Saturday, August 25, 2012

On the beaches of Calangute - a mafia tale part 1




It was the best time to be in Goa as beaches are empty, the air is cool and clean and the rains had subsided/ stopped.

Yusuf the new journalist at daily news news had just finished his third coffee in the matter of an hour. He wondered if anything could spice up the day.

He covered the sports beat and today no sports event was on. at around four the editor in chief  Mr. Dhanesh called him, Arun, Bhomika, Balaji, and Yash in for a meeting.

Yash was a forty year old senior crime reporter. With a thin frame  and a sly mind, he surely had a eye for detail  and perfection.  He did as he pleased as he delivered results. He had been a Mr. Exclusive for the paper.

 Balaji was a grand old media man. At 68, he should have had retired long ago but his heart was in news and he could not  stop working. Arun had many deep and long conversations with him. Balaji always had some interesting tale to share from the glory days of media.

Bhomika was a page 3 specialist and she did love gossips, scandals etc.

Arun was a marketing person how had recently joined the content team and perhaps he himself was figuring out what exactly his role was.

Dhanesh was the editor in chief and the man with decisions but he rarely took any on his own. It was an open secret that his decisions were heavily biased and controlled by Yash.

So now all of them were going to have a meeting.

By Ninad Tatke.

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