I Don’t Know, Son!-14

I Don’t Know, Son!-14

The Chamundi Avatar!

Son: The Karnataka ex-legislator Ramaswamy is in real trouble, dad.

Father: Go on son.

Son: He had made an allegation against the former Governor of Karnataka V S Ramadevi that she had encroached upon 4 acres of government land by submitting false documents, dad.

Father: Go on, son.

Son: Actually the land was in the name of some other Ramadevi, wife of one K S Rama Rao, dad!

Father: Go on, son.

Son: It appears Ramaswamy jumped on the gun just because the name of the former Governor’s husband was Ram Avatar, dad!

Father: Interesting! Go on, son.

Son: Naturally the former Governor is totally upset and has threatened that she would file a defamation case against Ramaswamy unless he tendered an unconditional apology within 48 hours, dad.

Father: Go on, son.

Son: Ramaswamy is now facing the 'Chamundeshwari Avatar' of the ex-Governor for misreading her husband’s name 'Ram Avatar', dad!

Father: I don’t know, son!

Governor Bharadwaj Smells a Rat!

Son: The above incident has made the current Governor of Karnataka Hans Raj Bharadwaj a worried man, dad.

Father: How come? Go on, son.

Son: He has ordered the revenue officials to find out whether any land has been registered in the name of ‘Bharadwaj’ in and around the Bangalore city, dad.

Father: What for? Go on, son.

Son: He is afraid that Yeddy might have allotted and registered some property in his name only to tarnish his name later, dad!

Father: I don’t know, son!

Bhajji v/s Mallya!

Son: Ace Spinner Harbhajan Singh has issued a legal notice to UB Group headed by Vijay Mallya for launching a TV advertisement making fun of him, dad. The notice has asked the company to offer a public apology and to remove TV add within three days, dad.

Father: Go on, son.

Son: What has surprised the media and the public is that Harbhajan has sought a ‘paltry’ compensation of Re1 lakh, dad!

Father: True. Go on, son.

Son: When the media sought clarification of Bhajji, he is reported to have told them that he did it on ‘humanitarian grounds’, dad!

Father: Interesting. Go on, son.

Son: Bhajji told them that he knew the precarious financial position of Mallya and he did not wish to burden him at this difficult stage, dad!

Father: Interesting. Go on, son.

Son: Bhajji was referring to the precarious financial position of Mallya’s flagship company Kingfisher Airlines, dad.

Father: Go on, son.

Son: He had heard that certain flights of the airline had been held up in Delhi Airport for want of fuel supply, dad. The oil company (HPCL) had held up the supply as its dues had piled up to over Rs650 crore, dad!

Father: I don’t know, son!

Difficult to Reach Diggy’s Level!

Son: Jaivardhan, the son of Digvijaya Singh (Diggy), the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and the other name for controversy, is planning to enter politics, dad.

Father: Go on, son.

Son:  He may contest the state elections in 2013 after completing his masters from Columbia University, dad.

Father: Go on, son.

Son: When asked whether he would follow the footsteps of his father, the young man stated in all his humility that it is difficult for him to reach the ‘level’ of his beloved father, dad.

Father: Quite nice of him. Go on, Son.

Son: As if by coincidence, at the same time the national TV channels were broadcasting the news that Diggy had slapped a few BJP activists in Ujjain after chasing them, dad!

Father: Go on, son.

Son: One can very well appreciate that the sophisticated Doon School educated young man may indeed find it difficult to reach ‘this particular level’ of his beloved father, dad!

Father: I don’t know, son!

A V Krishnamurthy

20^th July 2011