Thursday, August 27, 2009

Do you know who I am?

Bigger celebrities than SRK are ofcourse our politicians. Kissi ke mazal ki unko kuch kahein? And each one looks like a bigger goon than the other. Look at Mayawati, Narayan Rane and Sharad Pawar and you know what I mean. They may not be concerned about mango people like us, but they have their positions to manage and many psychophanatic (is there a word as this?) to carry out in order to keep their kursis.
On my recent visit to LA, I happened to meet up with a very old friend of mine,HK. She is of Indian origin but been there from her grandparents times. She works as a Federal Agent . I could not understand much of what she does, but she narrated this very interesting ‘celebrity’ episode.
Seems every time there is an Indian political delegation there, HK is also roped in because of her Indian origins. She spoke about the humble natures of Dr Manmohan Singh (who is really good natured and always before time for meetings) and Pranab Mukherji (who is very unassuming and refuses to add on family for security cover and other benefits when he visits the US).
Sonia Gandhi is a ‘rockstar’ and everyone wants to be with her! So there was this Press Conference and Sonia had already gone ahead. HK was escorting Pranab Mukherji up the stairs to the dais when she felt some one rudely trying to push her away. She looked back and there was good old bearded Mr Anand Sharma, desperately trying to get ahead to Sonia. So, this according to HK is the conversation
HK – ‘Please do not bump Sir’
Anand Sharma (AS) –Move off, I need to go ahead.
HK – I am sorry Sir, you need to follow the protocol.
AS – How dare you? Do you know who I am ?
HK – I don’t know who you are Sir, and I don’t care. Mr M is my protectee.
AS – Don’t get cheeky with me and move off.
HK – I am warning you Sir, Please stop bumping my protectee.
But, According to HK, AS did not give up. She was nervous that poor Pranab would fall off the stairs.So she elbowed him hard into his rib-cage. AS backed off then and HK was subjected to angry glares all the time.
And poor Anand Sharma – Sonia was there, but oh so far away! He lost some brownie points that day!

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