The insufferable trustee
I received a speed post on a lazy afternoon. It had the hall ticket for the Science national talent search exam, followed by a call on the landline (It was the 90's). Janaki Mami was on the line asking if I had received the hall ticket. She was excited about my prospects in a SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH! The fact that I could barely spell chemistyr or didn't understand the gravity of newtons law didn't matter to Janaki Mami. In the few minutes of our conversation, I felt like a 'musk'y whizkid who would churn out the next tesla. The results turned out as Bernoulli's error was another matter for another day! The fact that her investment in my science talent turned out to be penny stock didn't bother her a bit! Perhaps, she was an angel investor of yore. In a nutshell, that was the story of her life. She trusted and invested in people who crossed her path. The reciprocation didn't make an iota of difference. There wasn't a gene in her body that doubted he...