I am currently working in a bank and my boss has been hitting on me for the past one year. He has tried to woo me through various means, however, I have always avoided him. However, six months back, I also started feeling for him. Though I wanted to avoid getting into a physical relationship with him, he has been persisting for long. I gave in last month and we ended up getting physical. But he has been ignoring me ever since. If I want, I can reveal all his secrets and ruin his career, but I will not do that. What should I do?

Name and address withheld

Nothing. Just carry on with some bank work for a change. Why do you think banks all over the world are in this situation? You guys are so busy sleeping with each other that in the process the consumer and the market gets screwed if you know what I mean? My advice to you is re-jig your love or lust passbook and start working for a change. Given the kind of woman you are, this is not going to be your last affair. I see you becoming an expert in this business and your capital adequacy ratios in terms of lustful affairs are very high. Have a good life and let me know if you need any help!

I am a 36-year-old man working with an MNC. My problem is that I look relatively younger than my age, due to which I feel very humiliated. My subordinates call me ‘dada’ instead of ‘Sir’ and even my seniors are not interested in discussing serious issues with me. I am often disrespected and neglected. Though I had given a very good interview, I could not manage to get a promotion. I was academically brilliant but my other friends seem to be doing much better than I am. I am very depressed due to this. Please help.

Sujoy Karmakar, via e-mail

Just start going often to Mamata Banerjee and you will grey just like Buddhadeb has done. On a serious note, youthful looks are a blessing for most of us, but then for someone like you, it is actually becoming an impediment so why don’t you switch jobs for starters? I am sure there’ll be a million airlines which will want you as their purser and that’s a cool job. Serve food during the flight and then flirt with the air hostesses later. Think about it. My other suggestion is don’t fool yourself by imagining that you aren’t being promoted because you are too young. That is silly. It has to do with your brain and not your looks, so sort that out first, dada.

I am a 21-year-old boy from Calcutta. For the past two years, a girl has been hitting on me. However, I am not interested in her. Her studies are getting affected in the process and her family life is also taking a turn for the worse. Should I explain to her that what she is doing is wrong or should I simply stop bothering?

Name and address withheld

By the way, is your full name Rahul Teresa? And are you this great reconciler of the human faith? Have you been elected as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s successor? Do you run a compassion centre? So if the answers to all of the above is no, then why the hell are you worried about that girl? Enjoy the attention and let her life take its own course. And also stop bothering this fine column with such really trite questions. We have bigger obstacles to cross, son!