LIVE AND LET LIVE!

LIVE AND LET LIVE!

Tuesday 27 June 2017

PREY GOD GIVE BACK MY LOVE


PREY  GOD   GIVE   BACK   MY LOVE 

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       MY   LOVE    LIVES   OUTSIDE  MY  ABODE
     
        MY   LOVE   LIVES    OUTSIDE  MY  WORLD

       MY LOVE LIVES   OUTSIDE   MY ABODE

         PREY GOD GIVE   BACK   MY   LOVE  TO  ME !



        OH   GOD   WHY DID YOU  SNATCH  HER  FROM ME

       OH   GOD   WHY  DID YOU DO IT  SO UNEXPECTEDLY

      OH   GOD     WHY  DID YOU SNATCH HER   FROM ME

       PREY   GOD   GIVE BACK  MY   LOVE    TO ME



       OH GOD  WHAT WRONG HAVE I DONE TO THEE

OH GOD PLEASE   EXPLAIN IT TO ME CLEARLY

OH  GOD WHAT WRONG HAVE I DONE  TO THEE

IF NONE PREY  GOD   GIVE BACK  MY LOVE   TO ME



OH  GOD    GIVE BACK MY LOVE   GIVE BACK MY LOVE,

GIVE BACK MY  LOVE TO ME

TO ME   OH GOD   GIVE BACK  MY  LOVE , GIVE BACK   

MY  LOVE  PREY  GOD   GIVE BACK MY  LOVE TO ME !


G VENKATESH


   

Monday 6 February 2017

A DATE WITH DONALD . T .

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                                           A DATE  WITH  DONALD . T .

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I was   working  as an executive   Assistant  to  a Managing  Director  of an  American  owned

subsidIary company  in India  . Poona  to be exact;.   Donald . T. was the owner cum CEO  of the company.

A man of many moods, Donald visited the company often .; some were planned, others were surprise

trips; when he found himself in Taiwan or Singapore;

It was one such lateral visits where my story starts.   He was in a very bad mood that day  when he stormed 

into our office   WE had hardly started the day ; many were reading the morning papers, while drinking their 

cups of tea; The managerial staff was not present ;He recognised me and said "  So this is how you work in 

my office"   Wheres everybody?[ meaning  Mr. Desai the M D and Mike Charlton, his American  rep. in

 India ]   Well, they will be in soon SIR, I  replied  Sheepishly;They better be,he responded  , if they value 

 their  pay cheques.I hastily dialled Desai's  cell number ; He pulled the cell phone from  my hand .  Hey 

Desh, I want you here in 15 minutes and bring Mike with you , he barked on the phone;  I heard some 

sound " resembling " WHO " but he closed the phone and gave it to me.  Soon another cell  went on air of  

my colleague who replied  " Donald Sir, Donald Sir "

To my surprise, Both Desai  & Mike , beat the 15 minute time period;  and rushed to the Managing

Director's  cabin.  All hell seemed to have broken loose there.  From the closed cabin, we could hear

Donald's baritone voice only; like the rattle of a machine gun;  with no response from the other side ;

The sum & substance of the talk was Donald was not satisfied  with the progress on the construction

of a building for his new offices.

But by Office Quitting time  Donald's mood had changed  drastically;  He now seemed to listen & smile

at all what Desai and Mike were telling him;  maybe the lunch treat at a five star hotel had done the trick;

and then he sprang a big surprise ; He came to my table along with Desai & Mike and asked me

" Whats your name & where do you stay ? '   I gave him the details; Well he said, I want to be your guest

tonight, he said , No problems ?  That caught me completely off guard; Mr Desai  interjected;  Its nice of  

you Donald,  but you can be my guest;  instead.   No, NO Donad was very firm, I have to keep my word & 

date with him,  He replied. AT Quitting time , Donald said, I will be there at 8  PM  "TAke it easy; 

will be fine.



I was in a fix on how to play host to him; For dinner, I had only Idli  flour ;if I attempted to buy

outside food , Donald would not  like it;  I hastily made about 20  idlis;  and some onion chutney

to go with it;  more critical was the cot, since I had only one in my bachelor apartment ; I am sure my 

neighbour  Smita Aunty, would have given me the additional cot, if I told her the reason, but Donald

would not like it either.

He promptly dropped in at 8 Pm;  along with 2 escorts, Sam & Joe;  He told his body guards to

stay out; the preliminaries were spent in talking about Poona, the weather, my family background etc;

THEN it got to Dinner time  I laid out the idlis & chutney, pickles  I had made for him;  He brought

out 4 veg. sandwiches from his bag and laid it on the table."I am used to eating with my hands & fingers , he 

said. Is this made from eggs, he said pointing to the idlis" . No, no  I said.; its rice flour;  It tastes nice , as he

 scooped some chutney along with the idlis. At one point he shouted, help, when he bit into the chillies by 

mistake.  Luckily, I had some honey to put an end to his problem.

After the usual pow wow, it got to sleeping time.  I offered him the cot & said I would lie down; he refused 

and said he is used to sleeping on the ground;  He promptly brought out his air  pillows & mattress,  and  

 a cotton woolen bed sheet he had brought for cover up;  I wished him Good night and  heaved a sigh of  

relief , that everything went  off  without a hitch;  






I was woken up  in the midst of a sweet dream  by the light from his cell phone.  There is no current, he

 said; Well I had expected this in Poona, luckily it was cool at this time of the year at night;  Then he asked a 

shocker, " WHERES the POT ?  At first I did not understand; I thought , he meant Drugs,  but he said " 

Urgent  , Where is It ?  Still finding me dumb, He said "  To SHIT "  Then I understood, he meant the toilet;

Oh I said , puzzled & scratching my head;  Sir, Here we have a common toilet per floor at the end

Ok, OK he said Where is it again urgently;   Luckily I had my torchlight near me ; Come Lets go Sir,  I said; 

Sir its an  Indian  toilet, and you have to squat and use water for clean up;  Ok ok he said lead me lead 

me !    HIS security joined him  and we marched to the toilet;  Luckily, the door was open and there was 

water available;  Here Joe Help me out will you,  he said as he unbuttoned & squatted on top of the toilet  

Needless to say , the surroundings & smell were  unpleasant,; but he had answered nature's call and he was

happy about it The current was restored soon after;  and we enjoyed a peaceful, undisturbed sleep.

Next morning , ho got up and was happy with the tea I served him;  Say I like this tea, Whats the stuff you 

put in  to make it so delicious ? I said we call it " Pudina " [Mint leaves ,]

As he took leave of me , he said, I must tell " Jane about the Idlis & Chutney &  the Pudina ;


and of course, I must have an Indian toilet, built in my house at Chicago;


Bye,  All my best wishes to you " 

Donald   had taken everything in his stride during that short stay I am sure he must have  

 been inconvenienced  as per his high standards, but never did he squeal or complain. 

Toilet in Iran My hats off to him ! 


G Venkatesh