Wednesday, December 27, 2017

And just when the people of Karnataka thought that the traffic situation in Bangalore was the biggest hurdle to overcome in addition to the Cauvery water dispute, education, health and employment issues, a monk who became Yogi in Northern India came down South and left them even more confused by asking them to choose between Lord Hanuman and Tipu Sultan. It is like, you know, asking an ICU patient in Farrukhabad and Gorakhpur to breathe oxygen without oxygen cylinders? Of course, one way to ascertain superiority of the two greats can be to check the TRP ratings of "The Sword of Tipu Sultan" vis-a-vis "Jai Bajrangabali Hanuman" in Karnataka during prime time *provided* the TRP ratings remain untouched by the 10th wonder of the world, photoshopper Smritiben. I wonder, though, what the ever-almighty Hanumanji and the all-righty Tipu Sultan Sahab have to say about this enforced rivalry?! Huh?! Haha! #RajaBadaKeMonk #HeyBhagwaanYoInsaan #EkAgendaKaisaBhi

Thursday, December 21, 2017

A Raja Ki Kahaani. Once upon a time there lived A Raja. He invented the phone, phone line, some spectrum and issued licenses. A number of traders and businessmen lined up outside his office demanding their share of licenses and spectrum. Everyone, including A Raja, his cronies, ponies and phonies received their "share", while A Raja's customers received inflated phone bills and unsolicited calls from the DND registry. Now, A Raja has been cleared in a 1.76-lakh-crore "jumla" case. Soon he *might* join someone called A Jet-Lee, an FM-cum-lawyer-zyaada who defended a telecom company in a 14,000-crore tax-saving suit. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone, little did he know that it would make so much money apart from long-distance calls. There are many things that go to make a complete man; what you swear in the court of law is just one of them ;-) #UncleHePaidForThePhoneLine #SpectrumSham #HaanGTake2G #HonestyIsThePestFallacy