l - -rD · Mrs. S inivasan was surprised. Once again, she looked at her boss's itinerary; he isn't supposed to be in office today, thought she. Sum it Bhatnagar was her boss and for the last 11 years she had worked as a Secretary to all Vice Presidents- Marketing irrespective of who was there in office in that ho t seat . Inthe last 19 days, Sumit has untiringly crisscrossed he length and breadth of the country me et ing al l Sales Managers and top distri bu tors and dealers across India. She knew from today onwards he was supposed to be on a weeklong leave with his wife and kids in himla. She herself had done their flight and hotel bookings at Shimla. Naturally she . wo dered why Sumit is back here in office when in fact he should have been in Shimla; it was different matter though her experience told her there must be something unavoidably urgent . Why else would Sumit cancel his trip so well planned in advance? Sumit looked te nse , as he entered the off i ce ; he was a bit too early to office given his usual routi n e and his propensity to put long hours in the even ing . Sumit picked up the phone and briskly respo n d i n g to the formal salutation told Mrs. Srin ivas a n , "Arrange a meeting with Rahul ad M a ni s h . .. immediately" . She had normally no t seen he r bo s s , Sumit in any kind of anxiety over the years for h e was a very calm, cheerful and vivacious young m an in his early40s. In her usual efficient manner , s h e located Rahul, GM-Sales and Manish , B r a n d Manager, and called them to be present in Su mi t's offi ceat 11 a. m. shar p with relevant reports an d d at a that Sumit had instructed her for . She vaguel y thought, as the other two gen t lem en , that the me et ing was called because ofa virtual p a nic situati on as a compet iti ve brand-Gl in t had l a un c he d a very attractive consumer offer . Th i s h ad led t o
