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The man was tall, cool and handsome. He almost walked like a model into the long corridors of GIM ,confidently into the HQ where the top brass lived.

Madam secretary was not on her seat when he arrived at the HQ reception. He waited for a while and then took his mobile phone out and rang up some one....

Mr Manohar.... he smiled and smoothly whispered, as if to his girls ears.... I am Valmiki Gupta from Mumbai, hope Mr Sharma of AICTE has spoken to you about me.....

Silence....

Yes I am outside the HQ ,but very well inside GIM, lost in the spectacle... continued Gupta...

A glass door opened and came out Mr Manohar, who was the Director of GIM ,not in charge of academics, which Dr Jesus took care of , but in charge of quality assurance and overseas relations. Manohar ,was the son in law of Dr Joy, his only daughter Sulatha's husband, whom she wed after a embattled love life which her father and brother opposed to. Manohar was Hindu, who was a blot in the evangelist family who could convince many others to adopt the way of the cross but their own son in law. Manohar and his wife lived in the US for sometime where he ran his own software firm which became big and big and burst one day in the bubble burst. His love for his daughter made Dr Joy carve an office for his son in law, out of nothing and from nowhere....and make him seated in the same HQ where he sat with his son in the cabin adjacent and VC next to it...

Yes Mr Gupta..... welcome welcome...thundered Manohar as he walked out of his office with arms thrown open to receive the seemingly elite guest.

After the exchange of pleasantaries they sat in Manohars plush office, every corner of which vied for attention.

I should tell you that you have a beautiful campus and a very charming office... said Gupta

Manohar flashed a smile, a classic of his, disarming and captivating, which probably clean swept Sulatha's heart and made the rise of the son in law to the nucleus of the GIM empire...

That is what everyone says....blushed Manohar.... and the credit goes to the visionary Dr Joy who happens to be my Father In Law.....

Oh ! I did not know that.... laughed Gupta and Manohar returned it with a you- better -know- it- you- ass smile....

Chalo let us get to business ..said Gupta... Now shall I proceed into my assignment?

I wish you a happy week ahead and hope that after your training our students and their soft skills will get polished up... said Manohar as he stood up to bid farewell...

Wouldnt you be checking my credentials?.... asked Gupta

Mr Sharma says and that is the best credential as far as GIM is concerned......smiled Manohar, this time business man like, adopting it fully from his father in law....... You can meet Dr Joseph our executive director in the second floor, who will let you know the plans for the week.

As Valmiki Gupta walked out, Manohar picked up the intercom and hastilly dialled Dr Joseph and told him that the guest is coming , dialled another number,held for a while and then kept the receiver impatiently back to the cradle. He took a piece of paper and wrote....

Daddy,

Valmiki gupta is here and I have decided to use him as the soft skills trainer for the next one week. Dr Joseph is being asked to take care of. I would be happy if you can ask Jesus to keep away from this....

Manohar

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Dr Joseph was glued to the telephone when the guest walked in with firm steps, a lavish smile and an extended hand of friendship.

Yes sir.. will do sir.. no sir.... ok sir.... he kept on saying mechanically and kept the phone....

You look pale and shocked... said Gupta.... did I walk in at the wrong time?

well no... said Dr Joseph...... absolutely not.....but I am afraid you may have to go to the guest house now... and let us begin fresh tomorrow morning...

Cool with me ....said Gupta.... and in any case im here direct from the airport.. would like to have some rest...

As Gupta was packed off,Dr Joseph ran to the VC's office.......

You will have to help me sir..... he lamented as he almost fell into a chair......There is a man who have come from Delhi on Mr Manohars invitation and we are putting him as a soft skills trainer....

mmmm....mumbled VC....

Sharma of AICTE has recommended him and you know Sharma....continued Dr Joseph......that is why Manohar wants...

And Jesus has told you that Gupta cannot and willnot train the students here.. right?......asked VC...

Dr Joseph smiled in astonishment, for a second, and then out a releif over the realisation that this man who knew the GIM family better than he knew his own, could solve this puzzle as well....

Half the time he spend unravelling such quagmires......

Rest half he spend crafting new problems as a raison d'être to his existence.......