Change Your Barber at Your Own Peril!
Son: A news item in Bangalore Mirror says that a techie was assaulted in Udupi district because he changed his barber, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: The techie says the barber first went to his office and abused him before assaulting him outside later, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The techie was a regular at the saloon for many years. But he had to change the barber as he had shifted from the place, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But the barber was not convinced by his explanation, dad. He wants the techie to continue his loyalty and he really ‘means business’, Dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Business at Any Cost!
Son: The Government of India had called for bids from the merchant bankers for managing the initial public offer (IPO) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The IPO market over the last one year has been next to nothing on account trepid market conditions, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The merchant bankers have been so desperate for business that they want to snatch this prestigious HAL issue at any cost, dad.
Father: Understandable. Go on, son.
Son: The government will choose four out of the nine banks that have tendered their bid, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Three of the banks have quoted a fee of Re1 each, dad. This in effect means that all the four investment banks selected by the government will get only 25 paise each, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The government will write a cheque of 25 paise each and the banks say they don’t mind, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Which Came First – Chicken or the Egg?
Son: No scientist has been successful so far in unraveling the mystery – which came first – chicken or the egg, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The government had denied the request of the organizers of the inaugural Formula One Indian Grand Prix for a Rs100-crore tax exemption for the event, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Apparently it appears that the organizers gave it back to the government by not inviting the sports minister Ajay Maken for the event, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The minister put up a brave face stating that he wasn’t invited because he wasn’t a ‘cheer girl’, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: Now the question remains whether the organizers had already decided on not inviting the sports minister or did it only on learning that the tax benefit had been denied to them, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Kambli’s Third Class Statement!
Son: It appears that the former India batsman Vinod Kambli desperately wants to be in the news, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Some days back he made a statement that he had taken retirement, dad. As he had stopped playing in all forms of cricket long back, the question was –‘retirement from what’, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Now he has made a statement that India’s loss to Sri Lanka in the 1996 World Cup semifinal was a result of match fixing, dad!
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: The then skipper Azharuddin has appropriately termed Kambli’s statement as ‘third class’, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Role of Technology in Corruption!
Son: Former telecom minister Sukhram has been given a five-year sentence for accepting a bribe of Rs3 lakh in 1996, dad. CBI had recovered hard cash during a raid at his residence, dad.
Father: True Go on, son.
Son: Sukhram is expected to be lodged at jail number 1 in Tihar prison, which also houses the tainted A Raja, who was the telecom minister till recently, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Poor Sukhram was forced to accept hard cash then as the Indian banking system lacked technology in those days, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Raja & Co had the benefit of latest technology and the CBI is breaking its head to prove the money trail, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
20th November 2011
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