Memory
Power
About 40 years ago, everything was controlled
by the Government including cement, sugar etc. There were posts like Cement
Controller, Sugar Controller etc. If you apply for sugar for marriage purpose
or cement for house construction, you may get 10 % of the quantity you applied
for. Some smart people make exaggerated estimates and get extra quantity. A few Government offices were flooded with
controllers like Assistant Controller, Deputy Controller, Joint Controller,
Chief Controller, Joint Chief Controller, Additional Controller and Deputy
Chief Controller etc etc. People were not able to make out which is the higher
post and which is the lower post. Perhaps getting inspiration from these
controls, hurdles and cumbersome procedures, Malayalam novelist E Vasu wrote a
novel under the title “Chuvappu Nada”
means red tape.
In an office there was one
person whose job was to liaise with these departments. Daily he goes to some or
other ministries or departments. He was an absent minded person. One day he
told his boss. “Sir, my memory power is improved. Earlier I used to go to
Ministry without taking the file. This time I realized at ITO and came back”.
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