“As The Rama annihilled The Ravan; as The Krishna annihilled The Kansa, so we are sure, The Chavan will annihil The Chou.”
— The late owner of one of India’s most famous English dailies (the first one that popped into your head is probably the right one) in 1962, at a banquet honoring YB Chavan, the new Defence Minister.
Suresh Kalmadi isn’t even tops at screwing up his speeches. The only good thing about a massively disappointing week was this little anecdote offered as a piece of dinner conversation. Normal blogging to resume.
memsaab
October 12, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Ha ha!!!! Love it! So much shorter (although not easier to say, necessarily)…
and seriously? Princess Diana?! X-(
Amrita
October 13, 2010 at 3:52 pm
He’s a #Fail on so many levels!
You should hear it in my dad’s accent. Hilarious.
radhika
October 21, 2010 at 8:52 am
🙂 rely love it… ROFL