Remember the famous line from the movie The Village- 'Those we do not speak of'? Or 'He who must not be named' from Harry Potter if I am right!?
Well, I do not understand what its with government officials, who throw such a fuss just to tell their names. In the last two weeks, I encountered two officials who gave their designations to me but not their names. Strange, since being a journo and on official duty, it wouldn't have taken an additional minute to figure out their names from someone in their own office!
Having had to check on a couple of cases (thanks to all the bloody fraudulent companies coming out of India Inc.'s closet :( )at the Department of Corporate Affairs (DCA) and SEBI offices in Chennai, I was reminded of the two lines above.
At SEBI, the person at the office refused to give his name after telling us that the regional manager was not available. At the DCA, I had gone to meet the director since i was asked to come and meet him. But the director was held up in a meeting. So the deputy regional director came out and asked the purpose of the visit. So when I wanted to know who he was, he said "I am the deputy director" and when asked for his name, he said "No, no...you don't need to know my name. I cant tell you my name!" Bad luck ppl..I got your names as immediately from someone as your refused to tell them! And ya, if you had thought I would write something bad about you in the papers, you were wrong! I am writing about you and your stupidity on the internet..all thanks to your refusal just to give your name. Cos, if you had told me your names, this post would not have been possible!! :-P
I ask- afterall, 'Whats in a name, mate?'
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