This was before the days of internet and mobile telephony. Mr S. Sriraman, a simple, always cheerful and witty soul and a friend of mine, was employed by a small private life insurance company before becoming an employee of the great, one-and-only L I C of India.
One of his favourite jokes was :
"Ramanathan, do you know how to answer a policyholder's query? I'll tell you. Start off by quoting the policy number as the header of the letter to the policyholder and then go on to the first paragraph which should INVARIABLY be : 'With reference to your ABOVE policy No. we HAVE TO STATE as UNDER.
"Ramanathan, do you know how to answer a policyholder's query? I'll tell you. Start off by quoting the policy number as the header of the letter to the policyholder and then go on to the first paragraph which should INVARIABLY be : 'With reference to your ABOVE policy No. we HAVE TO STATE as UNDER.
The second paragraph should be a mishmash of castor oil, colocasia andokra, raw okra slices
all mixed in such liberal proportions so that it will beat a greased eel hands down and neither the writer nor the recipient would know what it is supposed to mean or convey. And, Ramanathan, don't forget to conclude the letter always with : 'We hope the matter is clear to you now' even though you yourself haven't the foggiest notion of what the goddamn thing is all about!' "
Thanks are due to the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, the apex court, the repository of 101-time distilled wisdom, for affording an opportunity to indulge in some nostalgia and hats off to it and, of course, to the legal fraternity too.
all mixed in such liberal proportions so that it will beat a greased eel hands down and neither the writer nor the recipient would know what it is supposed to mean or convey. And, Ramanathan, don't forget to conclude the letter always with : 'We hope the matter is clear to you now' even though you yourself haven't the foggiest notion of what the goddamn thing is all about!' "
Thanks are due to the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, the apex court, the repository of 101-time distilled wisdom, for affording an opportunity to indulge in some nostalgia and hats off to it and, of course, to the legal fraternity too.
