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Raoul Kapoor

October is not good !

October is likely to be a month of turmoil both for Congress and also the feud-ridden BJP. Mars in retrograde is aspecting the family house of the BJP.Atal's Jupiter may play a mediator's role to restore order in the BJP house. This is what the stars foretell.

RAW Chief gets two year term

RAW Chief, P K H Tharakan, is now going to continue till February ,2007. He is 1968 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre. Three months extension period had expired on September 30.

Did Ten Janpath summon Premkumar ?

Grapevine has it that Maharashtra Chief Secretary R M Premkumar has been summoned by the Ten Janpath .If the report is correct his visit to Delhi is significant.He is 1968 batch IAS officer.Is the Cabinet Secretary aware ?.

Wajahat Habibullah to get assignment !

Secretary Panchayat in the Government of India Wajahat Habibullah who is superannuating today is all set to get an assignment of national importance.He is 1968 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Mohan Kanda appointed Member

Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary, Mohan Kanda, who is retiring today has been appointed Member of the National Disaster Management Authority with the rank of Minister of State. He is 1968 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on August 25 )

1980 batch IPS empanelment soon

Empanelment of 1980 batch IPS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary, in the Government of India, is expected to take place in a month or two.

S P Agrawal to join Apolo !

S P Agrawal who is superannuating on Friday is expected to join Apolo, Ahemdabad. He is 1970 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Suman Swaroop to join CAT

Suman Swaroop, a former secretary in the Government of India, has sought some time to join CAT as it's member. 1969 batch UT cadre IAS officer, Ms Swaroop, has been offered the post recently.

Is it a crime to be a politician's brother?

Is it a crime to be a politician's brother? Yes, if the present case of a DIG in CBI S P Singh is any indication. Brother of former Union Minister R P Rudy, belonging to 1983 batch Singh is still a DIG while others of this batch have been made IGs all over the country. And this despite the fact that no one doubts his caliber and competence.

Phonsog to return India

Tenure of Minister (Economic) in Indian High Commission, London C Phonsog, will expire today. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Now fresh panel for AITEC

Now fresh panel is being prepared for the post of Member-Secretary All India Technical Education Council. The earlier panel consisting of a Bihar cadre IAS officer has been rejected.

DPC for CCIT today

DPC of 1972 and 1973 batch IRS officers to the rank of Chief Commissioner Income-Tax is taking place today.

Sinha shifted to COFMOW

P K Sinha, SG/South Eastern Railway has been transferred to COFMOW against an existing vacancy.

IAS changes in UP

R C Shrivastava has been appointed Principal Secretary Social Welfare.Anil Swaroop has been moved to the Board of Revenue.

Lt Gen Sadhotra is DG

Lieutenant-General L. P. Sadhotra has taken over as the new Director-General Medical Services (Army) from Lieutenant-General R. Rai.

AN IMAGINARY INTERVIEW WITH BUSH

I've received an email from White House that President George W. Bush II wants to have a word with me and for this I have to go to the US Embassy where arrangements have been made for conferencing. At the appointed time I reach the Embassy and am ushered into a well appointed room and I sit before a huge screen. After some time Bush appears on the screen.

Me: A very good morning to you Mr. Bush.
Bush: Good morning ( very curtly) ….. your the guy who has been calling me a chimp and a nut….. you know I am the most powerful man in the World … I'll squash you like a mosquito!!
Me: Mr. Bush in India there is a saying that one mosquito can make a man into a eunuch!!!
Bush: Ouch….. Pardner….. that would be hitting below the belt!!

Bush sips his coffee and a Secretary comes and places a cup of coffee in front of me…..the coffee is cold and tasteless. I request for some hot coffee and the Secretary , despite the fact that she is an Indian, looks at me as if a slave has ordered his Master.

Me: Is that all…… you could have just sent me a stinker…… seems you wanted to talk to me face to face….. or did you expect that I'll ask you for an interview???
Bush: Pardner you're a mind reader….. what would you like to know???
Me: First where are the WMDs that you said were the reason for your attacking Iraq???
Bush: You guys translate WMD into Weapons of Mass Destruction whereas the real meaning is World Manipulation and Domination!!
Me: But people decipher WMD as Whose More Daft…… Bush or Saddam!!!
Bush: Whoa Pardner…… you may be in Delhi but you are on my territory… you know the Embassy has Marines posted there????
Me: Once a bully always a bully…… but today Iraq is no better off….. in fact conditions have worsened!!!
Bush: Boy have you got it wrong!!! We are not the Red Cross…… we are there to bring Democracy to Iraq….. be it by force…… if a kid refuses milk the kid has to be force fed!!!
Me: But Iraqis say that you are the new Saddam and very soon you will be a threat to the entire Gulf region…… they say WMD actually means Whole Middle-East's Domination!!!
Bush: Hey man how did they come to know about this…….. seems they have a mole in the White House!!!

My coffee does not arrive …… in the meantime Bush excuses himself and comes back and he has taken off his coat and tie and his shirt sleeves are rolled up.

Me: USA has the most advance satellites , has the money power and the manpower and still you have not been able to find Osama…… now people say CIA means Cannot Investigate Anything!!
Bush: Osama is running.
Me: Yeah he is running Al Qaeda…..boy don't you get tired of repeating the same excuse???
Bush: Let me say that if any Country is harboring Osama then that Country is also USA's enemy and we will attack this Country!!!
Me: And so Osama is your license to attack!!
Bush: Tell me one thing will this interview appear in the Pakistani Media……. don't want my good buddy Mush to read this!!!
Me: How's Saddam doing???
Bush: With every passing day he is becoming more and more American…… he eats like Americans…..burgers and fries…… has developed an American accent …and now threatens to sue at the slightest pretext…..why the other day he was threatening to sue one of the guards for a whiplash injury he says he suffered when the guard ran into him…….I hear he's planning to sue me too!!!!

I am still waiting for my coffee…… Bush excuses himself and returns wearing a Aviator's Jacket .

Me: Was it right for you to have gone on a holiday knowing fully well that Katrina was to hit USA???
Bush: Hooo boy……. Katrina …. Katrina…… now my Staff forgot to mention Katrina was a storm….. I was just told Katrina was coming……. now you tell me why should the President of USA , the most powerful man in the World, bother if Katrina was coming????
Me: But you should have questioned your staff as to why they were saying that Katrina was coming????
Bush: And I did…….. only to find no one in the Office……. I was told they had all shifted into a bunker on the White House precincts …. they do this whenever I have Mexican food ……. Mexican Food gives me gas….. and boy it can be bad…… and that night I had Mexican Food and I felt they did this as a safety precaution…… and so I decided not to speak to them till they returned…..and next day I left on my holiday.
Me: But you must have surely seen the reports in the electronic or print media???
Bush: What do you take me to be a sadist……the Media lampoons me so I do not view or read anything in the Media!!!

I feel like screaming for my coffee…… Bush excuses himself and comes back wearing a Polo shirt.

Me: You said that you found Manmohan Singh to be a good man and that you would like to do business with him!!
Bush: Yeah….. Manmohan is a good man….. his name means Mind-pleasing Lion!!
Me: What is your take on Mush??
Bush: CEO, General and President Mush……. hoo boy…… crafty ole chap……. and he sure does have a roving eye….. next time he comes I'm going to make all females in the White House wear Burqas!!!
Me: So does that mean USA will back India for the UN Security Council seat….. would be an excellent way to start doing business with Manmohan????
Bush: No can do……. Japan is our choice……. they say that they have the yen for this seat!!!
Me: So USA has been purchased!!!
Bush: On the Iraq war we have spent billions and now Katrina will cost us $ 200 Billion…. had to sell out!!!
Me: And what is the sell out amount and mode of payment???
Bush: They will give us Postal Stamps worth an undisclosed but sizeable amount……and they've privatized the Postal system so that we can directly or indirectly market the stamps they have given us!!!
Me: In Japan they SMS, email , call or just fax…….using the postal system is archaic……via privatization Japanese Government is hoping the Companies will use ingenuity to keep the post offices running…..like sell postal memorabilia……. the stamps they give you will never be sold!!!
Bush: What …….did not know this…… boy what will happen??? Pardner thank you for the dope!!
Me: Pardner if you do not take timely action this is exactly what they'll be calling you!!!!
Bush: Okay ……. nice talking to you…….time to say bye…… by the way did my Embassy Staff take good care of you???
Me: Perfect American hospitality!!
Bush: Tell me one thing which attire of mine did you like best….. the business look or the semi casual look or the sporty look or the casual look…… I hear my staff saying that Rita is coming…… and they say she's comin (coming) to Texas….. I'm gonna be there to meet this gal….my staff keep talking about her….she must be special ????

Bharat Kumar

Whispers --- Corporate World -

GoI clearance for Boeing purchase to no avail

GoI clearance for purchase of Boeing aircrafts by the Indian Airlines has been of no avail. Reason; IA' Board meeting which is said to be mandatory before the purchase is made has not been held till date.

Paramount Airlines to have more

Paramount Airlines of the South, already having two, is likely to have six more aircrafts soon.

Thakur re-appointed

T.N. Thakur has been re-appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the Power Trading Corporation India Ltd for another five years.

( We said this on September 14 )

Mujumdar is Director of Powergrid

Shreekumar Mujumdar has been appointed Director (Projects) of the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd..

Hinduja appointed Executive Chairman

Ashok P Hinduja has been appointed Executive Chairman of the HINDUJA TMT Ltd..