Dear Chums,
The last couple of days went with some bits and pieces of new making it to the orbit of the fourth estate.
The Royalty gets ready for a round of big bash of wedding parties at the cost of the taxpayers money in the UK. Well, royalty is an identity of en era lost and past, though not so in the UK, it seems. The current recession and budget cuts are making the commons wake up to the concern of their taxes being spent on lavish wedding vows!!! I guess, better Kate than never!!!
The CM musical chairs is the game of the season- Ashok Chavan to Prithviraj Chavan to Yeddy to Rossaiah… these kids… when will they ever grow up??
The main focus of my piece this time is the pandemic of all seasons and for all the wrong reasons – Scams rocking the country- left, right and center.
Not that we are waking up to this today- this has been one of the pillars of our society, culture, habits, lifestyle, beliefs and ourselves for decades now!!!
Coming to the recent weeks and months- the Scamgates opening their ugly doors- one by one left everybody shocked and worried. IPL gave way to the Common Wealth Games which made way for Adarsh housing which further stepped aside to the big brother telecom scam which is now being jostled for space by the LIC Housing Scam. Still waiting to unravel themselves – Bollywood box office scam, railway ticket scam, drinking water scam, another stock exchange scam, TV TRP rating scam, Matriculation paper correction scam, Big boss Pamela Anderson scam (this is definitely worth waiting for!!!) and lastly the mother of all scams – Great Indian Election Ticket Scam!!!!
Instead of writing reams about it, let me rhythm it this time…
Harshad, of the trading system, made a mockery,
It’s impact being felt by the national treasury
For the next couple of years,
India sailed without any major fears,
Until Sukhram’s house was raided by the IT,
And out came a basket full of corrupt Telecom booty,
Parekh usurped Harshad’s throne,
Leaving the markets in askance –akin to a dog longing for a bone,
Many a minor scam came and went,
Without making any significant dent,
Then one fine day, Raju drafts an admission,
Leaving Satyam- it s future and meaning in a big question,
Unraveling the myriad transactions will be a big pain,
Leaving the next wave’s coffers in a big drain,
Just when things were seemingly coming to normalcy,
CWG and Kalmadi joined the revelry,
Quote by quote or even quote unquote,
Making the CWG- the biggest booty of notes,
Along the same lines and almost at the same time,
Modi was playing a different game,
Not knowing that his end was near and with that would be a lot of ignominy and shame,
The IPL commissioner is now in abeyance,
Running from pillar to post to make some defense,
Soon this was also being pushed back into the news print interiors,
As ministerial corruption was breaking new frontiers,
ADARSH was anything but… ideal,
The big and mighty vet their hands, having no inkling of the ordeal,
Now that this has come out in the open,
CM of the state included- sparing no one,
Did more fie betide any son in law ever?
Chavan would have cursed, not again- never!!!
As the skeletons were tumbling out from the infamous address in South Mumbai,
With a possibility of more heads rolling,
Came a stark revelation of LIC Housing,
This is grabbing the bytes of the day,
Rest of the scams above, pushed back for another day,
As I plan to click send this work to you all,
A big disaster is in the making the high and mighty fall,
Wikileaks is shaking the world, exposing the US sham,
Resulting in just depreciating respect for Uncle Sam!!!!
And the saga continues forever,
Else will there ever be any food for thought or read- fodder?
Sriky
The last couple of days went with some bits and pieces of new making it to the orbit of the fourth estate.
The Royalty gets ready for a round of big bash of wedding parties at the cost of the taxpayers money in the UK. Well, royalty is an identity of en era lost and past, though not so in the UK, it seems. The current recession and budget cuts are making the commons wake up to the concern of their taxes being spent on lavish wedding vows!!! I guess, better Kate than never!!!
The CM musical chairs is the game of the season- Ashok Chavan to Prithviraj Chavan to Yeddy to Rossaiah… these kids… when will they ever grow up??
The main focus of my piece this time is the pandemic of all seasons and for all the wrong reasons – Scams rocking the country- left, right and center.
Not that we are waking up to this today- this has been one of the pillars of our society, culture, habits, lifestyle, beliefs and ourselves for decades now!!!
Coming to the recent weeks and months- the Scamgates opening their ugly doors- one by one left everybody shocked and worried. IPL gave way to the Common Wealth Games which made way for Adarsh housing which further stepped aside to the big brother telecom scam which is now being jostled for space by the LIC Housing Scam. Still waiting to unravel themselves – Bollywood box office scam, railway ticket scam, drinking water scam, another stock exchange scam, TV TRP rating scam, Matriculation paper correction scam, Big boss Pamela Anderson scam (this is definitely worth waiting for!!!) and lastly the mother of all scams – Great Indian Election Ticket Scam!!!!
Instead of writing reams about it, let me rhythm it this time…
Harshad, of the trading system, made a mockery,
It’s impact being felt by the national treasury
For the next couple of years,
India sailed without any major fears,
Until Sukhram’s house was raided by the IT,
And out came a basket full of corrupt Telecom booty,
Parekh usurped Harshad’s throne,
Leaving the markets in askance –akin to a dog longing for a bone,
Many a minor scam came and went,
Without making any significant dent,
Then one fine day, Raju drafts an admission,
Leaving Satyam- it s future and meaning in a big question,
Unraveling the myriad transactions will be a big pain,
Leaving the next wave’s coffers in a big drain,
Just when things were seemingly coming to normalcy,
CWG and Kalmadi joined the revelry,
Quote by quote or even quote unquote,
Making the CWG- the biggest booty of notes,
Along the same lines and almost at the same time,
Modi was playing a different game,
Not knowing that his end was near and with that would be a lot of ignominy and shame,
The IPL commissioner is now in abeyance,
Running from pillar to post to make some defense,
Soon this was also being pushed back into the news print interiors,
As ministerial corruption was breaking new frontiers,
ADARSH was anything but… ideal,
The big and mighty vet their hands, having no inkling of the ordeal,
Now that this has come out in the open,
CM of the state included- sparing no one,
Did more fie betide any son in law ever?
Chavan would have cursed, not again- never!!!
As the skeletons were tumbling out from the infamous address in South Mumbai,
With a possibility of more heads rolling,
Came a stark revelation of LIC Housing,
This is grabbing the bytes of the day,
Rest of the scams above, pushed back for another day,
As I plan to click send this work to you all,
A big disaster is in the making the high and mighty fall,
Wikileaks is shaking the world, exposing the US sham,
Resulting in just depreciating respect for Uncle Sam!!!!
And the saga continues forever,
Else will there ever be any food for thought or read- fodder?
Sriky
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