Rumours!

Rumours can work wonders. It can ruin you beyond salvation, but if proved baseless it can also raise you to a level previously conceived improbable, if not impossible. Such was the state of affairs at Maina Gul on Thursday that a curious whisper from a colleague in the office went from ear to ear before it spread like wild fire. Word got around that Ash, the most eligible bachelor in town er. . in Amboli… hmm..Maina Gul, who had accompanied his parents to Mangalore had got engaged. That set the cat among the pigeons; would resentment among girls be a better expression? I guess that would explain things literally, but i would stick to cat among pigeons. To get back to the point, tongues were wagging incessantly. Girls began to voice their opinion openly that they did not approve of this ungentlemanly behaviour. Of course, when pretty young things engage cupid to aim their love darts at you, the one thing that you are not expected to do is sneak off to Mangalore and get yourself engaged. Little wonder then that when Ash entered office, work ground to a halt. The questions hurled at Ash intensified with every passing moment though shutterbugs were kept at bay. Even stout denials from Ash were met with accusing stares. It was only when the near and dear ones intervened and an official statement, to the effect that Ash still remained an eligible bachelor, was released that the raging storm was quelled. Amboli, if not Andheri, heaved a collective sigh of relief. Ash now rose to a level unequaled. Accusing stares are again replaced by loving glances shot through fluttering eyelids. Pretty young things have again started engaging the services of cupid to hurl love darts at Ash. In a nutshell, it's business as usual.