"Lavish even by Bollywood benchmark "
Lavish even by Bollywood's standards was the wedding of industrialist G.V.K. Reddy's granddaughter to Indu Group's scion last week. It was more like a Bollywood's awards function where right from Shah Rukh Khan to Hema Malini performed on stage starting from the sangeet to the rest of the wedding. There were chartered flights free for the guests from Delhi and all over. And there were personal notes for each of the 6,000 guests who attended the wedding with their boarding passes.
Now when the sangeet was hosted by Karan Johar himself, you will obviously see the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Mallika Sherawat performed on stage. Not many politicians were present from the Capital or the state as one would have expected in the wedding of showman M.P.Subbarami Reddy's granddaughter. But the stars like Amitabh Bachchan and family, Anil Ambani with Tina, Boney Kapoor and Sri Devi were all there in their finery. The wedding was outstanding as almost everything was designed by Mumbai designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. They also designed the outfits of the family along with the mandap. The air was filled with the fragrance of Jasmine flowers. The reception in Delhi was also a grand affair. The gate of the venue was a car lover's delight.
The greatest of cars - Bentleys, Phantoms and BMWs all the way.
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"Highflying jailbirds "
Tihar is the latest hotspot of many bigwigs in the country. As it is getting VVIP visitors to meet the inmates, the waiting rooms have been installed with air-conditioners and comfortable sofas. It seems all the politicians across the party lines agree to spruce up Tihar. After all you don't know if the government is serious on the anti-corruption drive. Who may be the next then? The room is equipped with CCTVs, magazines and a small canteen for tea-coffee and snacks. Also now PROs will be there to escort all.
Dozens of trained men waited on the VIPs and industrialists who are now huddled together at the Tihar Jail in tiny ten by eight cemented rooms.
Expensive and extensive wardrobes mostly dry-cleaned at 5 star hotels only are now lying neatly stacked in their cupboards at home. Dining and wining at the most expensive restaurants was the done thing for the high-profile guests at Tihar. These highfliers no longer travel in luxurious cars, but travel with the police escort sharing seats with the ordinary criminals.
The highflying jailbirds are now getting used to sleeping without the best of the linen in the world and basic washroom to keep themselves clean. These guys were used to air-conditioners in their toilets and now have an old rattling fan. Most of them have become vegetarian in Tihar. They are all old business associates. They spend most of the time going through the CBI charge-sheet rather than reading books and magazines. For A.Raja, special Tamil papers are available.
I do hope the younger lot of industrialists/politicians does learn something from these examples. The law will catch up with you sometime or the other and then the embarrassment, inconvenience and the hurt to the rest of the family.
The poor of this nation vote you to power to give them facilities and make their everyday life easier not to fill your own coffers and forget them. And to cap it all, inflation takes a toll on them.
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