6th July,  2003, Volume 9, Issue 51

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Bombay dreams

Ra-kneel returned from ol' Blighty last week dreaming of great things following a very productive visit. During the stay, the man found time to take in the theatre. He and the High Commissioning one were there to savour Bombay Dreams  a la Andrew Lloyd Weber. Much to the delight of Ra-kneel in the lead was  local lass Davina, or should we say divine.

After the performance Ra-kneel searched the lass out back stage just to shake a paw and say good show. Hmmm... Sweet dreams are surely made of these eh!

 

Making history

As everyone knows, Satellite is always late. She has kept even royalty and heads of state waiting. At last Friday's Environmental Awards at the Presidential abode however, Satellite made history by being sharp on time. Four-thirty pip emma, she was at the top of the stairs, about to make her grand entrance when a minion whispered in her ear that Rook Man, the ministering angel that is environmental, had not shown up. And so the lady kicked her heels, taking a bit of her own medicine for a change, at the top of the stairs. She stood there, glancing at her timepiece and pouting, waiting for the Rook Man, who was 15 minutes late, before descending to join the hoi polloi.

But not one bit irked and vexed at Rook Man was she. "His grandfather was the father of the nation," she told the mob of gawking, gangly teenage lovers of nature. "That makes him the grandson of the nation." It seems that as far as Satellite is concerned, paternity (or at any rate, grand paternity) counts for everything. Blood will tell, no?

 

Bogged down

With expose after expose coming at them the Green types  too have been running to the kakhi ones for help, little knowing that Ra-kneel himself took out the criminal defamation shackle. And so it was when Boggles ran to the police at the garden that is cinnamon to complain of the Leading types. The cops in return paid a visit to the Leading rag to record statements at the behest of Boggles. No statement was made available but the door was shown with the remark that no crime has been committed.

Keen to please the political masters the kakhis approached the department of the general attorney through the CID. No change, no crime was committed was the advice. And so it remains. But expect more juicy revelations thanks to Boggles. Ha! Ha!

The sniper

Satellite was in a bit of fright last week when striped type Puli the Deva was resting his paws at Hil-toon. So taken up was she that through the Pee Es Dee she sent a team of snipers to the room to see if pot shots could be taken at her abode.

Lo and behold what pot shots, the abode was not even visible from the room. Sin no!

 

Gift of love

The Clown Prince seems to be in a generous mood these days. The hob nobbing with the Wee-flower of the red brothers is rubbing off by the looks of it. The Clown Prince has decided to allocate one acre each to the boys who soothe the limbs at home. And now Sa-rath, Gaa-mini, Shaan-tha and Chandra-siri have an acre each from the ancestral property at Hora-golla. Atta boy, AB, atta boy!

 

The boycott

Ra-kneel and Satellite never really hit it off, that we all know. But Satellite prefers to be far away from the man as possible. When he is in town she skips the cupboard meeting as was the case last week, but makes an appearance when Ra-kneel  is not in town. A case of he comes, she doesn't and she comes he doesn't. Aha!


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