCCI’s concentrated focus onproducing high-scoring matches with the maximum of fours and sixes. Entertainment,after all! Anyway, this doesn’t directly relate to the subject of this pieceand I’ll not dwell here on the possible adverse consequences of theboundaries-driven cricket extravaganza. 

Historically,the Mumbai Indians (MI) is known to struggle at the initial stage of thetournament on several occasions and then bouncing back and even winning theChampionship. However, this time the franchise has already lost as many as sixout of eight matches and need to win all their remaining six to stay incontention for the Play-Offs. And more significantly, most of the players ofthe MI squad are yet to reach forms of some consistency, be it their batsmen orthe bowlers.

Starting withthe captain Hardik Pandya, he’s not doing anything remarkable with either thebat or the ball. If a captain of a side is not able lead from the front his/herteam suffers invariably. He was seen to be in tremendous ‘spirit’ after thatTilak Varma ‘revolution’ against the Gujarat Titans. But the franchise lost thevery next match and then the one against Sun Risers Hyderabad (SRH) at theWankhede last evening despite posting an imposing target of 244. Add to thisthe injury to former captain Rohit Sharma even as he seemed to be coming to lookdangerous; opener Rickelton was not firing enough that made the team managementkeep on experimenting with the other options; Surya Kumar Yadav has been adisaster of unknown proportions so far and there’s no indication he’d find formsoon, and actually there’ve been no consistent performances from the otherbatsmen; among the strike bowlers Trent Boult had to be rested in-between dueto non-performance and couldn’t do any better after being brought in last night;Deepak Chahar who normally shows a lot of intensity bowling failed miserablyagain and again when given the opportunity; and it’s been a real pain to watch JaspritBumrah, particularly last night, for he seemed to have utterly lost his brutalaccuracy and this may have something to do with the way he’s been utilized bythe captain, apart from the overly batsman-friendly pitches. For me, MI isvirtually out of the race for the Play-Offs.

Coming toKolkata Knight Riders (KKR), I must say that for me the encounters of thisotherwise competent franchise have proved to be almost unwatchable. Apart frombeing led by a non-performing and seemingly indifferent captain Ajinkya Rahane,the team looks devoid of any fighting spirit, resilience or application inbatting or in bowling or in fielding. Their last two wins have largely been theresult of the ‘lone wolf factor’, namely the do or die efforts of Rinku Singhin batting and in on-field catching. At the moment there seems to no otherbatsman or bowler who has the right kind of motivation and application anddedication to take the team forward and Rinku cannot be relied upon to carry onwith incredible fireworks indefinitely. Narine has been inconsistent inspinning a web around the batsmen and as a huge surprise Varun Chakravarthy hasalso been largely ineffectual so far—a poor form that hit him during the T20World Cup-2026. Having lost five of their eight matches so far, the KKR seemsas well to be out of contention for the Play-Offs, at least for me.

Talking ofthe other franchises at this moment, top-ranked PBKS along with RCB, SRH and RRseem to be sure shots for the last four. However, led by another non-performingcaptain Riyan Parag, the RR could still be displaced any time; for there’re atleast three dark horses who can still bounce back—namely the GT who can boastof a solid batting line-up and a lethal bowling attach, the DC who still has achance even after not being able to defend a total of 264 against the PBKS andnot being able to win a match after KL Rahul’s record-breaking individual scoreof 150, and of course, the CSK who can still give a fight, sitting on the backof a wonderful Sanju Samson, the opener who prominently wrote the final scriptfor Team India on winning the T20 World Cup-2026.

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I’ve gotthe following text from an AI analysis on Google and I’m using it here as aquote, although I had no idea who’s written it or when—the analysis is notrevealing its source, if any. Of course, it’s only a part of the analysis thatimpressed me most, and therefore I thought of putting it down here for allpeople of the same ilk. And yes, I’ve tweaked it bit to cover more of thecategories of people obviously involved.

 "Many emerging or existingartists/writers/discoverers feel ignored, with their work going unnoticed,which is often a burden of being in creative industries, rather than areflection of talent." 

Very rightindeed! Creative people who have put out their work in the public domain wouldmost naturally like to be noticed and be told if their work is poor or mediocreor even good. When nothing of that sort happens they most naturally getfrustrated and even indignant that nobody is even aware of their work and thevery few who have indeed gone through never bothering to put in a comment or inthe least a rating, forget about reviews. We don’t want to go into the medleyof the paid services like marketing, social media blasts, participating rightsin glamorous events, reviews in prime outlets and even mere comments—paying upall the money to get noticed.

Their goalis basically to get noticed the natural way which they always justify by sayingthey’ve done their job, made their work available in the public domain, givenoptions to avail it free of cost too, and so they think it’s up to theconsumers to do the expected. But they don’t! and you can’t really blame themfor as far as the creative works are concerned there’s has been so muchquantity of late that the ‘quality’ gets missing from the eyeballs like theproverbial needle in the haystack. Anyway, the smartest guys on earth arealways there for them to behold, and they hope to be among them someday. But alas!They’ll most likely never make it and on the contrary have to put in the extraefforts to get going with their further creative works against all thedepressing odds.

In thiscontext, I must mention about a unique experience, rather two experiences atthat, a friend of mine had recently. A painter struggling to showcase his workand struggling even more to have a solo exhibition, he’s consistently been oneof the most ‘most ignored guys’ on earth per his own assessment. He’s longaccepted the untold verdict, but still manages to get along with hisinspirations and the resultant works. Therefore, he was thunderstruck when twopeculiar incidents happened to him in quick succession that left him thoroughlyconfounded, confused and perplexed.

One wintry evening,he along with his better half was having tea with potato Chops on a street eating joint where they fortunately found twovacant chairs on the pavement. While enjoying the moment he noticed onewell-dressed gentleman pacing up and down the pavement, casting sideway secretiveglances at them, quite regularly. As he tried hard to remember if he knew him,the gentleman finally approached them, standing in front as there were novacant chairs.

The gentlemanaddressed him very politely, “Hello sir!”

He smiledat the stranger, “Hi! Do I know you or have we met somewhere?”

“No sir! I don’tthink we’ve even seen each other! But I find you so decent, disciplined andnice that I thought I must not let go of the opportunity to acquaint myselfwith you!” he said a bit apologetically though.

Trying to hide his great astonishment my friend introduced himself, introduced his wife and got intoa lively conversation with the gentleman till there were any remnants left intheir tea cups.

The nextincident happened in a matter of just three days. That afternoon he accompaniedhis wife to the bank and as they were looking for the right entrance into thelongish building, two bank officers came out from what they called later therear entry/exit used only by bank staff. My wife immediately accosted one of theofficers asking him about the obvious.

The other officersuddenly offered his hand to me saying, “Sir, you’re looking so smart andperfectly gentlemanly that I thought of introducing myself to you!”

My surprisedfriend had a warm handshake with the officer, exchanging pleasantries and had agood conversation till the officers left them at the right entrance.

My friendwas gloating with as much perplexity as pride as he narrated his experience. Fromhis looks I got rather frightened thinking that he must’ve already consideredhimself as one of the smartest guys on earth. I only smiled sweetly at him,never wanting to discourage him.

Well,what the heck! It could really happen to him someday as well as to many of the sameilk. There’s nothing wrong hoping or even daydreaming the latter is in factvery much a part of positive thinking, as told to me once by a managementtrainer. 

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A strategic MoU was signed recently  signed in Mumbai by Amitabh Singh, Chief Postmaster General Maharashtra & Goa with the Global Confederation of Cow-based Industries (GCCI), in a significant move to bolster the cow-based economy. Further, CPMG, Maharashtra Circle intimated that Logistics services for GCCI will be handled by the Circle and also 38 post offices identified with a special counter for sales of cow-based products that have a very high business potential. 

The partnership aims to provide comprehensive logistics and retail support to GCCI’s extensive network of cow entrepreneurs and innovators. GCCI, a section 8 company, represents a growing sector that manufactures over 300 products derived from cow milk, dung, and urine.

Key Highlights of the Collaboration:

Doorstep Logistics: The Department of Posts will serve as the primary logistics partner, offering Speed Post, India Post Parcel, and Logistics Post services for the doorstep delivery of cow-based products.

Retail Presence: Selected post offices across Maharashtra will explore showcasing and promoting GCCI’s products through Retail Post services.

Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria, former Union Minister of State & Chairman & Director – GCCI Gavyasidh, graced the ceremony and conveyed his best wishes for the strategic collaboration aimed at supporting cow-based entrepreneurs and innovators. Manoj Kumar DPS (Mails & BD), Simran Kaur, DPS (HQ), and AK Bhatnagar (Director & Gen. Secretary - GCCI), were also present for this event among others.

"This partnership leverages the world's largest postal network to bring authentic Panchagavya products to every household," stated a representative from the Maharashtra Postal Circle. "It bridges the gap between rural cow entrepreneurs and the global market". 

Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria also announced that an inclusive International Summit and Exhibition titled “Gau Tech 2026” will be organized from 20 to 23 March 2026 at Agriculture College Ground, Shivaji nagar, Pune (Maharashtra). The event is being organized by GCCI with the support of Maharashtra Gau Seva Aayog, RR Global, and IFFCO. The objective of the event is to provide a global platform for cow-based industries, science, technology, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

(Courtesy: ADPSR, Mharashtra Circle, Mumbai.)

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Can't really blame anyone! It's a universal tendency of the Sapiens to covet for the fast buck and try to make it by all means anytime anywhere. However, in the digi-modern era this tendency has become fully class barriers neutral--meaning all from the micro/petty operators to the biggest of all tycoons and also including even government agencies and PSUs tend to make hay with the fast buck. Although individual profit or commission has been the real motive, greed of the lowest order has mostly penetrated the urge, making it overpowering for the makers and scarily irritating for the gullible customers. 

Even if you are a regularly-paying good customer the agents from the paanwallahs to the giant service providers keep on pestering you to consider various 'offers' that help them make the fast buck and irritate you to no small extent. Asking for 'feedback' is another way to egg you on. You may think you've paid full for the service and have no time to entertain them with inanities unless there's a serious issue; but no! Even if you ordered a biryani dish two years back, you can still expect a lady's call with a sweet voice asking you, "How did you like the dish, sir/ma'am?" 

When you lodge a complaint with the main provider and get the time & date of the attending appointment, you're sure to be flooded with calls from numerous agents who'd want to come to you immediately. Sometimes, you'd be forced to lodge another complaint for such unsolicited intrusions. To no avail as such. The fast buck urge prevails all the time. 

Do we need to talk about the banks or the financial agencies or the credit card/loan issuing marauders for their ceaseless calls? I don't think so! Frauds are in-built in this fast-buck syndrome! 

We'll take bigger examples that involve large institutions and even governments. Smoking is one of the cardinal sins. No doubt about that! And so justifiably, governments impose bigger what they call 'sin tax'  that obviously yields bigger revenues too! Now, suppose the governments announce a crushing sin-tax rate at a particular month, giving effect say two months hence. And you'll continue to behold the same MRP on the packs, but the vendors/shopkeepers will go on charging you 20/30 bucks  higher a pack, citing most ludicrous reasons. The moot point is that till the manufacturers decide to print the new MRP all the stakeholders including public authorities have amassed the fast buck in huge quantities. If, righteously, you are not a smoker you can watch the same 'drama' unfolding on various other products too, sinful or not. 

Nowadays, if you want to book a railway ticket the waiting list numbers will haunt you whatever time of the year you choose, not necessarily the known 'seasons'. Why? The obvious solution is Tatkal or Premier Tatkal that make you shell out bucks in hundreds of extra. Not to forget about the so-called dynamic pricing that doesn't necessarily give you better service. Here I know, specifically, of a case involving a premier train, namely the Mumbai-Howrah Duronto express. This train is always late--from 5 hours to 15/20 hours daily, unfailingly. However, the 'dynamic pricing' remains the same or even more, unfailingly. I've also observed TTEs on board ignoring inconvenienced passengers' requests to adjust their berths when few berths remain unclaimed or vacant, and eventually you observe such berths 'sold' to passengers who board the train without a ticket or reservation. A newer fast-buck phenomenon called 'on-board ticketing'! Nothing to write home about the air ticket surge pricing where you need to purchase seats too after purchasing confirmed reservation.

In the just concluded ICC Men's T20 World Cup-2026 that India won repeating & defeating history, the concerned cricket boards coveted for the fast bucks by somehow getting in India & Pakistan in the semi-finals, most preferably in the Final. Unfortunately, New Zealand defeated their designs; but they still had India against NZ, earning huge revenues anyway. Undoubtedly, cricket is one of the fastest routes to the fast buck.

I have to cease here, on this apparently ceaseless fast-buck syndrome! If you happen to have your examples/experiences in this regard you can diligently put those up in comments.  

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As anticipated, the political masters of Pakistan have finally directed its national cricket team to lift the boycott and play India on 15 February, 2026, as scheduled in Colombo. The Masters must've thought the money at stake is too lucrative to continue indulging in such kind of grumpy politics. Of course, they had imposed some pre-conditions that included making the 'handshake' a mandatory protocol, but the ICC looked the other way. So, the PCB takes it as protecting the 'spirit of cricket'. 

The Indian cricket board, the sponsors, the TV channels and millions of fans who do not necessarily mix patriotism with sports, if it's cricket in particular, must be deliriously ecstatic that all the revenues and hype and excitement shall be there for harvest thr

oughout the ICC Men's T20 World Cup-2026, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Most of the Indians fans must also be ecstatic to have their heroes go on vanquishing the enemy neighbor and humiliating them further with no-handshakes! 

Such is always the fun or rather the spirit of cricket even though the games into difficulties due to cranky neighbors! Yes, we're missing Bangladesh dearly and this neighbor must be wondering now exactly what hit them!

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The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-2026 got underway on the 7thof February, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka with the first of the day’s threematches played in Colombo, the second in Kolkata and the last in Mumbai whichwas preceded by a brief inauguration ceremony at the Wankhede Stadium. The twentyparticipating teams of the 55-match tournament are divided into four groups offive teams each with Bangladesh replaced by Scotland and Pakistan deciding toboycott India in protest against the treatment meted out to Bangladesh by theICC.  However, Pakistan’s obviouslypolitical decision didn’t quite clarify as to what Pakistan cricket team woulddo if they met India either in the semifinal or the final. Per the latestreports Pakistan is still engaged in parleys with the ICC about their cricketteam’s boycott of the Indian cricket team. The big money involved in the matchor matches of the archrivals is too big to let it go, with the channels/Boardsalready losing money as the fertile commercials about the India-Pakistan matchin Colombo on 15th February having had to be stopped.

The six matches played on the first two days of the T20World Cup have been low to moderate scoring affairs as against the sponsors’manic ads about the 300+ alerts, with particular reference to Team India withthe likes of Abhishek Sarma, the cracking-in-form Ishan Kishan among others. Buttill late today, the 300+ runs targets or chases remain a distant dream even ifit means jumping to conclusions too early.

Three of the six matches played so far have been veritablypalpable scares to the biggies—namely Pakistan, India and England. In the tournamentopener of Pakistan Vs Netherlands match in Colombo the former stared at almostinevitable defeat, needing 29 runs off the last two overs with 7 wickets down. Thanksto a crucial dropped catch Pak batsman Faheem Ashraf could finally capitalize on thatand amid a rain of sixes and fours robbed the luckless Netherlands bowler of 24runs, reducing the target to a very attainable 5 runs in the last over, finallywinning the match by 3 wickets.

In the India Vs USA match in Mumbai the ads-driven repeating-history-defeating-historydefending Champions host, put into bat, struggled to score runs having lostAbhishek for a golden duck and Ishan cheaply. The charged-up USA bowlers reducedIndia to a precarious 77 for 6, with the prospects of a shock defeat loominglarge. Captain Surya Kumar Yadav came to the rescue with a knock (84 not out)of absolute brilliance and helped India to a relatively strong 161 in 20 overs.The target was beyond the inexperienced USA batsmen with the Indian strikebowlers of Arshdeep, Siraj, Axar and Chakravarty in operation, finally Indiawinning by 29 runs.

Today’s second match of England Vs Nepal deliveredanother huge scare to the former. The 16th ranked Nepal firstrestricted them to a moderate 182/7 and then their batsmen kept on hard toachieve the target. The match went down the wire with Nepal needing 24 runs inthe last two overs, 14 of which were achieved off the 19th overleaving just 10 to get in the last over, five wickets still standing. An absolutelyyorker-length brilliant last over by Sam Curran saved the day for Englandenabling his team to win narrowly by 4 runs.

Today’s last match ofSri Lanka Vs Ireland in Colombo is also posing to be a low-scoring affair asIreland bowlers are putting the hosts in check, restricting the total to 163/6in 20 overs. Okay! Let it be the biggies or the supposed minnows aninternational tournament is always exciting as nations with self-respect andpride vie for the honors do or die. Upsets or low-scoring games, the suspenseis supreme in close matches that are the essence of the short-format cricketand the more the closer and tighter games the more the nail-biting glorious uncertainties.Enjoy!https://chinmaycwrites.blogspot.com/f...

New Zealand, among other teams visiting India, made the Indian spinners look useless once again on their own home turf. The coach keeps on wearing that ominously 'gambhir' countenance, but is hardly 'gambhir' about such core issues. Such is his obsession with all-rounders! Anyway, congratulations to the young NZ team for registering their first ever ODI Series win in India, after the previous consecutive 7 Series losses, and following it up with their first ever Test Series win on Indian soil about a year back! The way Daryl Mitchell played is inspirational for all cricketers; he kept consistently on building partnerships with Will Young one time and with Glenn Philips the next. Bravo! 

Alas! Gone are the good old days when Virat Kohli hit a ton Team India used to win the match hands down! Alas! Team India superstar flamboyant batsmen or most of them continue, however, to fail in crunch matches when a win means a Series point! 

High time Head Coach Gautam Gambhir understands that his coveted all-rounders can deliver only freak feats occasionally, if at all! For example, what exactly is Ravindra Jadeja doing in his supposedly young team filled to the brim with youngsters with all-round abilities? Why is Bumrah rested again and again? Why is Shami ostracized? He must remember the upcoming T20 World Cup is not the only challenge (IPLalized?), for the ODI World Cup also looms large early next year! Hark! 

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In theincreasingly tense geopolitical situation in the Indian subcontinent, I thinkit’s time to take some bold Cricket decisions by the BCCI in active consultationwith the ICC and the Government of India, and not dillydallying with the issuesinvolved nor allowing the overwhelming commercial angle win every time which inturn leads to absurd hypocritical scenarios as we’d recently witnessed in thegames between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup-2025 the winner's Trophy of which is still eluding India. In the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-2026we’re set to behold more games in and off the field with Bangladesh beingliterally taken over by the radicals and the violent upheaval there leading toatrocities on the minorities, mostly Indian Hindus. What followed in the mostpopular game of cricket in India is obvious: the outrage in the social media cryinghoarse over retaining Mustafizur Rahman in Shahrukh Khan’s KKR franchise forthe IPL-2026 thus pressuring the BCCI to order KKR for Mustafizur’s release. Andwhat followed in Bangladesh is also obvious: telecast of the IPL matchescompletely banned, and more ominously, Bangladesh refusing to travel to Indiafor the T20 World Cup and asking the ICC fins alternate venues for their matches.We just cannot afford to witness another edition of the ‘no-handshake’ gameswith one more playing nation added. We just cannot go on watching the eternal clash of politics, diplomacy and cricket. 

We also cannotjudge what’s right and what’s wrong in such a charged situation. While wecannot blame the Indian social media outrage or the overall animosity betweenthe two neighboring nations, we cannot also blame the tit-for-tat by Bangladesh.Sport is basically a recreation, played mostly between friends or betweenfriendly rivals in the true spirit of the game. And then look at the situation,not just in the Indian subcontinent but also across the world—wars that neverseem to end; conflict after conflict; attacks after attacks; and arguably themost powerful leader of the world who’s been crying pitifully for world peaceall the time suddenly deciding to raid a sovereign nation, overrule its regimeand kidnapping and airlifting its President over for supposed trials. Pray! Whyshould we pretend and play on? 

If one seesanother nation as a confirmed enemy then cut off all ties, including all kindsof sports activities—let it be bilateral or multi-nation world tournaments. Therefore,instead of carrying on with the absurd mock dramas the concerned top controllersof India, Pakistan and Bangladesh must find a way to stay away from playing thegame of cricket with each other anywhere in the world, till the easing ofanimosity, if possible at all in the long term. You must call a spade a spade. Don’tbeat around the bush in search of a chimera of peace and friendship! The historyof the Homo Sapiens over the millennia is all too clear! Anybody listening?

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What I’d consider mostremarkable is that it wasn’t an elaborate whole dream of a particular night,but it was a series of quite a few dreams, consistently dealing with the samequestion whirring in my head, spread over several nights. I can’t explain whyor how this is possible, and I don’t need to, for this whole exercise is not aboutdream analysis, but about something more important! And due to this importantsomething I went to bed searching solutions for my query over the past few nightsand perhaps my dreams got naturally shaped as per my requirement, so to say. Anyway,after a lot of beating around the bush my dreams started getting more to thepoint and relevant, and last night I got my solution. I’ll tell my boss tomorrowand I’m sure he’d jump for it.

I don’t reallyknow why there’s been such an urge in everybody’s mind nowadays for things thatare distinctly different—normal mundane things that we do every single day, butnow we want to do or accomplish those with a resounding difference. Just perhapsto kill the ennui of routine or doing things the same way every single time, I muse!The surprise element is basic to any of such differential ventures, myintelligent mind grasped this long back. Like the online grocery stores thatused to take more than a day to deliver home now shows the doorstep deliverytime to be just five minutes, or anything of the that kind for that matter!

My shopkeeper bossof late has always been telling me: high time we change the way we deal withour customers. He was so eager, so enthusiastic or rather so desperate that I hadto take him seriously, and accordingly I began to search for ‘how to bedifferent’ day and night, the relentless pursuit obviously penetrating mydreams too. I’m now focusing on the solution I achieved from my last night’sdream, I watched as it just happened in front of my closed eyes and remember everydetail clearly now.

The moment acustomer appears on the entrance engage two ever-ready guys, like bouncers in abar, to grab him/her, lift them over the counter and seat on a cushioned chair;then plug in all the devices around into every possible pore of his/her body;and feed into him/her all your novelties that you’d want to. Mind you, all theaction must be completed in a flash, before the customer had time to expresshis/her appreciation or displeasure or nightmare.

Yes, it soundsreal exciting! The surprise element must continue to work—with a returningcustomer the guys may now lift him/her upside down like in a yoga position, puthim/her on the velvety chair head first and then the plug-ins, starting withthe feet this time. Thus, the enticed customer must be served with a surpriseevery time s/he returns.

My boss wouldinstantly point out the additional expenses for putting up those chairs atthose cozy corners, a few more gadgets and for employing a few more guys. I’dpoint out the assured results that are sure to accrue, apart from helping thecountry to make strides in ultimately solving the looming problem ofunemployment. There’s always the possibility of a much less productive or afully negative result that could never be ruled out; but I keep telling my bossas well as myself that my dreams are always there as the last resort. 

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