A company was starved of water. It sought the help of a consultancy firm to solve its problem.
The firm had four eminent partners. They were respectively a chemist, an environmentalist, a mythologist and a top official of a large bank. The bank's rules did not permit its employees to carry on private business. But the top management of the bank believed in the policy of 'live and let live'. So everything was kosher.
The firm was known for offering four solutions to every problem though it charged for only one. The banker called it 'value for money'. After extensive study, the chemist advised the company to buy hydrogen and oxygen cylinders and mix the gases 2:1 and get water. The environmentalist noticed that there was some vacant land in the company's backyard and suggested afforestation which would provide copious rains in future. The mythologist advocated conduct of 'Varuna japa' to propitiate the rain God.
The banker wrote in his recommendation: "No action is called for. The crisis shall pass."
None of them suggested that the arrears of water tax be paid so that the municipality would restore water supply.
The firm had four eminent partners. They were respectively a chemist, an environmentalist, a mythologist and a top official of a large bank. The bank's rules did not permit its employees to carry on private business. But the top management of the bank believed in the policy of 'live and let live'. So everything was kosher.
The firm was known for offering four solutions to every problem though it charged for only one. The banker called it 'value for money'. After extensive study, the chemist advised the company to buy hydrogen and oxygen cylinders and mix the gases 2:1 and get water. The environmentalist noticed that there was some vacant land in the company's backyard and suggested afforestation which would provide copious rains in future. The mythologist advocated conduct of 'Varuna japa' to propitiate the rain God.
The banker wrote in his recommendation: "No action is called for. The crisis shall pass."
None of them suggested that the arrears of water tax be paid so that the municipality would restore water supply.
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