MI 5

Recently heard the story of a guy who had the genie at his disposal on one condition. That, the master has to keep the genie occupied all the time. The guy got tired of giving work and he ran out of ideas. His wife unassumingly would ask the genie to straighten a dog’s tail and the rest is history. J

I thought of drawing parallel on what other work can be given to the genie to keep it busy for ever. Some of that below:

1. Ask genie to make our politicians and bureaucrats uncorrupt and make general public abstain from bribing. I fear the genie would get corrupted in no time talking to them. Like Mu.Metha would write in a tamil song (thottathula paathikkatti…) as kaNNagi ingu vandha kaNNu adikkum koottamunga..madhuraya erichavaLe manasu maarak koodumunga..and budhanum ippo pattanam vandha bodha marathula erikkuvaan…

2. Make film stars earn wages like normal salaried class do. I feel jealous when they go to so many countries at producer’s cost. Genie would be given a role to play and succumb to the temptation

3. Eradicate poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, caste system etc in India. Genie would rather prefer straightening the dog’s tail.

4. Set the world free from natural and man-made disasters. Gujarat earthquake and 2002 carnage are best examples for both respectively. Genie at this point will sob in helplessness.

5. India & Pakistan, KaruNanidhi & Jaya (of course I can also take Buddha & Mamta, Mehbooba Mufti & Omar, Laloo & Nitish), to truce up. This is probably the ultimate assignment. This time the genie for sure would get itself locked in the lamp and deliberately forget the code to open. ;-))