Tenali Rama Reports
Archive for September 2011
Harbhajan wants to make it large in a doosra role
Chennai : When the MRF Pace Foundation checked its mail inbox today, it found an email that contained an application. Nothing new, except that this was from a certain Mr Harbhajan Singh. A phone call to Bhajji was all it took to confirm that India’s off-spinner had decided to become a fast bowler. “But isn’t … Continue reading
How Sonia Gandhi brokered peace
New Delhi : When P Chidambaram walked in to 10 Janpath to meet Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, she did not fail to notice that the Home minister’s veshti was soiled. She resisted the temptation of asking why he was wearing a veshti that was clearly not washed. But the moment Rahul Gandhi walked into the … Continue reading
`Give Hyderabad back to the Nizam’
New Delhi : Even as Congress general secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad is engaged in consultations to find a solution to the Telangana imbroglio, the Prime Minister’s Office has received an anonymous letter. The PMO has forwarded it to Mr Azad, with a covering note that the letter contains an out-of-the-box … Continue reading
Will L K Advani become Acting PM for a day?
New Delhi : It now seems Dr Manmohan Singh’s combative “the opposition wants to force mid-term polls” wasn’t a one-off political missile. Amidst taunts from the BJP that there is a huge governance deficit, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has offered to make senior BJP leader L K Advani `acting prime minister’ while he is … Continue reading
Don’t gimme red, says Vijay Mallya
Bangalore : Vijay Mallya has finally got his mix right. Four years ago, he ran into Captain Gopinath at a pub in Bangalore. Gopinath was a rags to riches story, having successfully operated a string of roadside cheap liquor shops, which did not offer freebies to customers along with a drink. He was considered a … Continue reading
The UPA wishlist. Exclusive
New Delhi : Every minister in the Manmohan Singh government wants Subramanian Swamy to be bundled out of India, with a rider that he cannot squeak against any member of the UPA. Every minister wants the CBI to be shifted to the Congress President’s office, since critics call it the Congress Bureau of Investigation in … Continue reading
The return of Vasool `Raja’
Chennai : In 2004, Kamal Haasan had starred in the Tamil version of `Munnabhai MBBS’. The film was called `Vasool Raja MBBS’. Now a producer has decided to make `The Return of Vasool Raja’. But hold on. This is not Munnabhai Part 2 but a film based on the life and times of Andimuthu Raja. Though … Continue reading
Kiran Kumar Reddy becomes CM, once again
Hyderabad : In a first in the country, chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has taken oath again as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. The move was necessitated as the cricketer-turned-politician was increasingly feeling as if he was not the CM of the state. There has been unrest in the Telangana region for the last … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Mr Prime Minister
New Delhi : On his 79th birthday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has conveyed her best wishes to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Along with the bouquet of flowers that reached his hotel in New York, the PM also received a confidential letter from Mrs Gandhi. Tenali Rama was pleasantly surprised when a generous PMO acted … Continue reading
Sonia may dump PC
New Delhi : Ever since she returned from the US, Congress president has been struggling to put her house in order. And just when it seemed she had settled down, her PC has come crashing down. “Even though it is an old PC that the late Rajiv Gandhi bought when he became prime minister in the … Continue reading
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