DILEEP'S DILEMMA

The single management high school in the outskirts of the city had been producing excellent results at the SSLC examination for the past fifteen years. It had  dedicated teachers who toiled hard to bring out the best from the students. Leading them from the front was the manager, Dileep K S. 

Just as the school was single management, Dileep too was single. He was wedded to his own school.

He stayed in a studio apartment at the top floor of the school building. He was non vegetarian. He had a cook who prepared delicious food for him. The cook did the cleaning afterwards as well. 

Dileep ran into a problem once.

He had to visit a Dentist when he had a severe tooth ache. The Doctor found that a tooth had to be extracted as it was beyond conservation.

Dileep consented. The tooth was extracted.

The Doctor told him he should forgo dinner that night. He could take cold tea and hot tea was proscribed.  Dileep said he could go on without dinner. But he wanted to know whether he could consume liquor - Rum, Whisky or Wine.

The doctor sympathized with him, but he was firm - no alcohol that night.

It was the worst night for Dileep in his whole life.