The Decision of the Better Half!
Son: It is not for nothing that the wife is often called the better half of the husband, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The wife of the independent director Shankaranarayanan of Manappuram Finance has sold over 80% of her holding in the company, dad. She sold 1.363 million shares in two tranches in the Bombay Stock Exchange, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It appears that the lady took the decision the moment she came to know that RBI had warned the gold-loan company for having accepted public deposits, dad!
Son: It is no wonder that already two major private sector banks in India are headed by the fair sex, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: In fact, the government is expected to announce the appointment of three women as CMDs of major public sector banks shortly, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The non-working Team!
Son: The oil ministry has recast the entire team of officials that handled the sensitive matters including the multi billion-dollar deals and the issues between Reliance Industries and the government, dad.
Father: True. Go on son.
Son: RS Sharma, the former CMD of ONGC, has said that such wholesale change would affect the oil exploration sector adversely, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He has also stated that there is already a slowdown in decision-making (the CAG effect) as bureaucrats are being extra cautious, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He added that this suits the scheme of things, as already no one is working there in the oil ministry, dad!
Son: He concluded that it won’t affect the sector much in any case, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Pranab not to lose Sleep Anymore!
Son: The finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has stated that he is losing sleep over the government’s ballooning subsidy bill, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: It appears the Congress President Sonia Gandhi has taken the issue very seriously, dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: Rumours are that the veteran Congress leader from Bengal could be the next Congress candidate for the post of President of India, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Pranab has spent a major part of his life in preparing the budget of the Government of India, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: He need not worry about the budget anymore even for his salary, dad!
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: The salary of the President of India is directly debited to the consolidated fund of India. It does not need any budgetary allocation, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Ram Gopal Verma’s New Film!
Son: The recent slapping incident between Shah Rukh Khan and Shirish Kunder (husband of Farah Khan) appears to have given some ideas to the Bollywood producer, screen writer and director Ram Gopal Varma, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Varma is known for basing his films on real life characters, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The feud between Shah Rukh and Shirish started when Shah Rukh refused to act in the film – Tees Maar Khan, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It has now ended with the slapping incident and the compromise arrived at immediately thereafter, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Varma is now thinking of launching a film called Thappad Maar Khan, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He wants Salman Khan to play the role of Shah Rukh in the film with Vivek Oberoi playing the role of Shirish Kunder, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Varma is fully confident that the animosity between Salman and Vivek will also end once the slapping incident in the film is shot, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
14th February 2012
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