Name shake

The phone bell screeched and I picked up the receiver.

“Ramesh, Indian social activist Kiran Bedi is addressing a meeting in Dubai. Why don’t you try to interview her?” asked a senior colleague.

“Sure, thanks,” I replaced the receiver and dialed the telephone operator.

“Hello,” replied our telephone operator Ramesh.

“Can you connect me to our car driver?”

“You mean driver Ramesh?” asked operator Ramesh.

“Yes.”

I went with driver Ramesh to the venue where an official of Bharatheeyam, a cultural organisation that organised the programme, welcomed me.

“I am Ramesh,” I introduced myself.

“Pleasure meeting you. I am Ramesh too,” he smiled.

“Who is the main person in your organisation?” I asked him.

“You can see him sitting on the dais along with Kiran Bedi,” he pointed out.

“What’s his name?”

“Ramesh.”

I almost fainted.