Didi to gift soaps and towels to kids (satire)

Didi, like Moody, was always on the move and, while she travels within the country, Moody loves and prefers foreign locales. Of course, Didi did go abroad and was impressed by the sights and sounds of Singapore and London – but, that is history. Her vision is now on 2016.
‘Get me Patro Chatto,’ she ordered her PA.
And, within no time, the great Patro Chatto came up as if he was waiting in the wings.
‘Have you arranged my next tour?’ she asked.
‘Yes – this time it is the turn of the north,’ Patro said.
‘What is the plan?’ Didi asked. ‘How many of what?’
‘On last count, it was 40 each of inauguration and stone laying.’
‘That means a total of 80 – why don’t you make it a full 100?’
Patro blinked. Didi was to leave within a couple of days and it would be extremely difficult to arrange another 20 at such short notice. He knew she would not accept a ‘no’ for an answer and he would have to add another 20 to the list.

Didi loves to inaugurate projects wherever she goes, either inaugurate earlier projects or lay foundation stones of new ones. The projects she inaugurates would have been set in motion by her predecessors and include bridges, roads, hospitals etcetera.
The laying of foundation stones of new projects will be indicators of her ardent desire to see the betterment of her people. Here also the same categories get featured. If they get complete during her tenure, she can take credit – but such a situation very seldom happens.
In politics, he who initiates hardly ever get to reap the benefits. He does the hard work, someone else gets the credit.
Suddenly Didi broke into Patro’s thoughts.
‘And – what will I gift will I take with me for the kids in these areas?’
‘We have got ready bicycles,’ Patro replied.
‘Oh Patro, I want to do something new. Bicycles and laptops are outdated. Everyone gifts those. Let us be original.’ Patro kept quiet. He knew Didi had already decided on what to gift.
‘This time I want to gift the children soaps and towels,’ she said. ‘I want to spread the message of a Swatchh Bharat, a clean India. Our next generation should know that cleanliness is next to godliness.’
Patro gulped again. He would have to cancel order of bicycles and order soaps and towels instead. He realized that Didi wanted to impress Moody, hence her swatchh abhiyan. (to be continued …)

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