The Satyam saga

When the big boss of Satyam confessed,
That for years, the accounts had been dressed,
His shocking revelation,
Sent shivers through the nation,
For he'd stirred up a huge hornet's nest.

Said Raju, "Believe, I implore,
That I sincerely tried to restore
The accounts, put them right,
But by then, my sore plight,
Was like riding a beast carnivore."

"How I wish I had not tried the stunt
Of acquiring the name back to front**
Now the fear of being mangled,
Has me further entangled,
So I guess I must now bear the brunt!"

The Sunday Times 11/01/2009: India rocked by its own Enron - Ramalinga Raju, the founder of Satyam Computers has shocked corporate India by confessing to having cooked the books at Satyam for years. In a fraud already labelled as India’s Enron, Raju admitted to having inflated the reported cash and bank balances of the company by $1 billion (£660m), while overstating revenues and understating liabilities. As the company grew, the gap between fact and fiction widened.“It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten,” the 54-year-old wrote in his resignation letter. This weekend he is being held in custody, leaving a trail of destruction and unanswered questions behind him. Get the rest of the story here

** Maytas = Satyam spelled backwards

Durga not welcome at Hogwarts?

An innovative pandal their dream,
They created the 'Hogwarts school' theme.
But soon Madame Rowling,
Came after them, growling,
Now Potter battles Goddess Supreme!


Kolkata Newsline 10/10/07: Rowling sues Salt Lake Puja committee for copyright violation. Read the story here

It is commonplace for Puja organizers to design puja pandals based on various themes. Will then copyrights be needed for all in the future? The Telegraph asks.

Looking the gift horse in the mouth

A panda mum said to her young,
While licking a zhu* with her tongue:
"My darling, take care,
Don't crap here and there,
Those humans are stealing our dung!"

The panda cub replied with cheer,
"Oh mama dear, why all this fear?
It's a new business plan,
That's been thought of by man-
They're marketing poop-souvenir!"


Yahoo news 30/07/07: Panda poop to be recycled into souvenirs. Get the story here

To read more panda-poop limerick, go here :D

*zhu= bamboo in Chinese

Shah Jahan complains

For my wife, I had built a sweet dream.
In pure marble, a wonder supreme.
Now I hear, to defend
My own Taj, I must send
A paid SMS vote - what a scream!

Have you voted for the Taj Mahal yet? And what if you haven't? Will it cease to be a wonder? I wonder...

And then again, have you wondered about the power that the SMS wields in our lives today?

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The price of inspiration

I think the old days were nice.
You could easily go, plagiarise,
You created a clone,
Passed it off as your own,
Without having to pay any price!

You said it was thru' inspiration,
(More often, your very own creation),
You did pray, of course,
That the original source,
Would never seek any explanation!

:P

The inspiration for this limerick can be found here and here.

Wonder what the other 'inspired' people are feeling now?

How to give your girlfriend a gift and pay for it...

A chieftain was suffering from the notion
That his dear girlfriend deserved a promotion.
So, singing her praise ,
He went, got her a raise,
But his act caused a hellish commotion!

OR ...

"The dear girl is deserving of praise,"
Thought the chief, so he got her a raise.
But soon he turned pale,
When the press broke the tale,
Now the poor chap is counting his days!

Reuters 16/04/07: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Sunday dug in his heels over the promotion he approved for his girlfriend and said he intends to stay in his job, even as bank member governments voiced "great concern" the institution might not be able to function properly. Read on

Bitter chocolate

Hershey made us look a fool
Cried the Utterly Butterly Amul
Their kisses were false
And what truly appalls
Is they used us as a stepping stool!


ET 04/04/07: Hershey leaves Amul with a bitter taste. Read about it here