Prologue
The story of the Bank of Polampur has been developing in my mind for several years, l
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‘Bank of Polampur’ is a fanciful story of a fictitious bank. The main
character, Kashmiri Lal Chawla, is a simple common man who joined the service as
a clerk (there was nothing like campus selections in those days) and somehow by remaining a sincere guy , rose to the prestigious position of General Manager.
‘Bank of Polampur’ is an account of all the events and incidents of Kashmiri Lal Chawla's journey in bank service which he used to narrate in detail to his wife Manpreet. This account not only exposes the alliance among the wicked and powerful people, corruption, nepotism, deceits and fraud in a satirical way but also analyses why it was so and suggests solutions.
The story dates back to 40 years and begins with interesting and surprising incidents that took place during selection of Kashmiri Lal for bank service. In those days employment in bank was considered equivalent to the jobs of engineers and doctors. In accordance with the working atmosphere prevalent in the bank, Kashmiri Lal becomes l...
Birth: 7
March 1958
Academic Qualifications: BSc;
M Com
LLB
PG
Diploma in Journalism
CAIIB
Ved Mathur has recently retired from the post of General
Manager in Punjab National Bank after completing almost 40 years of banking
career. He started his career in daily newspaper “Dainik Nyay†published from
Ajmer and joined banking career. But he was continuously associated with the
journalism and his hundreds of satirical and other articles, poems, talks, etc.
have been published from time to time in top magazines and newspapers. In
“Dainik Nyayâ€, his daily comedy column “Chakram†was published for years. In Ajmer
edition of “Dainik Bhaskarâ€, he wrote a column “Baradariâ€, which was based on
social issues, for many years.
Indian Banks association (IBA) selected him under Cooverji
Hormusjee Bhabha Fellowship for research on the topic “Customer Service in
Banks†and his work was awarded the first price. Punjab National Bank, Zonal
Office, Jaipur honoured him with “PNB Gaurav†award in 1996-97.
