Yesterday the ground floor of the Patent & Trademark Registry at Kolkata saw a new kind of drama. Members of certain law firms had arrived with Diwali gifts for the Trademarks Department of the registry, like they do every year. Except this year the Patents Department was ready and waiting downstairs to encounter them. The Patents people stopped all firms coming in with gifts and seized the same demanding that they too must be given gifts alongside the Trademarks Dept. On certain firm members then claiming the return of their gifts, the Patents people stated that the gifts were not to be returned, instead kept confisticated on the ground floor of the Registry until all the Patent employees recieve gifts from the same firms. The gifts thus were forcibly seized and stored despite tremendous hue and cry from various attorneys present on behalf of various law firms.
It is worthy of note that the entire Patents Dept. had participated in this exercise rendering most visitors to believe that there was some sort of dharna happening at the Registry. Meanwhile all the Trademarks employees were closely observing the proceedings from the balconies of the top floor. This drama continued from 12:30pm till about 5:30pm when it was time for everyone to go home.
Needless to say that no work got done at the entire registry yesterday.
I still love this city. Which reminds me .. "q: yeh itna kyon khaatey hain?!? a: kyonki hum khilaatey hain .." wnndrr!
cheers.
3 comments:
Ha ha... this is lowly man
very ..but it was damn comical man. especially the intensity with which they fought for "gifts" ..total wnndrr!
Your'e joking. Period.
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