Dipdyuti's Blog 2017

Escapades of a PSU Executive – VI This is an imaginary series of the experiences of an idiotic PSU executive, working in a ‘Global fortune 500’ company. Please note that any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. This story does not have any form, structure or plot. It is a medley of emotions and remembrances of days long past in Teliya Oil. Management Trainee days The Idiot joined Teliya Oil in 1992 and after some training was assigned to a fuelling station for Aircraft in Guwahati Airport. These small snippets are from that period. The first thing that impressed the Idiot was the manuals, where every working procedure was documented. There were three manuals – Two numbers of Aviation Operations Manual and one number of Aviation Quality Control Manual. The manuals were hard bounded and written in excellent lucid English with information on all working procedures. They even had beautiful diagrams – where the matter can be better understoo...

Escapades of a PSU Executive – V This is an imaginary series of the experiences of an idiotic PSU executive, working in a ‘Global fortune 500’ company. Please note that any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. The sales promotion scheme This incident happened a few years back when the Idiot was a DO Manager. It so happened that one top Honcho of Teliya Oil was visiting Guwahati. Let us call him Mogambo (Name changed). The moment the message flashed, the whole office and even the higher office became hyperactive like a hornet’s nest disturbed by something. An emergency meeting was held in the State Office (Higher office) where Mogambo’s program was planned and debated and finalized. The Idiot’s role was to launch a sales promotion scheme in one of the prime Retail Outlets of Guwahati during the visit of Mogambo. After a lot of discussions, the basic framework of the Sales Promotion Scheme was finalized. The scheme, in short, will be like...

Escapades of a PSU Executive – III This is an imaginary series of the experiences of an idiotic PSU executive, working in a global fortune 500 company. Please note that any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. Love in the times of Kidnapping. On 12 August 1998, there was an attack by a militant organization on an important storage dump of Teliya Oil in Nagaon district of Assam. The incident was a landmark event because it made every officer of Teliya Oil working in NE fearful. They started feeling increasingly vulnerable. The Idiot was posted in Mohanbari Aviation Fuel Station – where he was station in-charge. The situation at that time was extremely sensitive. The frequent safety and security advisories and phone calls that he got from his Head Quarters disturbed him a lot. He never faced any problem in his day to day life but nevertheless, the fear remained at the back of the mind. One day, the district police chief rang him and told ...

Escapades of a PSU Executive – II This is an imaginary series of the experiences of an idiotic PSU executive, working in a global fortune 500 company. Please note that any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. The destructive power of success. Sometimes the idiotic executive goes into a philosophical mood. All around, he sees people pushing, pulling and working towards success. However, the so-called success sometimes makes their life hellish or worse. This is a small incident where success spoilt the family life of a couple. A studious young girl in the small town of Jorhat was wooed by a young man. Let us call the girl Rita and the boy Akhil. Now Rita was a hardworking sincere girl while Akhil was not too good in his studies. However, Akhil was a worldly-wise guy who wanted to take up business as a profession. He was successful too. After a few months of wooing, Rita succumbed to his charms and they were engaged to be married with acceptan...

Escapades of an idiotic PSU executive - I This is a new series where an idiotic PSU executive will share his varied experiences of working in a global fortune 500 company. It may be noted that the series is imaginary and resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental. What happened when Rohila had a child. Responding to an advertisement for allotment of a petrol pump under Defense (Women) category, Rohila applied for a Petrol Pump Dealership. Rohila being the wife of a soldier who died protecting the country’s border was found eligible. Another woman by the name of Geetali also applied and became the second empanelled candidate. She too was eligible, being the wife of a dead soldier. Both of them had the necessary documents and in due course of time Rohila became the first empanelled candidate and Geetali became the second empanelled candidate for the petrol pump dealership. Before the LOI (Letter of Intent) could be issued, Geetali the second e...