Posted on 01/17/2009 3:49:30 PM PST by ThinkingBuddha
By all accounts, Satyam ex-chairman Ramalinga Raju is having a rollicking time in Chanchalguda jail. His popularity among the inmates, all of whom are in awe of a man who can make Rs 7,000 crore disappear, knows no bounds. “Some of us affectionately call him by his nickname Scamalinga,” said a petty thief, “But most just call him Gurudev.”
Reports have come in that Raju had 20 idlis for breakfast, five plates of rice and a bucket of rasam for lunch and 25 chapatis with two chickens for dinner. But the jail superintendent says these numbers are inflated. “You see, the habit is so deeply ingrained in Raju that he automatically inflates all figures,” he added......
I think this is a satirical column.
I knew a Scotts Lass who had an amazing talent of rolling her arse. Especially while walking in high heels.
Unless I’ve dropped a decimal somewhere or something, Rx 7,000 crore = Rs 70B = $1,610,000,000.
Given the much smaller economic surplus he had to work with, even Bernie Madoff should be a little impressed.
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