The email he has received today is marked urgent. But it was from a stakeholder who died two years ago, and it was drafted in such a way, which can make you feel that she is still alive and she vouches to live for another 100 years.


Carol , who used to work with a sales organization had achieved phenomenonal results spanning over years. She keenly understood the business really well, in terms of variant consumer behaviour,client requirements and market dynamics.

She reported to Timothy, who was heading the sales division and she found her work really impressive.

One fine day, Timothy entered the Dallas center of fine arts, and she found some great work by Carol. Earlier, she was told by Carol, that her name was not mentioned in the painting , so she guided her accordingly. Post her visit , she called called up Carol, and applauded her for an outstanding art which she genuinely exhibited.Timothy stated Carol that she is much more than a sales professional. She responded stating that that she has been recently granted an opportunity by the state government of Texas , and she captialized on that platform to do a painting , which would be in complete synchronisation with occurence of all respective events in her life.

Episode 1

Timothy visited the same center of fine arts, after a couple of years, and while encountering certain creativities, she witnessed a man named Eddie who seemed to be hazzled , and driven by her inquisitiveness, she stopped by and asked " Is anything bothering you here".

Eddie: Hmmmm, I m fine ..😊.

Timothy: Are you passionate about fine arts?

Eddie: Yes certainly.

Timothy: I somehow , observed that you have been a bit bewildered since sometime now, and it's something which you have been trying to say , so was trying to figure out.

Eddie: Not much to be bothered about, but yes I am or have been, as a matter of fact ,a bit curious in analysing a painting which I have just seen.

Timothy: Which painting are you referring to ?

Eddie: There is one painting on the top floor which humbly caught my attention, and made me restless to some extent.

Timothy: Oh really, hope you will not mind guiding me the directions , so that I can view the painting which you're talking about.

Timothy: Hope I am not asking much!

Eddie: No worries at all, let's make a move.

Timothy: This painting depicts a state of disassociation , which can only be sensed by someone , whose thought process is in a verge to seek ample clarity, thereby completing the process in which our mind is mapped.

Eddie: Hmmm, trying my best to gain agreement with you, however it would be appreciated, if it could be more lucid in terms of the contextual reference.

Timothy: Can I ask you something?

Eddie: Yeah ! Of Course....

Timothy: How many visitors do you see here today?

Eddie: Around 50 !

Timothy: Yeah! approximately correct.

Eddie: Hmmmmmm.🤔

Timothy: Did you notice something?

Eddie: Not anything specific, apart from the painting which I was talking about.

Timothy: Did you realise that you are the only person who viewed this painting and gotten into the depth of it?

Eddie: I agree to the fact, that I was visualising it in depth, however didn't notice that, I was the solo human being who was viewing this piece of art.

Timothy: Exactly...

Eddie: Based on our previous conversation , I somehow figured out that, my thought process seeks more clarity, and is discreet at this stage.

Timothy: I would rather say, your thought process is very concise, it's just that it's not complete, and it's still sailing like a ship with out a radar, which in turn is making you anxious and more curious, as you said before, you have been thoroughly viewing that piece of art, which is an amazing painting, enclosed with a blurred handwritten incomplete monograph.

Eddie: That's an amazing observation!

Timothy: A person's thought process is quite intelligent enough to associate itself with any similar form, might be an object, an illusion, a piece of art or as a matter of fact ,even a human being' s mind.

Eddie: Hmmm, there are a lot of things to learn from you! Are you by any chance a psychological therapist ?

Timothy: No I am not !

Eddie: In that case, how can you relate and analyse a stranger's mind in such an efficient manner?

Timothy: You may wanna attempt answering this question on your own?

Eddie: Hmm......🤔🤔🤔, you are not even a psychologist as you say..
hmmmmmmm....
still thinking 🤔🤔🤔!

Timothy: You can take your time😊.

Eddie : How have you been over the past couple of days ?

Timothy: What makes you frame this question suddenly?

Eddie: I am just trying to implement a similar approach,used by your thought process equation for evaluating my inner human state,while I was viewing this piece of art.

Timothy: Hmmmm, you sound confident, while narrating this.

Eddie: Yes I am ....sure thing.

Timothy: Great.

Eddie: I am still waiting for your answer.

Timothy: I am doing good over the past couple of days.

Eddie: That's great to hear, but if its not so personal, is there anything which can be bothering you ?

Timothy: Aren't you getting late?

Eddie: I am for sure, but investing my time in communicating with you, is certainly enriching , so accordingly, I have prioritised, provided you are not urgently heading somewhere .

Timothy: I wished , I could have continued this conversation a bit more, but unfortunately ,I have a couple of household things which needs attention, so I would prefer to take your leave now!

Eddie: Sure, but before I let you go , I would again want to elaborate on the question which I asked, so that I can get an answer the next time we meet, and would also be happy to share , how I have been over the past couple of days.

Timothy: Sure thing, that would be interesting.

Eddie: So, if I can ask, when can we meet next?

Timothy: Is day after tommorow viable ?

Eddie: It should not be a problem at all.

Timothy: The venue remains the same ,since I have some of my organizational clients here, if it suits you.

Eddie: You got it !

Timothy: Bye for now.😊

Eddie: Bye Bye 😊.

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Episode 2.

Eddie: Hi , good to see you again.

Timothy: Hi , how are you doing today?

Eddie: I am doing good with a deep sense of anxiety, as in how our conversation would progress today. How have you been today?

Timothy: I am doing good, thank you for asking.

Eddie: So shall we start continuing with our conversation?

Timothy: Yes certainly.

Timothy: Do you mind a cup of cappuccino from the nearby cafe?

Eddie: Sure.

Timothy: I am awaiting a friend to join us, I am sure you are fine with that.

Eddie: Sure

Timothy: It's great to relate and understand human psyche.

Eddie: Oh yes! I agree.

Timothy: Let's wait for the coffee, in the meanwhile , let me ask you , what do you do for a living?

Eddie: I am a Business Procurement Lead by profession, however I love adventure sports and admiring fine arts gives me an element of content.

Timothy: Great to hear that!

Eddie: So how long will it take for your friend to arrive ?

Timothy: He might be here anytime, he is on his way.

Timothy: Are you kind of busy today?

Eddie: Nope, not all, I was just trying to check.

Timothy: Hmmm, just wanted to check your schedule as well !

Eddie: Oh! the cappuccino is here.

Timothy: Yeah...it is..

Timothy: My friend is here!

Eddie : Hey! How you doing?

Timothy: His name is Bill.

Eddie: Hey, nice to meet you.

Bill : Hope all is great on your end.

Eddie: Yeah so far

Bill: That's really nice sir.

Eddie: You can call me Ed.

Bill: Sure Ed. So, I guess you folks were in the middle of a conversation, a day before , am I right?

Eddie: Yes, Ofcourse.

Bill: Hey , hope you folks are comfortable on my presence, otherwise I may wanna allow some privacy here.

Timothy: Hey it's just a very casual talk. That's fine Bill.

Eddie : Certainly, please make yourself comfortable.

Timothy: Yeah, so you were asking ,how I have been doing over the past couple of days .

Eddie: Yes.

Timothy: I am been good, however at the same time , I have been a little anxious since the past two days, and there has already been an element of grief in terms losing an awesome soul, with whom I have closely worked in the past. So it's been more than two years now , and we are trying to cope with it, I would rather say, we have indeed.

Eddie: That's really tragic to hear, hope so the soul have rested peacefully.

Timothy: It should be, but somehow it gives me a very strong feeling that her soul has not rested in a deserving way yet.

Eddie: Ohhh! What makes you say that?

Eddie: Was it a natural death?

Timothy: She committed a suicide.

Eddie: That's unfortunate!

Timothy: Yes it was indeed.

Eddie: Self Destruction needs to stop. We as responsible individuals of our beloved motherland and should be at complete par with a pedagogy , which prevents any unfortunate events of a kind, resulting in a fair and equitable environment which affects people positively.

Timothy: Very well narrated.......

Eddie: I mean it's a fact, more than a narrative.

Timothy: Of Course yes.

Timothy: Bill! You can share your opinion as well.

Bill: I am trying to be an active listener here, and I completely agreed to what has been said so far.

Timothy: Hmmmmm, yeah!

Eddie: Thanks Bill.

Timothy: So Ed , I was in a very inquisitive mindset a day before, backed up with an intense need of something which was not complete, and I figured out a similar mental state in you, and if you remember our previous conversation, wherein I was trying to portray that a person's thought process is intelligent enough to associate itself with something very similar.

Eddie: Yes, I completely understood , and looks like , I am in the same page and got the answer to my question.

Timothy: Nice.

Timothy: So based on our discussion the other day, as I stated ,you were in a similar frame of mind, wherein you were anxious, bewildered and not complete as far as your thought process was concerned, after visualising the painting with the monograph.

Timothy: Can I ask you the reason behind your frame of mind and the reasons for your anxiety.

Eddie: Oh yes, I certainly can tell you.

Timothy: Yeah, please....

Eddie: It was breathtaking..... seriously!😲😲😲.

Timothy: Hmmmm, I understand.

Timothy: Do you mind elaborating?

Eddie: Yeah, certainly. It was early morning and I received a business email which was marked as " URGENT" from one of our platinum business vendors and her name was Carol, and guess what, she passed away two years ago!

Timothy: Oh that's really tragic and startling.......😌😌🤔🤔🤔.

Eddie: Yes it was indeed!

Timothy: So how did this email associate with that fine art painting, which you were visualising the other day.

Eddie: The painting comprised a monograph as we know, and there was an incomplete email in the monograph, which was an exactly identical email , which Carol might have drafted to send me, but she didn't send , until I received it day before yesterday. The incomplete email body in the painting had our business name written, and by observing, I could clearly make out , its intended to me. The way that business email associated with that of the fine art painting was bizarre.

Timothy: Now, that's what we call a world of correlation, which is not only confined to any arithmetic analysis, instead it also correlates to respective human minds , undergoing a similar syndrome.

Eddie: Yes, certainly, I do agree.

Timothy: Do you mind me asking how well you knew Carol?

Eddie: It was indeed a great professional partnership between her, we were inclined diligently to our mutual business goals and requirements and she was an account manager for our portfolio, which indeed was quite mammoth in terms of an exponential business contract.

Timothy: That sounds incredibly collaborative from a business standpoint.

Eddie: Yes , definitely.

Timothy: Great! Had the business engagement always been seamless?

Eddie: It was to a greater extent, but yes there were turbulence at times from both negotiators in terms of quotation,and several board official approvals ,which were instrumentally required in order to close certain prime business deals.

Timothy: Hmmm, I understand, it does happen everywhere.

Eddie: Yes you right.

Timothy: Do you mind answering, how frequently were those turbulences?

Eddie: I would not say it was very less, but there used to be certain departmental challenges, which eventually would result in a delay, in terms of a final sign off.

Timothy: Hmmmm, I do comprehend.

Timothy: How frequently did you manage getting approvals from your top management especially in these challenging times in terms of the deal closures?

Eddie: I am more than happy to answer, but can I ask you some thing?

Timothy: I am sure, what you're gonna ask!

Timothy: That, How is this even relevant to what we have been discussing !

Eddie: Yes, Of Course.....I mean yeah.

Timothy: It's just that generally " I may want to understand the degree of impact in your mind, which was embedded with intense inquisitiveness, while viewing the painting, and as you stated earlier , that the incomplete email in the monograph was identical to the email you received early morning that day.

Eddie : Oh okay.......Hmmmmmm!

Timothy: Please don't get me wrong, it's certainly not a fact, that I am trying to get into your previous personal or business events, but yes it does let me analyse your level of curiousity towards that particular painting, which was predominantly and solely viewed by you, amidst a gathering of around 50 people tentatively.

Timothy: It's only, we the people who can help each other get rid of our anxieties,and as you correctly mentioned about self - destruction a while ago. It's all about an incomplete mind which associates accordingly and seeks a relative space which is indeed incomplete on the other side.

Timothy: So having said that, did you ever had any conversations with her, which made Carol feel nervous or alarmed?

Eddie: Yes there have been circumstances, wherein there has been an element of thrust both ways, with relation to respective goal setting and business closures.

Timothy: Hmmm,okay!

Eddie: I understand your questions thoroughly, but I still may want to ask you the reasons, which in turn, is leading you to seek answers ,which I think are beyond, what we have been discussing..........hmmm

Timothy: You may have identified by now , the reasons why you are being asked these questions?

Eddie: Certainly not!

Timothy: What makes you say that?

Eddie: It's just not relevant...........

Timothy: Are you sure?

Eddie: I think, it really interested me initially, as in the way the conversation was heading since the first day, but now it's becoming extremely subjective with relation to my business interests, which I don't feel righteously comfortable and within my corporate rights to proceed any further with this conversation!.

Timothy: I do respect your future interests on this conversation! But guess what, I indeed have a couple of things which I may want to share with you......

Eddie: Whatever! Please go ahead .....

Timothy: Did you ever sexually intimidate Carol or ever carried a mentally distressed conduct towards her, in return of an approval of concrete deals from your board executives?

Eddie: Never!

Timothy: I really don't believe you.

Eddie: It's your choice, which may be rational and might determine you to act if certain things were true, and in the confident expectations that they would prove to be true.

Timothy: Yes, it's certainly my choice, and the quantum of time you spent on that painting was also your choice, which might be rational as well.

Eddie: You know what! I may wanna take your leave, and would certainly appoint my attorney for any defaming aspects, which you may wanna accuse me of!!!!!!

Timothy: I have not yet accused you, I am still trying to get my answers. If you remember, I stated very clearly that ,even I have been incomplete in my thought process since a long time in a similar way, as you were , whey you were viewing the painting.

Eddie: I seriously don't understand .......I really need to go!

Timothy: You donot want to understand!

Timothy: Now let me seamlessly get to bottom of it !

Timothy: The piece of art that you visualised was Carol's work. It was a painting with the monograph, on " Fair Business " as the subject and that incomplete email was also a part of the painting and I am sure you have certainly known this, since the email which you received, day before yesterday was certainly identical.

Having said that, I head the Sales Department of Elite Business Services Inc , and Carol was one of my most skilled veteran employee and an efficient subordinate. I am very sure, you have seen this business name as well in the monograph along with your's, which in turn comprised that incomplete email.

That incomplete email was the last email ever drafted by her a couple of weeks , before she tried resting in peace .It was the final draft, which comprised the quotation and relevant terms and conditions, and in the process of her sending the email, she got a call from your executive assistant stating that this deal stands revoked for the time being , and needs further review.

And, if not mistaken, she had arguments with you , a day prior to which she was about to send the email.

In the entire conversation, you have been relentlessly telling her to spend an upcoming night with you ,in defence of which she kept condemning to the fullest.

You somehow finally told her " I really do apologise, and you can send me your standardized proposal email and will ensure it gets approved, since all negotiatons stand equitable and legitimate.

Your executive assistant Dorothy called up Carol at the very moment when she was drafting the email, stating that, the concerned business deal was revoked by you for the time being, since it may warrant further intervention.

" The same email which you received day before yesterday was from Bill .He is a part of our HR workforce "

This deal closure was a dream project for Carol, not only because of our organisation's revenue build or any incentives payout pertaining to her, it was solely because she really visioned an advancement to the society through our product, which would certainly expand your company s growth rate , and at the same time affecting the commoners as well.

Bill : Carol was a very critical resource to us and she was highly acclaimed with our clients including your's, her email credentials were never destroyed , thereby providing a tribute to her, and HR had special administration rights on her user details, so I sent you this email on her behalf , so that her diligent proposal gets reviewed by you again, and the only difference would be " It's not Carol, instead it's Bill who have sent you the email".



Eddie: 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

I just have nothing to say..............

I would surrender myself ,to respective penalties as reviewed and applied by the court of justice 😢.


Timothy: Your penalty was the painting with an incomplete and unsent email, you visualised day before yesterday. There can never ever be a better penalty relatively . If it would have been a bit more relatively direct, you would have been incarsarated by now.


Author : Shirsendu Mukherjee.



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