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DARK
SHADOWS
POOR
Karoo hasn’t been a very happy guy since Ra-kneel told him
Soomi, ex spouse of Suseel, should take over as chairman of the
board that keeps us in the dark. He of course prefers to appoint
vice chairman Zubair of fiat fiasco fame for the job instead. So
sallying forth to meet the boss last week, he told him it would
be better if Soomi was made a cee ee bee director for a while
and then, later when the unions
were quieter, she could be made chairman. But Ra-kneel thought
otherwise and asked whether it was the unions or they who were
running the country. And that Karoo need not worry, he would
settle the issue.
Hmmm..
it seems for Karoo only the weather gods are smiling with him
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DRESSING
DOWN
SATELLITE
is still smarting over the arrest of her posse of blue eyed boys, the
pee es dee terrors and last week summoned acting eye gee pee
Anandarajah, to Long John’s ministry that is interior, sec Junaid
and cee eye dee Director Nimal Gune and gave them a dressing down
demanding that her people not be harassed.
Letting
her tongue wag away as per normal, the lady whined that she was fed up
and was just getting ready to pack her bags and vanish but had decided
to stay and fight to a finish after her beefy types were hauled by the
long arm.
Hmmm
... Thank heaven for that. Where would be without her?
SOLIDARITY
SO
the rathu sahodarayas stamped their sandalled feet in disgust
and made a public hue and cry over the mou and the peace deal the
other day. And attending the protest large as life and showing their
solidarity for the jaa vee pey cause were dear A Bee and his
boralugoda chum Dinesh.
And
a little bird whispers how the day before the protest, green chairman
Malik called A B and asked why he was going with the reds that killed
his own b-i-l. A Bee of course put it square on Dinesh and said it was
Dinesh who was asking him to attend and was lobbying others as well.
Poor
Dinesh... now the greens, none too happy with this turn of events,
have called for a scrutiny of all goings on in the ministry that
transports during his tenure as the transporting angel.
THE
END IS NIGH
BUT
class bud Ra-kneel just smiled when told of A Bee’s show of
solidarity with the rathu ones. And when Malik asked what was so funny
about it, pat came Ra-kneel’s reply, “that’s the end of the jay
vee pee too...”
SAYING
NO TO WIMAL
BUT
not so amused was the opposing leader Maa-hinder. He had been left out
of the do by the red brigade and on the day of the protest meeting,
the phone rang and there was Mangy on the other end asking whether he
was going. When Maa-hinder said he had no invite, Mangy said he would
not go too but was seen at the meeting an hour later!
And
the next day the opposing leader ran into Mangy in the corridors of
power and as loud as you please, called the man a traitor within full
earshot of house staff. But Mangy retreated fast saying he could not
say NO to that sweet boy Wimal.
Hmm
...come to think of it, that may well have been A Bee’s problem as
well!
COBBLERS
& LEADERS
AND
the green chief was the chief guest at the Big Rajahs’ top award
ceremony where he made a good speech about the realities of the times
we live in. And his parting words had the crowds reduced to near
tears.
He
related this story about a cobbler, anarchist and a socialist who were
despatched to coldest siberia, planning their escape. The three, he
said, had to choose a
leader and after much haggling decided on the cobbler. On the day of
the planned escape they found the security tightened but nevertheless
decided to go for it. Then a question arose as to who’d run
the risk of getting shot by being the one to lead the escape and once
again the anarchist and the socialist argued with each other that the
other should take the risk. But the cobbler said he was elected to
lead and lead he will and run the risk. What Ranil was trying to say
in relation to the crisis in the country was that he will take the
decisions that need to be taken to pull us out of the mess even at the
risk of his life.
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