The Dented and Painted!
Son: President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee, a Congress MP, was in the news recently for calling the Delhi protesters as beautiful women highly dented and painted, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: He had to apologise for his outburst, but his phrase has struck the image of the respected President and his family very badly, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Pranab had built a fantastic public image since the days of Indira Gandhi, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: His maverick son seems to have dented his father’s image badly, dad. It will definitely require a lot of painting to bring it back to the original shape, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Interesting New Phrase!
Son: Whatever may be the reaction to the outburst of the young MP, the usage of the phrase seems to have become the latest favourite according to Business Standard, dad.
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: So much so that the Finance Ministry previously headed by Pranab himself, has found the usage very comfortable, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: When a finance ministry official was asked about the possible changes in the tax structure in the Budget 2013, he is reported to have said that “there will be just some denting and painting”, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Diggy finds his Position Shaky!
Son: At least one top Congress functionary is said to be finding his position shaky in the way the new Congress MP (Pranab’s son) has made his entry on the national scene, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: Digvijay Singh (Diggy) has so far maintained a monopoly in issuing controversial statements for the Congress Party, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: So much so that the Congress President had even thought of engaging one exclusive person to deny all such statements of Diggy, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: But Diggy is said to be worried that the maverick MP from West Bengal may steal the show away from him considering the way he started with his ‘dented and painted’ phrase, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A New (Controversial) Channel in the Offing!
Son: Of late the news channels are finding it tough to cover the controversial statements being issued by the politicians, VIPs, religious leaders and others, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The foot-in-the mouth disease is spreading so fast that even before one controversial statement is covered by the channels, another statement is being issued by another dignitary, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: All other important news items are being relegated to ‘footnotes’ by the busy channels, dad.
Father: True. Go on, Son.
Son: One national level media company is said to be seriously thinking of launching an exclusive channel for coverage of only such controversial statements, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The channel is likely to be named ‘Controversy Now’, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Billion Dollar-Man in Tamil Nadu!
Son: The top businessmen in Tamil Nadu suddenly find themselves dwarfed by the presence of a five-billion dollar man among them, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: The Income Tax Sleuths have discovered five $1 billion US Treasury Bonds (valued at Rs27,000 crores) in the house of Ramalingam, a dealer in copra, groundnuts and securities, dad.
Father: Wonderful. Go on, son.
Son: When asked by the newsmen how he attracted the IT raid as he was not even an IT assessee, Ramalingam is said to have given his own version, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: It seems he submitted a proposal to invest just Rs1.60 lakh crore in a petroleum refinery and that brought the IT sleuths to his doors, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: Ramalingam is said to be a worried man now, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: He is worried that Vijay Mallya may ask him to invest in his Kingfisher Airlines, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Ramalingam says he doesn't believe in Faltu (silly) investments,dad!
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: He is worried that Vijay Mallya may ask him to invest in his Kingfisher Airlines, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Ramalingam says he doesn't believe in Faltu (silly) investments,dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
8th January 2013
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Politician and businessmen provide staple entertainment to the common man! He cannot afford any other in his present plight!!
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