Declaring bankruptcy and Introducing a new author!

You may have read about several companies having filed for bankruptcy recently.
These guys are short of cash.

I am filing for bankruptcy too.....of ideas, though!

How come? Why, dear friend? Come on you can write about so many subjects...pink chaddis, Valentine's day celebrations, moral policing, Laloo's wisecracks in Parliament while announcing the Union railway budget....

Frankly, i did make an attempt. But ever since my last post where I whispered this about the editor of my blog :
(Pssst: Frankly, I would have posted another 100 posts by now, but for this bully Ed-in-Ch! I am seeking to be free from this tyrant someday! Need some serious reforms in the blogging space too!)

All my written pieces have been summarily rejected without assigning any reasons, as is customary for all editors to do.

Psst...Honestly, all that has remained unpublished because of this a$$-h0!E is not really worth a glance, let alone a read. Sigh! I have run out of ideas!

Just then I got a brilliant idea - in a drought even a drop of water seems like a river! Why not invite someone to write a guest post?

If any of my readers would like to contribute a funny one for my blog, you are most welcome. Send your funnies by email - which email id? - It's provided in my profile alongside.

To begin with I am posting an article written by my daughter, Supriya and which got published by their college (NM College of Commerce, Vileparle) magazine.
So here goes......

Around the City in just 50 Bucks!
By Supriya Mavinkurve

I know a man who stayed in Bangalore, whose heart’s desire was to visit the city of his dreams, Bombay. He had a long list of things to do here, but not a soul he knew, who would let him stay at his place! “In Bombay, you can get a job, but a place to stay? Never!”, his brothers had told him!

Finally, his determination and the services of the Indian Railways brought him to this fabulous city of his dreams! He managed to find a lodging place in Andheri for a couple of days. It was an old dingy room, which was all he could afford for the sum he could pay for! Bedbugs were, of course, free - part of a package deal.

He then put down his wish list on a piece of paper. He would want to visit the Gateway of India, the Hanging Gardens, the Chowpatty, the Borivali National Park, The Victoria Terminus Station ….

He also wished to enjoy the bhel-puri, paani-puri, chaat, vada pav and ice-golla at the Beach Stalls and also eat at the well known eateries offering a variety of Indian and exotic Chinese food which he had heard so much about and longed to relish.

So he set forth on his journey the next morning by the BEST Bus. He did not expect that even boarding the city bus would be an adventure sport by itself. But God helps them who pursue their dream, he believed. His belief brought him to the Gateway of India, where he enjoyed a boat ride and soaked in the sights of the Rajabhai Tower, the Azad Maidan and the Churchgate Station and had his lunch at an Udipi Restaurant and finally boarded the bus to Chowpatty. By this time the sun was about to set and the evening crowds were trickling in.

He gorged on all the chaat items that he always longed to eat by the waves and sands of Chowpatty as he also relished the sunset by the sea. His dreams were coming true. The local trains were the next on his itinerary. As the train charged in, the city warriors, deft in the sport posed to be a challenge to the Bangalorean! He boarded the already crowded train at andheri, managed to cling on to dear life, was almost pushed out again at Vile Parle. At the end of the ride, he felt as if his body had been massaged as never before – at no extra cost, of course!

The following couple of days, he was able to cover all the places of his desires. He had the princely sum of Rs. 50 when he had come and was now left with only Rs. 5 left in his pocket.

But just how did he manage to do all this in Just Rs. 50? Suspecting him of pulling a fast one on me, I demanded him of the breakup of the costs incurred. “Rs. 30 for the lodging, Rs. 3 for the bus rides, Rs. 3 for the train journeys, Rs. 10 for all the chats ….”

“Was the whole City on some kind of Discount Sale?” I asked.

“No it was Bombay in the year 1961!” said my grandfather!

Bloggers' Post-script: Among some topics listed by her college professors, she selected this one. When I asked her whether it could be a mistake, she said it wasn't and that she would write one on her own!

Well, even the Government of India backtracked on the promise of a US$10 laptop recently and how! The poor guys cant even say it was an old official press release that got entangled in red tape! Bcoz laptops in those days cost more not less!

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