Exercise 3

We had to take those two people's lives and make a scenario of a financial crisis or legal crisis. As i chose the following- owner of the cake shop, Mr. Sunil Punjabi, and the owner of my hostel, Mr. Pratish Uthappa.

Sunil Punjabi- He moved into Bangalore seven years back from Mumbai when the death of his father took place which led to the dirty games of inheriting property among his brothers and sisters. His wife had the degree of passing a culnirary course.

He bought a house in Ganganagar in Bangalore. And got a good deal of rent at R.T. Nagar to start his cake shop with his wife.

In the year 2002 R.T. Nagar was not as polished and developed as it is now.

As the years passed it started to get so. A pizza hut opened to the left of his shop. A nilgiris opened in across the road.

He could see familiar faces inside nilgiris and pizza hut than purchasing from his shop. They are consumers after all. How could he complain?

The students pockets were well suited to his shop. In the last three years the rent increased and he didn't have a back up space. Mr. Sunil could not pay the rent this year. And the Income Tax Department extended his penalty. He still could not cover up the amount.

Mr. Sunil is about to meet his lawyer and take the matter up to the C.A. who will give him legal advise.

Mr. Pratish Uthappa- Mr. Pratish left for Chennai to his paternal house to take care of his unwell relative. He got huge provisions for two weeks for the pg and gave the warden a sum of 15,000 ruppees in case of emergency.

The other day i returned from college early and saw that the pg was not cleaned.

I went and asked aunty for explanation from the warden,

Warden: The maids have left and gone.

Me: So our rooms will remain dirty?

Warden: Then you clean it yourself.

I got so angry. I lost my temper and called Pratish and he disconnected my call and texted me saying that he was out of town.

Aunty came and apologised for being rude to me. And told me that last evening she was out to take the landline call for five to seven minutes in the corridor. And the money that Pratish gave her is stolen. So she tried to ask the maids and they felt insulted to be questioned and left.

Aunty broke into tears and told me what can she do? Can't even ask the students.

In the evening we sat for a meeting. And discussed the matter. And the seniors suggested her to lodge a complaint. But she wasn't ready to take that risk with Pratish not being around. And how could she tell Pratish?