The Cloud Sale!
Son: The Bombay High Court has refused bail to a builder for selling a flat on the fifth floor in an under construction building to a woman, dad.
Father: What was the crime there? Go on, son.
Son: The builders Altaf Furniturewala and Aftab Latif signed an agreement to sell a 600-square feet flat to Rubina Ansari for Rs78 lakh and collected Rs50 lakh, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Everything was right except that the builders had permission to build only three floors and there was no plan to build even the fourth floor, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Adulteration of a Different Kind!
Son: We have heard of adulteration in food products, milk, drugs and other consumables, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: But the PSU - NTPC Ltd - appears to be the victim of a different kind of adulteration, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: The culprit in this case is another prestigious PSU – Coal India Ltd (CIL) - dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: According to officials at the Farakka Thermal Power Station of NTPC in West Bengal, CIL has been liberally mixing stones and boulders to the coal supplied to the plant, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The officials say that the company is forced to pay for the stones that come mixed with coal, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The power station has been building huge mounds out of these stones and boulders with each mound containing 100 tons of stones, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: They are afraid they would soon run out of space to store these stones, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Zero Puzzle!
Son: The reason for the sudden exit of Jayanthi Natarajan from the Ministry of Environment and Forests has turned out to be a mystery, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: The issue apparently appears to be her reluctance to clear various projects as Environment Minister, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But the Minister has said that she had cleared all the projects and the number of projects pending on her table was “Zero”, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But the critics say that she had held up projects worth Rs10 lakh crore and it was actually her “Zero” performance that led to her unceremonious exit from the Ministry, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Sibal wants to forget Zero!
Son: There is another senior Cabinet Minister who is trying to forget the “Number Zero”, dad.
Father: Who is he? Go on, son.
Son: It is the Minister for Communications and IT - Kapil Sibal, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: CAG had estimated the loss to the Government in the 2G spectrum scam at Rs1.76 lakh crore, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Sibal had then strangely arrived at the loss at ‘Zero” and had to face lot of music for his comments, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: With Lok Sabha elections approaching fast and the Aam Aadmi Party ruling Delhi, Sibal hopes his chances of winning the Chandni Chowk seat would not get reduced to “Zero”, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Vijay Mallya and His Commitment!
Son: One should appreciate the commitment of Vijay Mallya, the King of Good Times, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Mallya had failed in his commitment to pay back the loans taken by the Kingfisher Airlines from the consortium of banks, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: He had failed to pay the installments for the aircrafts taken on lease, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Mallya had failed to pay the airport dues, dues to petroleum companies for the fuel and the service tax to the Government of India, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: He had even forgotten to pay the salaries to the airline staff, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: But Mallya has now met his commitment for a mission close to his heart, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: He has launched the Kingfisher Calendar 2014 with prestigious models captured by ace photographer Atul Kasbekar, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
25th December 2013
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