The Clean Slate Spoiled!
Son: The Deccan Chargers team had maintained a clean slate in the IPL–5 tournament so far, dad.
Father: How come? Go on son.
Son: They had consistently maintained their status at the bottom of the points table by scoring zero points in each game, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: But the rains at the Kolkata match have spoiled their consistent record, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The team has been awarded one point as the match was cancelled, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Hiding Behind Excuses!
Son: Sunil Gavaskar has written that the Hyderabad coach is hiding behind excuses, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The coach had blamed fielding and the catching, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Gavaskar has added that hiding behind excuses is no way to go, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Gavaskar generally avoids such strong words, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Incidentally the coach is an Australian – Darren Lehmann - and Gavaskar has no love last for the Australians, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Mamata’s 90% Achievement!
Son: A news item in Business Line says that Mamata Banerjee has conducted a review of her government’s performance in the last 11 months, dad
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Mamata says that her team has achieved 90% of the stated agenda, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: What is more interesting is that she has said that the 90% achievement is out of her party’s five-year agenda, dad!
Father: Wonderful! Go on, son.
Son: The Bengalese are said to be a worried lot, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: They say that the unfinished 10% agenda may include arrest of some of her known critics, dad! But they are more worried on another count, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: They say that having achieved the five-year agenda in less than a year, Didi may come out with some fresh agenda, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Beyond Imagination!
Son: Turner Broadcasting System has announced the closure of Imagine TV overnight - effective from 13 April 2012, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The company had bought the channel from NDTV in 2010, dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: The sudden decision of the company has placed the channel’s employees and stakeholders including the television producers off guard, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The channel had also planned Veena (the Pakistani TV artist) Ka Swayamvar on the lines of Rakhi Ka Swayamvar, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: All the stakeholders were so shocked that they simply said that it was beyond their imagination, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
25th April 2012
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