Tendulkar Retires!
Son: Readers of Times of India in Bangalore were surprised to find a headline “Sachin Tendulkar Retires Hurt”, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The headline was on the top corner and some of the readers concluded that Sachin had retired from cricket hurt by the comments made by the media, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But they were disappointed to find the detailed report in the sports page, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It said that Sachin was hurt while playing in the first IPL match of the season and retired from the game, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Bankruptcy at the right time!
Son: A London court has declared Lalit Modi, the IPL founder, bankrupt, dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: Modi had failed to pay the 65,000-pound sterling bill raised by the Page Group for the security services provided to him, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Modi has also since lost a libel case to former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The London High Court has ordered Modi to pay 90,000 pounds in damages to Cairns, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Since Modi has already been declared bankrupt by the London court, Cairns may not be able to enforce the damages on Modi, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It is not for nothing that Modi is called a financial wizard, dad! He almost single handedly created a cash cow called IPL for the BCCI, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: That he was shunted out unceremoniously by the BCCI is a different matter altogether, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Singh is Singh!
Son: The smiling face of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on ambulances that provide emergency services has piqued the opposition congress leaders in the state, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: They have pointed out that the ambulance service was part of a scheme funded by the central government and the photo should have been that of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But Raman Singh has told them it doesn’t matter as the person in a critical condition is unlikely to notice whether it is Raman Singh or Manmohan Singh, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: According to him “Singh is Singh” and whether it is Manmohan or Raman did not make any difference to the patient in the ambulance, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Not the Time to Smile!
Son: Incidentally it is also true that it may be difficult to take a picture of smiling Manmohan Singh in the current situation, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: With the discovery of new scams every other day, the Prime Minister is finding the going tough, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It appears that the smiling days are a thing of the past for the UPA Government led by Manmohan Singh, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
President crosses the Target!
Son: President Pratibha Patil’s foreign trips have cost the exchequer Rs205 crore so far, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: She had assumed the office as the first woman president of the country in July 2007, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It appears that the President had a set a minimum target to spend Rs200 crore and she has already crossed it successfully, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: As she has another four months in her 5-year tenure, she is expected to cross the target with a substantial margin, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Sonia Gandhi is said to be fully satisfied with her performance and is expected to offer her a grand send off ceremony, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
5th April 2012
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