TITTLE TATTLE

Tittle Tattle

It was not surprising to hear that business people were very eager to be in the Prime Minister’s entourage to New Delhi. However even Tattler was shocked to hear that almost three dozen of them are going, though allocations had been made for only ten of them. We can just hope that a bigger presence means bigger returns!

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Still on the same vein, an embassy official was complaining how these rich people could at least pay for their stay and not be a burden to either the Nepalese or Indian governments. But a businessman revealed, "more than a few thousand rupees, it is the status of being a guest of the government that is important". Money saved and status gained?

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Nepalese bureaucrats like to call themselves "the cream" of the population. But the cream probably curdled when senior officials were shown the door right after Koirala became the Prime Minister the first time. Tattler agrees with a person who pointed out that had the bureaucrats been firm and professional, the country would not be in the mess it is in at present.

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Amazing what publicity suckers people here are. Even a louse yesterday turned popular today thanks to whatever means immediately becomes respectable.

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Watching a cavern like open mouth yawning in a closed car, made observers outside yawn.... yawning sure does not need air to travel - just the sight of it is enough.

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If everybody needed the introduction of an account holder to open an account in a bank, Tattler wonders how the first batch of AC holders got in!

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The way it has been raining, Tattler fears that Kathmandu might just be restored to its original state, that of a lake.

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The incessant rain coupled with floating garbage! Whew, a perfect recipe for disaster. God help us!

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A classic case of a thief calling others thieves. A petty minded gossip in town is going around accusing two ladies whom she is acutely jealous of, that they have been plaguing her with bluff calls. The ladies, way above it all, were tickled pink with the thought that such a dried out gossip monger gets such calls at all! Perhaps day dreaming? More likely, ghosts calling. Careful lady!! No ghost busters here!

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Ever heard of gossips getting busted for their demented loose tongue wagging? Yes, time and tide sure does them in.

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Tattler sighs and most unwillingly nearly accepts that it is the age of diplomacy everywhere and anywhere. Sugar and cream talk works - never mind the daggers aimed at your back!