Tuesday, June 23, 2015

I Don’t Know, Son! - 84

Another New Startup!
Son: There appears to be no limit to the innovative ideas the young generation is coming out with, nowadays, dad.
Father: True. Go on son.
Son: A new startup called Less Than Ten Percent (LTTP) & Co Pvt Ltd has been set up in the startup capital of Bengaluru, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It is based on the judgment delivered by the Bangalore High Court in the recent Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa case, dad.
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: The Company will offer its confidential services to (corrupt) politicians and officials, dad.
Father: How? Go on, son.
Son: It will collect the details of the official income of the person concerned and all assets including those created out of the bribes received, dad.
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: It will intelligently workout the figures in such a way that the value of disproportionate assets falls within the 10 percent “Permissible Limit” as per the Bangalore High Court decision, dad!
Father: Wonderful! Go on, son.
Son: As an additional incentive, the company will offer a guarantee for the totals of the income and assets it has worked out, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Arrival of Kalyug!
Son: The students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune have rejected the appointment of Yudhishtir (Gajendra Chauhan) as the Director of the institute, dad.
Father: True. Go on, Son.

Father: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is said to have offered two other names now, dad.
Father: Which are the two names? Go on, son.
Son: The ministry is said to have offered the names of Shri Krishna (Nitish Bharadwaj) and Drona (Surendra Pal), dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: It may be noted that the ministry has already appointed Bhishma (Mukesh Khanna) as the chairperson of the Children Film Society of India, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: After tough negotiations, the students have reportedly agreed to accept the name of another person, dad.
Father: Whose name it is?  Go on, son.
Son: It is the name of Duryodhan (Puneet Issar), dad!
Father: Wonderful. Go on, son.
Son: While the students say that they chose Puneet considering his higher exposure to TV and Cinema including the latest Bigg Boss, the people who believe in mythology have their own interpretation of the episode, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: They say that by choosing Duryodhan against Yudhishtir, the students have proved the arrival of Kalyug, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Mallya Smarter Than Subrata!
Father: The Sahara Chief Subrata Roy has been languishing in jail for long in connection with the refund of deposits collected by his companies in UP, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: He along with Vijaya Mallya were considered as aristocrats and high-fliers in the Indian industry till recently, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Mallya has gone scot free after defaulting in repayment of loans over of Rs7,500 crore to bankers of his Kingfisher Airlines, dad!
 Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Subrata is in jail even as SEBI is finding it difficult to locate the depositors who are supposed to have invested in his firms, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The moral of the story is……, dad.
Father: What? Go on, son.
Son: It is safer to raise loans from public sector banks and default than to raise money from public and then default, dad!

Father: I don’t know, son!

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