Raja Ko Kani Se Pyar Ho Gaya: Lighter Moments In The Life Of Niira Radia

Raja                                                                        Kani

TGM has added a kala tika and a special jhadu on A. Raja  to ward off the evil eye

Damn 'Open Magazine' and 'Outlook' for releasing the audiotapes and publishing the transcripts of the telephone conversations between Niira Radia and the stalwarts of Indian politics, corporate world, and journalism. If you come across Niira Radia - Giribala Joshi tapes, please keep in mind that I am not a lobbyist, nor an opportunist; my conversations with Radia had been a part of my normal writeristic duties.

I thank NDTV, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, and The Hindu for not publishing the news. A small gesture towards keeping the common people in the dark, so that no one notices or questions the dirt in their friends' and their own backyards.

Folks, don't waste your time on those tapes and transcripts. You have more important tasks to do like umm…like watching Guzaarish. My case is different. I need to know what they had been saying about me behind my back.

Now stop looking over my shoulder because I am going to read an excerpt from Niira Radia - Ratan Tata conversation. They are talking about Raja (A.Raja, former Telecom Minister) and Kani (M. K. Kanimozhi, Rajyasabha MP and daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi)

Niira Radia   Ratan Tata

Does he know that the other guy is gunning for him?

Yeah. He is fully aware. He told me he said he needs help in the media. So I promised him I’ll help him. I’m helping him Ratan wherever I can, but the thing is that every time you try and help him, he goes and makes stupid statements, you know.

Yeah, yeah.

So you don’t know what to do with him, you know. I told him just learn to keep quiet and keep his head down. As far as the media is concerned, he can’t resist talking to the media, and then he just says everything, you know. He is saying. The latest rumour is that he and Kanimozhi are having an affair which is actually not true.

Who?

His latest thing is that he and Kanimozhi are having an affair.

Whose latest thing?

The latest rumour in Delhi.

Oh I see.

That Raja and Kanimozhi are having an affair, which is not true.

Yeah, but spread by who?

By whom else, Maran, but that’s because Raja, whenever the media comes to meet him or anybody comes to meet him, he keeps on telling them how much of a soft corner he has for Kani, and every time he talks about her, as dark as he is, he still blushes.

(Laughs)

He gives away the sign that he probably has a crush on her and she has got zero interest in him. Everybody then puts two and two together and gossips. You have this really weird man and he can’t understand why his wife is going to beat him up.

(laughs)

He’s telling me today, ‘What do I do with all of these people, to all these rumours?’ And I told him, ‘Don’t talk to people about you have this soft corner for Kanimozhi,’ and that ‘You have to protect her.’ And I said to him, ‘You know, you actually blush.’ He said, ‘You can’t make out I am blushing.’ I said, ‘I’m sorry, but look at your eyes.’ Anyway, he can’t hide the fact that he’s got a crush on her. And Kani says to me, ‘God help me Niira, keep me away from this man.’ It is quite funny. On the lighter side of Delhi. But then for the madness that I hate being here. So these are the lighter moments of life. I’m back in Bombay from Friday.

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You are still here! Now, this is the height of voyeurism. Let them enjoy their slice of the Rs 17,00,00,00,00,000 extra-cheese pizza in peace. Go get a life!

(Related link: Knowledge@Wharton: India's 2G Telecom Scandal Spans the Spectrum of Abuse)