Tenali Rama Reports
Archive for August 2011
Pawar play, not in the spirit of the game
New Delhi : It is a split down the middle. India today saw the formation of a rival Union cabinet which has been tentatively christened `Board of Control of Cabinet of India’. The `BCCI’ was formed even as Dr Manmohan Singh, taking a leaf out of Speaker Meira Kumar’s book, kept asking his colleagues to “baith … Continue reading
“Kal corruption ho na ho”
New Delhi : Now that the dust over the Anna fast has settled, several organisations battered by the response of civil society, are slowly picking up the pieces. A little known unregistered association of touts and middlemen has issued a statement asking people to get their fake certificates made as soon as possible. The note, drawing … Continue reading
Rahul’s samosa Gandhigiri
New Delhi : Even as Parliament grapples with how to break the impasse over Anna Hazare’s fast which will enter its 12th day on Saturday, Rahul’s brand of Gandhigiri has created a totally different buzz in Lutyens’ Delhi. The Congress general secretary offered samosas to protesters who did a gherao at his house on Friday evening, … Continue reading
Speaker Meira Kumar wants to have her say
New Delhi : Even as the UPA government grapples with the Anna Hazare crisis, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has sent a terse letter to the Prime Minister, expressing her anguish over how the House does not allow her to speak more than four sentences. The letter has been sent with video evidence of clippings of … Continue reading
PM to join Anna?
New Delhi : Upset that his first letter to Anna Hazare was criticised for not having a conciliatory tone, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday evening, wrote another letter to Anna. Unlike the first letter, this one, sources in the PMO told Tenali Rama, was written by the PM himself, immediately after he had seen … Continue reading
Rajini opts for Anna over Rana
Chennai : `Rana’ is all set to make way for `Anna’. That’s the quickfire decision taken by superstar Rajinikanth who this morning declared his support to Anna Hazare’s movement. In a letter to `India Against Corruption’, Rajini called for youth to participate in the movement. The superstar’s decision to postpone Director K S Ravikumar’s `Rana’ to shoot … Continue reading
I will stick to Ramdev, says Rakhi Sawant
Item girl and controversial actor Rakhi Sawant has denied rumours that she has dumped Baba Ramdev now that he is no longer the darling of the masses and moved on to another bachelor Anna Hazare. “Ohh Jeeeejuss,” she exclaimed, when mediapersons confronted her on the sidelines of her TV show. “Anna is Brother. By Gawd. … Continue reading
Now, Ram Gopal Varma is interested in Anna
New Delhi : Desperate situations call for desperate measures. Perturbed by the public response that Anna Hazare is generating, the UPA government is keen to end his fast sooner than the 15 days permitted. On Friday, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) allowed itself to be persuaded by Union Science and Technology minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, … Continue reading
Anna runs, UPA probes
New Delhi : The government has ordered a CBI probe into how Anna Hazare even after three and a half days of fasting, managed to sprint ahead of cops in the rain. Tenali Rama has learnt that the top guns of the government were glued to television sets and were shocked to see the 74-yar-old Gandhian’s … Continue reading
Why is Poonam Pandey in a burka?
Twitter timelines are abuzz with demands to send model Poonam Pandey to England to motivate the Indian cricket team. Remember, Poonam had offered to strip before the Indian team if it won the World Cup. But following the victory, Poonam did not honour her word. Tenali Rama spoke to Poonam Pandey in this exclusive interview … Continue reading
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