The Jaipur Festival Jamela!
Son: The Jaipur Literature Festival producer Sanjoy Roy has secured a stay against his arrest, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: An FIR had been filed against Roy and the sociologist Ashis Nandy in connection with a speech made by the later during the festival, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Now there is a suggestion for the organizers of such literary festivals in future, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: The organizers should make it a point to secure anticipatory bail for themselves first, dad!
Father: Good one. Go on, son.
Son: They should also insist that all the invitee speakers should have secured anticipatory bail before they open their mouth during the festival, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Drum Maaro Drum!
Son: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) appears to be facing its own music, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: It had started a system of drum beating in front of the residences and offices of property tax defaulters and had successfully recovered a substantial amount, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Now the BMC workers whose salaries are said to be in arrears have adopted the same tactics, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Teams of Pourakarmikas beat drums in front of BBMP Head office on 28th January, dad!
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: Now they are expecting the BBMP to respond like the defaulters, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Karnataka Politicians Unsophisticated!
Son: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is said to be having a poor opinion on the Karnataka politicians, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: The CBI says they are very much unsophisticated, dad.
Father: In what? Go on, son.
Son: The politicians have made money through corruption; but are leaving sufficient proof behind, dad. For CBI their cases are just a walk through, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Yeddy’s case fit for a Probationary Officer!
Son: The case of Yeddyurappa and JSW Steel Ltd was so simple that the CBI team filed the charge sheet in a jiffy, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Yeddy had allegedly favoured JSW in a mining scam and the company paid Rs20 crore as a quid pro quo to the family through purchase of land valued just Rs1.5 crore, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The CBI officials say there is absolutely no challenge in handling such cases, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: CBI is said to be using the case as a simple case-study for new officers who have joined as probationers, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Highly Sophisticated Tamil Nadu Politicians!
Son: Quite unlike the Karnataka politicians, CBI has found the Tamil Nadu politicians tough nuts to crack, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: In the legendary telecom scandal, the CBI was at its wits end to dig up the manner in which Raja and Kanimozhi received the quid pro quo consideration, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: While the CBI team was certain that Raja had favoured certain companies, he had left absolutely no clues on the considerations received, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: CBI found the modus operandi a highly sophisticated one, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Sophisticated businessmen and politicians in Andhra!
Son: The most sophisticated CBI case was that of Satyam promoter Ramalinga Raju, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The case had international repercussions and involved lot of accounting juggleries, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: CBI took its own time to unravel the scam, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Now the CBI has another high-profile case of Jagan, the son of former Chief Minister Rajasekhara Reddy, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Jagan has built a business empire and CBI is breaking its head to unravel the modus operandi, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Hats off to Raju and Jagan! CBI is said to be making both the scams as case-studies for the top officials of the CBI, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
30th January 2013
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