“Londonvaasi” letter in Gujarat Samachar of 9-9-2017, is one of very unimaginable subject of futile economizing by his relative. The culprit borrows his Asian Voice/Gujarat Samachar and returns it the following week. “Londonvaasi”, though himself a subscriber, is left to read stale news and miss the fun of serial stories, poetries etc.
Though “Londonvaasi” rightly praises Asian Voice/Gujarat Samachar, one praise can never be attributed. No newspaper can match the “pasti”(scrap) value of Kenyan newspapers eg “Africa Samachar”, “Daily Nation”, “Sunday Nation”, “East African Standard” etc. Every two to three months, these old newspapers would fetch many shillings, when sold as scrap.
Following suggestions will help “Londonvaasi”.
Ask relative directly/ bluntly to buy his own paper. This method may misfire if he is in law related to wife. One may hide the newspapers at places beyond imagination of the borrower, eg tape it below the coffee table, hide them behind toilet tank, or in deep freezer.
Read the papers till late in the night, to enjoy the goodness of Asian Voice/Gujarat Samachar first hand. Confuse the relative by substituting pages of new issues with old issues. Relative may get confused and stop borrowing.
If all fails, gift him long term subscription of Asian Voice/Gujarat Samachar.
Ramesh Jhalla
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