TITTLE TATTLE

Tittle Tattle

In the Army officers club that night, a man was protesting vehemently whenever guests wanted to make calls from the one and the only telephone available in the place. He was shouting at everybody around to keep the phone free as he was expecting a call from his boss who was to let the poor subordinate know whether he would grace the do. Finally the desperate man fearing he would lose his job if he did not receive the call from his benefactor, resorted to locking the phone, leaving others to the mercy of the downpour in the night. Well!!!

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At the same do, it was interesting indeed to watch the invitees guzzling liquor and spouting free liquor and histrionics at the same time. Histrionics? - play acting to the hilt! Flattering on your face and bitching behind your back. Nothing new in the average Nepali circle, Tattler observed.

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Who will become UML’s president? It is heard both Madhav Nepal and K.P. Oli are trying to force the titular post on each other. Surprising! Not exactly. Who wants to become just a figurehead, when the power lies elsewhere? Tattler suggests they get a neutral name to defuse the forced magnanimity.