The Hindu Business Line : How many e-mails make an over?

THE two Gs have been advised to keep off the media, but everybody else is frankly too worried to keep quiet. Which explains the load of e-mails in my inbox. So, here I go...

Was he the root cause?

Not `he', but `e', was the culprit. Chacha Chap sent a lamba mail about Gangu dada to the busy Board.

The missive was so long that it lost its way and ended up everywhere else.

Some say, the problem wouldn't have arisen if the chacha had instead SMS-ed.

What was the attachment?

There was no attachment between the two. But it seems each one is fairly attached to their respective positions.

Or, is it that you want to know if the six-page 14,000-byte mail went as a Word attachment through Outlook? Attachment is the source of all evil, it is hence proved.

Good or bad?

Both, I'd say, in equal measure. Because Chap speaks of two `good's and two `bad's. Thus, what's `good' is the form of Kaif and Yuvraj; also, `good' behaviours and attitudes are to be rewarded, argues the mail. To compensate, there is, for example, the alternative of Gangu leaving on a `bad' note, and he continuing to set a `bad' example. How ugly!

Is this a match between media and cricket?

More on media, it seems, because I found six `media' and only five `cricket' in the mother of all e-mails.

The coach talks about `media speculation'; `matter that should stay between us and should not, under any circumstances, be discussed with the media'; `resisted all other media approaches'; and `some sections of the media, being starved of information, have made up their own stories'.

To be fair, though, the other two instances of media are in `immediately'.

How many e-mails make an over?

I think six. In the alternative, the mail should run to six pages. But the story of G vs G was not over after the six-pack ran berserk. It only began from there.

Psst... Any clue how the mail leaked out?

According to one theory, Chap took a printout to read and then trashed it, but it got recycled as a moongphali cover on the Mumbai local, frequented by an investigative journalist...

Another line of thinking suggests that the Board chief was reading the mail on his screen when he got distracted by two rival camps fighting before the AGM and so he left the laptop on without a screensaver.

Can I have a `working relationship' with my boss?

The phrase has become so popular after the busy messy Board brokered a patch-up between Gregu and Gangu that everybody wants a WR with everybody else. Listen, these things don't work for long, if you can relate to what I say!

Will the truce be true?

It may well be a true ruse, for all you know.

Since they're keeping off the media, can we expect e-mails from them?

Good idea. In which case, we'll be seeing more of @ than balls, flying over the pitch!

SayCheek@TheHindu.co.in

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