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Wednesday, 7 November 2012

The Parable of the Stinking BadCurry

The Parable of the Stinking BadCurry


A group of friends went to a restaurant attached to a five-star hotel for a nice dinner. Unfortunately, they ended up having an 18-course meal, all of which was spoilt by a recurring presence of a single BadCurry.

When they went back home, they told all their friends and relatives about their taste of BadCurry.

A few of these friends leaked the matter to the media.

The lousy stink of BadCurry was splashed around all over the print media, TV Channels, etc.

The matter went all the way back to the hotel.

The age-old Chairman of the hotel refused to believe that his hotel could have any stinking BadCurry. And refused to attend any review meeting. The other members of the board of directors, obviously, had an eye on the Chairman's position (at least in due course). At the same time, they also wanted to ensure that other hotels in the city don't exploit their weakness due to the stinking BadCurry.

Like the proverbial kingdom of yore where nobody was willing to mention the fact that the King was wearing no clothes, most of these board members "decided" that the BadCurry did not stink.

Again, like the small child in that very same kingdom, the child of a board member (who was also an Executive member) ended up shouting: "The BadCurry stinks!

The media went gaga over it.

The board memers decided to hold a meeting. With or without the Chairman.

And they reviewed the BadCurry.

After due deliberation, the members decided that they'll listen to the sage advice of Orwellian elders, and decided that they'll continue to maintain that the BadCurry did not stink.

And promptly issued a press release stating that the BadCurry did not stink. And issued an internal circular that none of the board members or others in the hotel should comment anything about the BadCurry - irrespective of whether or not the BadCurry stinks.

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Sadly, the board members didn't realise that whether the BadCurry stinks or not depends on the BadCurry, and not on the opinion of the board members.

The media, of course, is waiting with bated breath for further stinks from the BadCurry.

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Regards,

N

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