I Don’t Know, Son!-13
The Silly Mistake!
Son: According to a ToI news report, a section Officer of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly created a sort of records, dad.
Father: How? Go on, son.
Son: He printed counterfeit currency notes for Rs8.91 lakh to pay his dues to a creditor in a cheque bounce case, dad! The creditor had filed a criminal case against him under the negotiable instruments act, dad.
Father: Interesting! Go on, son.
Son: The creditor withdrew the case after collecting the currency notes, dad. But the officer had committed a ‘silly mistake’, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The creditor found out on the way that the entire bundle of Rs1,000 notes carried the same serial numbers, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The creditor has now filed a cheating case against the Officer, dad. He has stated that the Officer has cheated him by paying him through currency notes with the same serial numbers, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But the Officer has defended himself by telling the court that he should not be punished for a ‘silly mistake’ on his part, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The 2G Allotment!
Son: Yeddyurappa (Yeddy) the Chief Minister of Karnataka has admitted that he has made some 2G allotments in Mysore, dad.
Father: How come? The same falls under the purview of the Central Government, son.
Son: I am talking about the allotment of sites in Mysore to the second (2nd) generation family members of Yeddy, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: HDK had furnished a list of ten people who according to him were close relatives of Yeddy and had been allotted residential sites in Mysore, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Yeddy has justified the allotments stating that he had no other alternative than allotting the sites to the second generation of his two brothers and a brother-in-law as the first generation had unfortunately passed away, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Good News for Kannada Cinema and TV!
Son: The Kannada Cinema and TV are seeing some good days at last, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: A news report says that the Income Tax Department conducted raids at the residences of Kannada film producers and artists including Sihi-Kahi Chandru (an artist and a TV serial producer as well) and music director Guru Kiran, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The fact that the IT Department thought these persons had unaccounted money is very heartening, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It proves that the two segments in Kannada are thriving and the industry is seeing some money at last, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Name Confusion!
Son: An Inspector in the ‘Crime Branch’ has been arrested by the Mumbai Police for extraction, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He had demanded Rs1.4 lakh from a vendor in Goregaon, Mumbai, dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: It seems the Inspector had only misinterpreted’ the name of the department dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: He thought the department was meant for committing crime instead of preventing/controlling crime, dad!
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: The Maharashtra Government is now said to be seriously thinking of changing the name of the department, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Shavige Bhath and an Idea!
Son: A news report says that a gang of burglars ran away with Rs7.6 lakh worth of gold jewellary from a house in a Bangalore suburb, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Before departing, the gang feasted on the Shavige bhath, the hapless housewife had stored in the fridge, dad! They even heated the stuff in a microwave oven the family had at their home before eating, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The episode seems to have given some ‘ideas’ to the FMCG companies, dad! They have told their advertisement teams to launch a TV commercial based on the episode to market their fridge and microwave ovens, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
11th July 2011
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