A New Identity

Anand was depressed. He was just given a memo in his office. What did he do? Nothing! He just wrote from his heart. Who would have thought that his writings would lead him to such trouble? He wrote with all the freedom that a writer could dream of. No holds barred. Unflinchingly straight. Unscrupulously honest. No words minced. Politics, current affairs, daily life, and pretty much everything found its place in his writing. He did not think that someone would get wind of his blog and put word to his boss. His boss did not like the content, for it seemed to criticize him. The boss was annoyed. This was not expected from his employee. He should be taught a lesson. He should know his position and responsibilities. He should be given a memo. And thus a memo was given. 

Anand sat wondering. He did not want to give up writing the stuff that he liked. What could he do now? He switched on the TV. Harry Potter movie. A character on screen wrote ‘TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE’ in the air with his wand. With one flick of the wand, the letters rearranged themselves to become ‘I AM LORD VOLDEMORT’

EUREKA!! An idea struck!

He wrote his name on a piece of paper – ANAND. Shift the first ‘A’ to the last – NANDA. Yess! A new writer called Nanda was born that day.

A couple of months later, he walked into his boss’ cabin. His boss was talking to his PA. “Did you check out this blog? Written by a guy called Nanda. Great stuff!’

Anand smiled to himself. Writer Nanda is popular now.