Didi on a lotus growing mission (satire)

Didi’s hands were full – she had a whole lot of Durga Puja inaugurations to do. It was a trying job but, since they were all big budget pujas with her own people heading the committees, she could not disappoint them. And – they enjoyed the attention and loved every minute of it.
The TV cameras followed the team and Didi chanted the shlokas with perfection.
But – she had also to listen to complaints from all committee members. The complaint was about non availability of lotus flowers. 108 of these flowers are required for every puja and with nearly 3000 pujas being held, the shortage was a major problem.
Moo Cool was walking alongside Didi and he sidled up close to her.
‘What is this lotus they are talking about?’ she asked.

‘It is in short supply,’ Moo Cool replied in almost a whisper.
‘Why? Are there any lotus eaters around?’
‘It is not due to that.’
‘Then?’
‘Waterbodies have dried up and lotus need water to survive.’
‘That is the problem with industrialization,’ Didi murmured. ‘They occupy too much land and choke the waterbodies out. The result is shortage of fish and, now, lotus.’
‘Yes,’ Moo Cool agreed.
Just then Dee Wreck came up to her.
‘I don’t think we should discuss lotus so openly,’ he also spoke in a low voice. ‘It could send out wrong signals.’ ‘But – this lotus is different,’ Moo Cool said.
‘Don’t argue,’ Didi warned them. ‘My people have put up a problem and I must help them out. Tell me – how can we increase the production of the lotus?’
‘We could convert the land in the land bank to water bodies,’ Dee Wreck said. ‘That way we can solve two problems.’
‘Two problems?’Didi asked.
‘Yes,’ Dee Wreck replied. ‘We can produce more number of lotus and, also, breed more fish. That will take care of these two shortages.’
‘But – the land bank is kept reserved for industries.’
Dee Wreck sighed.
‘Right now there are no takers for that land,’ he said. ‘It is lying idle. We can exploit it till industries come along.’ (to be continued …)


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