Well it happened because this lieutenant, home minister P Chidambaram was made busy by his colleague finance minister Pranab Mukherjee with identifying a "foreign-looking object" found on the latter's desk recently. The FM's over-developed septuagenarian senses interpreted the object to be a bug leading him to allege that the Intelligence Bureau was trying to tap his office (IB falls under the jurisdiction if home ministry).
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I wonder if Mukherjee needs help. He reminds me of our glam doll of yesteryears, Parveen Babi, who had started getting illusions as she got older and lonelier, that the KGB and the Taliban are after her life! I'm not saying that the FM is lonely. But old he is and he did get illusions that his office is being tapped. So...However, when Chiddu (as they affectionately call Chidambaran) heard this, he got busy proving to the FM that it was not a bug but a button which broke off from the latter's black bandhgala when he pulled off the laundry tag from it during their meeting the other day. No chuckles please. We all forget to remove laundry tags and we only realize it when at the end of the day the colleague sitting right next to you throughout the day, points it out.
And then it's more annoyance than embarrassment that you feel. That's because first no one wants to be pointed at for any folly. But if you say you are cool with that part, then the anger would be because your colleague woke up from his snooze when you had already strutted around the world flaunting the humble tag on your not so humble Versace.
Now, getting back to the ministers, ofcourse Mukherjee wouldn't agree with Chiddu's interpretations as he was irked that his folly had not gone unnoticed. So, this button err the bug kept the country's most significant bosses occupied. Meanwhile the janta got busy looking for Chiddu as he could be seen around very rarely. The "foreign-looking object" on FM's desk was such a diversion for everybody that they missed the three foreign-looking objects planted right next to them in busy markets last evening.
It was only when they went boom, that they realised that foreign-looking objects don't always look like buttons. They come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes as stuffed bags also. This makes me feel there's an immediate need to educate people on identifying foreign-looking objects. That shouldn't be very difficult.
Our very own phoren-returned Shashi Tharoor would be obliged to fill in as the teacher. He's not very busy these days. This will give some focus to his confused state nowadays where he's found talking about anything ranging from CWG, temple treasures and Afghanistan. Ergh! Like our now quietened Baba Ramdevji who could earlier declare homosexuality a disease with as much ease as he could try an escape in drag. But nah, Tharoor in no rustic Baba Ramdev, he's a suave NRI. No drag for him please. He would use his girlfriend as a cover to make an escape.
So, the tuitions are set. Now all we need is cooperation from Mukherjee and Chiddu. They will be required to attend the classes along with the janta every weekend. We expect that they shouldn't register a single bunk in the 5-year course.
Meanwhile, a little birdie tells me, Bigg Boss has decided to bring Ajmal Kasab on board. His credentials? Does he have any history of abusive relationships or has he been involved in any kind of controversy as of late? Yes ofcourse!! The controversy regarding his birth date. People saw 13 July which coincided with the blasts today. But before we could gather to sing "Happy Budday to dear Ajmal...", his birth date was 'postponed' to 13 September. Scary!!
I say it's a good idea to bring him on Bigg Boss considering that he'll have Navjot Singh Siddhu for company. Siddhu's jabbering would work better than any anesthesia to get Kasab into talking...the truth. Maybe then we are saved another round of fatal fireworks to mark his 'birthday celebrations' on 13 September.
Socry, nickname for our thinker Socrates, could you guess yet? Well the thing is he only thinks and takes long while he does that.
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