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See how Tony works-20090602-085554 

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Some imp advisor from Tata-20090616-135007 

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Some IS-20090706-185337 

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Vir-his letter-MDA interview-20090620-120959 

Discusses with Vir Sanghvi a fully scripted interview with MDA as he doesn’t want to do an extempore. VS points out how MDA has nothing to be embarrassed about unlike his brother ADA who has many skeletons in his closet.

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VS: ‘What kind of a story do you want? Can’t seem too slanted but it can get all the points out that you want’

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Vinu-fudged RCOM figs-gas-Curse on AmarSingh-20090616-200515 

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Vinu-article on national assets-20090622-081358 

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Vinu perhaps-All issues-mainly spectrum-20090616-195137 

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Tarun on Sunil, MDA, RNT-20090612-125256 

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Tarun Dass meeting PM on AirIndia-20090708-092726 

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Tarun Dass -20090704-202152 

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Music 20 seconds
Tarun:Where are you?
Neera:I am in mumbai,in my,my New Home
T;my goodness,You have been really camping,you live.. you moved to Bombay is it?
Neera:aah, two clients, Ratan and Mukesh.Dont leave me in peace
Tarun:you got better,better company there.
Neera:I am not so sure if its better company
Tarun:eh
Neera:I am not so sure if its better company,but its, its certainly…,very, what should I say,they really do suck your blood
v;are you keeping your both clients happy?
Neera:ya,by the way I have introduced both of them to each other;now
Tarun:That you told me.
Neera:I told you,no. They are together and they are happy.
Tarun:laughs
Neera:With Anil’s latest petition in court where he says all the gas agreement should be now stopped and cancelled and he should be given the gas first even though he does not have a power plant.Has not gone down too well with Ratan and everybody else.You are gonna have 40 other companies now impleading in court
Tarun:right
Neera:so, no, I have been quite tied up on the issue and of course,between all this me and my health its always have been something always comes up.
Neera:ended up having a..
Tarun:Ya,whats happened?
Neera:ended up.Nothing else I got too wise.My toothI have wisened up. My wisdom tooth is planning to come out.(laughs)
Tarun:O gosh.
Neera:look,come out meaning it is already out but sitting on a nerve
Tarun:(in between)pain
Neera:so they..,operated on it yesterday,tried to take it out but they could not take it out.
Tarun:O gosh.
Neera:so they cut around it and now there are seven stitches in my mouth.
Tarun:O my God.
Neera:ya,when do we wrok(unclear),laughs
Tarun:you can talk?
Neera:Ya, I am talking,you know me,I, I,I gargled and do all my stuff and I carry on talking and it pains after a while.
Tarun:Are you alone in Bombay?
Neera:hmm, Me and my maid here.My Son was here in week and he went back.Ya,because he is working in Bombay nowadays.So.. he went back yesterday.
So, I.. decided to go back to, I am coming back to Delhi tomorrow.
Tarun:Who helps you in Bombay office?
Neera:Bombay office,I have three different people because Manoj looks after Newcom,Natasha and other company vitcom and Jonathan who is the CEO,he sits
out of Bombay.
Tarun:O he is in Bombay?
Tarun:Who looks after Tatas,that big guy,whats his name?
Neera:Suresh
Tarun:Suresh.ok
Neera:He is a branch head,ya
Tarun:Who looks after Reliance?
Neera:Manoj. Manoj warrier.
Tarun:ok,Manoj
Neera:He is very good.He is one of my founding team you know from the beginning.
Tarun:accha
Neera:He is very very good.
Tarun:So you put your best man for..,Reliance?
Neera:No,no but Suresh and Vishal are all of them there,know, Jonathan is one of you know..Tatas needed a global mind right now.
Tarun:Thats true
Neera:Having someone like Jonathan in Bombay was the right choice.
Tarun:and you got your Jaguar?
Neera:I take delivery on..when I come back.I am coming back next weekend so I take delivery on Saturday.
Tarun:and It will stay in Bombay or it will come to Delhi?
Neera:you know I am,If I bring it to Delhi then you come in too much this thing you know.Everybody..
Tarun:laughs
Neera:Especially for this,you know how people in Delhi are.
Tarun:Ya
Neera:But when you come to Bombay I am going to take you for a sit
Tarun:Ya I am never going to be able to afford it,what is it 90 lakhs?
Neera:Sixty..Two
Tarun:Sixty two lakhs
Neera:I have gone for XS now because XKR two seater would be no point because you know you cant drive it in Bombay in any sort so I took this Sedan,the luxury so that.
Tarun:Did you got Ratan to review his views on Sunil Mittal?
Neera:You know I am going to talk to Sunil because I want him to make a statement because he is going to do a Vir interview,aa on 10th,Vir tells me he is doing the interview on the 10th. and.. I am.. aan going to ask him to correct that point where he said if Ratan had too much money he could give it to
the Prime minister’s fund.Sunil said he has regretted saying that statement and I think he is willing to correct that.
Tarun:ya,shouldn’t say this.
Neera:and I think, I think if he does say that you know,in which there is a question like that where he says that he has a lot of respect for Ratan and all that.
Tarun:he has a lot of respect
Neera:I know but Ratan does not believe in that,maybe
Tarun:Ratan has,Ratan has sent names for the US India CEO forum.
Neera:oh
Tarun:He has left out Sunil.In spite of the fact that he is Number 1,you know.100 million subscribers and walmart partner.
Neera:well then,thats really awful. I’ll tell Ratan, I’ll have a word with him.By the way I managed to get them a great thing done. All the problems that they are having in UK with the government not giving them the guarantee
Tarun:ya
Neera:this’s just between you and me,I interviewed somebody I knew from the banking community in the UK
Tarun:umm
Neera:He was very very up with the credit suisse group.And we have managed to get that guarantee done without the government having to give us a counter
guarantee.
Tarun:Rich
Neera:He is thrilled with me today.He called me up from Dubai,Ratan is in Dubai today.
Tarun:Right.
Neera:And he called me saying I just don’t know how to thank you.
Tarun:Why did he go there?
Neera:I think he is looking for funding for JLR.
Tarun:oh Dubai. o gosh
Neera:I think he was in Saudi the other day.
Tarun:Saudi
Neera:Ya,so maybe.But I am gonna certainly ask him on.On Sunil I am defintely going to.
Tarun:Try to have just like you have done with Mukesh and Ratan.
Neera:hmm
Tarun:Try to sort this one out because its not good.
Neera:No I will do that,I will. I have it on my mind that I am going to talk to Sunil when he is back because he needs to raise this,I want to answer this personally if I get to ask this
Tarun:sure.
Neera:so that I can ask it in a particular way.Sunil also doesn’t compromise.I can then,I can then pass that CD through Ratan and ask him and say now look at this.you know.
Tarun:right
Neera:because its Krishna Kumar and all of them who are spoiling his mind.
Tarun:ya,we need to clear this because you know,my, my point is that I have met the PM today.Half an hour alone. one to one.And he talked about my article
in Economic Times.One of the issues you know, and he said, you know, I want industry to be respected by the public but industry does not respect
each other.
Neera:correct.
Tarun:you know,(they are) all the time at each other.
Neera:ya
Tarun:ya,so forget about Mukesh and Anil but Ratan and Mukesh as you are doing. Sunil and Ratan,you know,we need to, we need to and you can really help
him in this.
Neera:well,well I’ll help you. I do recognise thats the only way we can go.
Tarun:The public will not respect them unless they are ok with each other.All the time bad mouthing each other
Neera:ya,they are always fighting,ya. I am with you on that.I am going to
Tarun:which flight are you coming on.
Neera:aan, 4′o clock.
Tarun:ok
Neera:Why do you wanna join me?
Tarun:you come commercial flights or do you have a private jet now?
Neera:(laughs),not yet. my clients won’t pay me fees.
Tarun:when are you gonna get a private jet?
Neera:I told Ratan,I said, he said nobody Nira the world’s will ever see this guarantee and otherwise UK government feeling so much problem and you have done it and I said why dont u start with C-zra (not clear)
Tarun:why can’t you just use Ratan’s plane now?
Neera:(laughs).You know Tarun I never ask for favors.
Tarun:One way Ratan’s plane one way Mukesh’s plane.
Neera:(laughs)I am very happy on my commercial flights. I am waiting for Jet and Kingfisher to go down so that some decent people can take over those airlines.
Tarun:ya
Neera:But you Tarun I tell you about Air India, did you talk to PM about bringing Sunil Arora there?
Tarun:again?
Neera:We really wanna turn that airline around,aan.
Tarun:again?
Neera:he is the only guy who has the respect of the union.
Tarun:oh
Neera:And who has the capacity to turn that airline around.Prafull won’t have him.Prafull is dead against him but PM may have a view that he is pro BJP
But I dont think Sunil is just because he has worked with Shekhawat.
Tarun:hmm
Neera:But I think Sunil got,I have seen it you know.He has the capacity.
Tarun:Sunil was recommended to me to be the director general of CII.
Neera:ya ya.he has really got potential.
Tarun:But..The recommednation was he will be two years here and then he leave out when he becomes secretary.How can ,you know,how can we agree to that?
Neera:You know,you can do,there are always special provisions,comeon.
Tarun:Anyways,now its too late now,too late.
Neera:murmurs in protest,why?
Tarun:We have got a Director General,no, we have got a DG no,how can I change?
Neera:no I know but I am saying for the Air India CMD we can
Tarun:Air India?
Neera:Ya
Tarun:That I’ll do. That I ll work on but Prafull is such a
Neera:He is,he is
Tarun:he is a sharpy.
Neera:But Prime minister is there no,he has already put his foot down.he has already got involved.
Tarun:He put his foot down in many people.He is kicking around his ministers big time.
Neera:O.I am glad.I am glad.
Tarun:After long time.
Neera:glad,did he tell you anything about the gas issue?
Tarun:I want to stay away from this gas issue.you want me to write about it(laughs)
Neera:But its national interest.
Tarun:we will talk about it,
Neera:Its national interest
Tarun:We’ll talk we’ll when you come back.
Neera:you know there is only one man who can give point perspective.All I am saying here is
Tarun:hmm
Neera:You divide Dhirubhai’s wealth that’s all very well.But you can’t get fighting about national wealth.Its the nation’s wealth you know.
Tarun:ya
Neera:Thats all I am saying.I am not taking sides.On that one.Because I really believe we are gonna surprise. I said this to Mukesh.you know.
Tarun:ya
Neera:This is the time to change it now.And time for him to change his reputation now.
Tarun:thats true.
Neera:ya
Tarun:Now You have sent me an SMS saying that Arup seeing some land.
Neera:ya,on wednesday because this guy only got some XMB(unclear) today because they say they are closing their QIP issue today.they are doing some swanky
paper work.
Tarun:No.no
Neera:so He said he is back in Delhi on wednesday and said he had three four plots he appointed this guy Tripathi to take Arup around to show him the.. land
Tarun:I thought I will also go if its at a time which works for me.
Neera:ok
Tarun:I am free in the morning or after lunch.Lunch I have got a meeting in Delhi.
Neera:ok,so I ll ask him to. They can also do it in morning.
Tarun:Morning it would be great.
Neera:I’ll set it up with him when he comes back tomorrow.
Tarun:Ok.
Neera:He said..
Tarun:ya

Sunil- HC- Corruption-20090620-141213 

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Sunil- HC Judges on various issues-20090616-154243 

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Sunil Jain’s article- no head or tail -20090622-102104 

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Sunil Arora-note on AI-20090708-084432 

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Sunday after SLP-20090705-102437 

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Story did not come finally-20090708-093916 

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Sr Journo-Post budget-20090707-103320 

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Spectrum talk-PBajpai-AT&T-20090708-105509 

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Some Sir wrote article-20090705-125752 

NR is apparently asking for an article against RNRL petition and that “Rohit” would provide the information and the person she’s talking to says he “can’t write an article on an issue which is before the Supreme Court” but that he has written an article that would be published under Pratap Narayan’s name and that he would pass it on, that he doesn’t trust email and he would rather go over to the person’s house, that the person stays in Friends Colony.

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Satyam Board mmbrADA trying to manage Azagiri thro’ Raja-20090709-091544 

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RatnamDMK-work not done-20090613-114740 

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Rashmi-argument on Tata Bharti talks rumor-20090611-161639 

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Phone rings

2
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Niira: Hello?
Rashmi: Hi Niira, my name is Rashmi and I write for The Economic Times.
Niira: Hi Rashmi, how are you?
Rashmi: I’m good, I write on telecom, out of Bombay.
Niira: I know, I’ve heard so much about you.

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Rashmi: Okay, actually you know that this is regarding another story that I have learnt and of course it can be totally – you know, I mean, you might not have anything to offer on that. It’s about Bharti Airtel being in talks with Tata Communication, with Tatas rather, to buy out their stake in Tata Communications, okay?

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00:00:39,648 –> 00:01:00,640
Niira: What nonsense.
Rashmi: I know, I know. You have the right to say all that you want to say, I’m sending you a short questionnaire. We also have details, I mean, we have just very broad details, we also don’t have finer details, inner details.
Niira: Hmm.
Rashmi: But um, the fact is that I don’t want to write anything before of course letting Tata the chance- giving Tata the chance to you know, respond.

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Niira: It’s actually incorrect. It leads me to a meeting I had with Rahul Joshi yesterday where I told Rahul that you know, even in the case of Tata Motors, your Nandini and Lijee and all of them write stories and I have ten stories sitting on my table today – 8 of them are actually incorrect. Incorrect matlab, matlab actually -
Rashmi: I don’t know if you’ve been tracking my stories or not, by and large I -
Niira: No no, I have great respect for you. Rohit has been telling me about you and I have absolutely great respect for you. You’ve always been, I mean you’ve been – normally spot on, but let me tell you somebody’s having you on, coz you will force me to -

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Rashmi: No no, now I’ll tell you. Niira – Niira, I’ll tell you – It’s not only me, there’re 2 more seniors in different centres, they’re not even in Bombay, they’re calling me up – they told me on Sunday about the same thing, and I -
Niira: Rashmi, aisa kaun spread kar raha hai? (Rashmi, who is spreading this news?). There is only one bunch of loonies that spread anything -
Rashmi: I know -
Niira: – which is -
Rashmi: I know, I know, Niira, I exactly know what you’re saying, but something is off -
Niira: Rashmi, you know what their attempt is right now, to show that Bhartis and Tatas are getting closer together.
Rashmi: Hmm.

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Niira: So they want to try – see what is their attempt, single attempt, to get 6.25 MHz of spectrum by fudging all the figures and doing what they want. They want to show the government, or not so much the government – they want to show Raja, because they’ve tried every other way to show that how they’re getting closer to Sunil Mittal, we’re doing this, we’re doing that, whatever. They want to now show that they’re actually entering into a business engagement -
Rashmi: Hmm.
Niira: – so that, we are – so they can go Raja and say look, Tatas and Sunil Mittal are going to hit you, I’m the only one who’s going to protect you.

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Rashmi: Hmm.
Niira: I know your game, Rashmi, (inaudible), you can send me your questionnaire, I’m going to send it to Rahul, I’m going to tell him it’s absolutely wrong -
Rashmi: No, I’ll…I’ll still -
Niira: Because it’s wrong.
Rashmi: I’ll still send you a questionnaire, you can send it to Rahul, and uh, of course I’m sending it after talking to Bodhi and Javed and all, so it’s not that I’m randomly sending you a questionnaire on a story big like this. So what I’ll do is, I’ll send it,
I’ll mark a copy to Srinath if you want me to -
Niira: Please do, please you can mark everyone a copy including Mr. Tata (laughs), I don’t mind -
Rashmi: No no no! I mean, that’s why I’m asking you, it’ll be n dot srinath at tata…com, what is it, I don’t know -
Niira: Uh, Srinath ki email id kya hai? Srini ka? (What is Srinath’s email id?)
Unnamed: (inaudible, in background)

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Niira: srinath dot n at tata communications dot com
Rashmi: Okay…tata communications…you know, if it was only me who had heard I would still doubt myself, but since some very senior people and -
Niira: I know where it’s coming from! I know where it’s coming from. I can tell you exactly where it’s coming and I know who in your system is talking to who. The names that you’ve just given me, I can assure you, they’re in touch with them, and I know that for a fact. Rashmi, tum yeh story carry karoge mujhe letter likhna padega (Rashmi, if you carry this story I will have to write a letter). Simple baatein (simply put) -
Rashmi: Nahin nahin woh to (no no, that’s -) (inaudible) -
Niira: (inaudible argument) – You tell Bodhi, and you tell Javed also -

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Rashmi: I’ve told Bodhi, told Javed, and uh, what Rajeev has already written so many letters (laughs). (inaudible)
Niira: I will not even bother with Rajeev, because this is something that is absolutely lies, I know where it’s coming from, it might be not even true. We’re not talking to Bharti in anyway at all, there is no discussion with anyone – this is absolutely somebody just doing kite flying. And I don’t think you can carry stories which are just – I mean, tomorrow I can say you know that, Bennett Coleman has been bought off by Subhas Chandra but -
Rashmi: You know Niira, everybody tells me the same thing, that your company is being bought by this this, and
Rupert Murdoch is buying BCCL and you know, everytime I write a story like that and you know, display back the same thing to me. I really don’t know, if I don’t write, someone else will write. Maximum…I mean, I’ve kept everybody in the loop including Javed and Bodhi. I’ll just check with them once again but I don’t think it will be like a no-no from them.

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Niira: Eh, Rashmi, you tell um, Bodhi that you’ve spoken to me.
Rashmi: Hmm.
Niira: It’s lies.
Rashmi: Hmm.
Niira: You run the story, then let him put it – run it past Rahul. Rahul and I’ve had a discussion yesterday, I’ll leave it for Times of India to decide, and ET to decide how they want to go forward on this.
Rashmi: (inaudible)
Niira: If the story comes out, I will then take it right to the top, because the story is wrong. I won’t leave it, you can tell Bodhi that.
Rashmi: (inaudible)
Niira: I’ve said that because I know the story is wrong, na? I don’t have to convince you that – because I know it’s not correct.

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Rashmi: Niira, why don’t you call Bodhi and have a word with him, I think that’ll be better.
Niira: No no, tell him – I’m not even going to bother calling, I’m going to call Rahul just now and tell him that this is absolute nonsense that’s happening and that this needs to st – this is exactly what I met Rahul on yesterday -
Rashmi: Hmm.
Niira: I told him, I said, Rahul, if I find negat- I don’t care if it’s negative or positive, if you have a negative story and we’ve done something wrong and you carry it Rashmi, no problem, as long as you carry my point of view, right? I have no issues -
Rashmi: Your point -
Niira: But you carry a story which is actually wrong, then I have a problem.
Rashmi: Your point of view will be carried, Niira, your point of view will be carried.

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Niira: Jab story hi nahin hai to (when there’s no story to begin with), it’s not even true, Rashmi. Rashmi, if I was lying, if Bharti is talking to us, it would be there na? I’m telling you it’s not true!
Rashmi: It would be where? It would be where, tell me? It would be where? You would -
Niira: It’s not there! Zero!
Rashmi: (inaudible) Even when you were…Niira, it’s been my experience yaar, everytime there’s…anybody talks to anybody they always deny it till the last minute, right?
Niira: To baat hi nahin hai, Rashmi, main tumhe ek baat bata do, yeh baat nahin hai (There’s no possibility of that, Rashmi, I’ll tell you one thing, there’s no possibility of that). Jo hai, agar hum log baat – you know what I will then tell you, Rashmi? Main comment nahin kar sakti ispe (I cannot comment on this), is what I will tell you.
Rashmi: Hmm.

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Niira: Then you carry the story, I don’t have a problem.
Rashmi: Hmm.
Niira: What I’m telling you is -
Rashmi: Accha, theek hai, now let me, let me -
Niira: – that this is not even remotely possible.
Rashmi: – no, what I’ll do is tell Bodhi what you are saying and then I’ll run the questionnaire through to him and then I’ll like, you know, then we can take it forward from there, if I send you a mail I’ll SMS you saying that -
Niira: Rashmi, you send me the mail, I’m going to send it to Rahul, I’m not going to respond to you, I’m going to let you run the story and after that I will leave for the Tatas to decide what they want to do with Bennett Coleman. (inaudible)

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Rashmi: But we will not run the story – we will not run the story without your comment, na?
Niira: Nahin, to main tumhe comment bhejungi na (No, so I will send you a comment, won’t I)? Because to me this is – you and I have spoken, as far as I am concerned this is absolutely wrong, this information is inaccurate, you are being led up the garden path. I don’t even want to respond that it is wrong because I’ve told you this, I’m not – I’m just going to – I’m going to send it on to Rahul and I’m going to say this is yet – please add it to my list of of Lijee Philip and other Economic Times stories which are factually wrong. (pause) So then I will let Tatas decide what they want to do with Bennett Coleman.

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Rashmi: (laughs) You don’t tell me all that, I’ll tell Bodhi -
Niira: (inaudible) bol de na Bodhi ko (tell Bodhi) -
Rashmi: I’ll tell Bodhi -
Niira: (inaudible) Rashmi, that’s how strongly I feel about it because I’m so tired of having to defend (inaudible).
(pause)
Rashmi: My problem is, you know Niira, my problem is I’ve been stopped from writing stories till the eleventh hour -
Niira: Hmm.
Rashmi: – only to see them being formally announced the next day. So my experience with the Tata Group in particular has been so bad and um -
Niira: No was Tata Tele and you’ve had a couple of instances Rashmi and I’m really sorry about that, but yeh Bharti ka issue nahin hai, it’s not there!
(pause)
Niira: Yeh baat hi galat hai (this information is wrong).

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Rashmi: That’s what I’m saying, that’s what I’m saying na, my experience with the group has been so bad that I mean, if it was for the first time somebody was saying like, then I would have believed. But then -
(inaudible)
Niira: So what is your query? That Bharti is buying Tata Communications?
Rashmi: No the – (laughs) – only your stake, I mean only Tata’s stake, not the whole company, they’re buying out Tatas from the venture.
Niira: From the government?
Rashmi: No, not from the government! See, Tatas have 51% in the company no? So Bharti is buying that 51% from Tata.
Niira: What nonsense.

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Rashmi: I know it is, I know it is (inaudible) what you’re saying -
Niira: What nonsense!
Rashmi: Anyways, you… you agree with me, you’ve told me exactly how you feel about it.
Niira: (laughing)
Rashmi: Let me, let me just discuss it with Bodhi also and um then -
Niira: Rashmi. Rashmi, Rashmi, why don’t you follow nice stories? Usko tum 6.25 spectum dila doge, why don’t you – (breaks out laughing) – follow sensible stories – (still laughing)
Rashmi: I follow all sorts of stories Niira, I follow all sorts of stories. I don’t write only…these big stories only come once in a blue moon. No no, I’ll tell Bodhi exactly, I’ll tell Bodhi exactly what you’re telling -
Niira: You tell him you please – front page de do mujhe (put me on the front page), double – I want full spread front page -
Rashmi: You want?

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Niira: Ya, you please give me 5 columns.
Rashmi: Hmm, for what?
Niira: After that I will let Ratan Tata decide what you want to do with Bennett Coleman.
(inaudible)
Rashmi: For which story, you’re saying?
Niira: This one, this one – Bharti buying Tata Communications stake.
Rashmi: No no, I’ll not say all that, I’ll just tell exactly what -
(inaudible)
Niira: – 5 columns to mujhe dogi na isme (you’ll give me 5 columns, won’t you), with big headline?

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Rashmi: No accha, let me just uh, we’re wasting time Niira, I’m wasting your time and so -
Niira: You’re not, Rashmi, you’re not wasting my time, I would put it another way, seriously I’m telling you – please run the story.
Rashmi: I will -
Niira: You run it in 5 columns, give me 5 columns -
Rashmi: I will just tell Bodhi what you’re saying. I’ll just tell Bodhi and I’ll tell Javed also, theek hai (alright)?
Niira: Ya tell him – tell him, run the story.
Rashmi: And if at all -
(ends abruptly)

Rakesh- Power distribution-Job offer-Tata stake selling20090613-135627 

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Rahul ET-disc on 4 issues-20090616-135441 

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Man: Hello

Nira: Hi

Man: Nira I don’t know what’s happening but the reality… anyway, mukesh just asked me to tell you that… and . hello!. And I think what Mahesh Agarwal who is advocate on record for ADAG. I just saw him on the TV and im sure mukesh and manoj must be seeing the same thing and getting excited and..

Nira: I was just speaking to manoj modi just now…two minutes back.

Man: I don’t know. Someone just called half a minute ago. Obviously manoj said something to mukesh and Mukesh called me. Okay anyway, It isn’t like our stay application was rejected or refused. We did not ask for any stay. It was Mukul Rohatgi who wanted to argue for an interim relief. And then the chief said I have these papers. These big bunch of papers came to me at 9 pm last night and there is no way you expect me to read all this! Sorry I’m not entertaining anything. So then Mukul said that I will argue on the 20^th about some interim relief. So it is not… we never even mentioned or asked or remotely, or said anything similar to any interim relief.

Nira: But listen, I’m watching all the channels and I’ve not seen this coming anywhere.

Man: No, no, no. I just saw it on the CNBC.

Nira: On CNBC?

Man: Yeah yeah, it was that.

Nira: I’ll get her on the line right now and u can speak with Shirin. I don’t think… Maybe Mahesh Agarwal has said it.

Man: Yes Mahesh agarwal had said it. I’m talking about that

Nira: So ill clarify to Shirin right now, that’s not the case.

Man: So that is one. And then the second thing is, government is a respondent.

Nira: That is clarified haan

Man: Yea so that is…

Nira: They didn’t respond. They have been mentioning it since yesterday. They’ve been telling everybody since yesterday.

Man: No just now! Just now I saw. I heard Mahesh Agarwal saying government is not a respondent in this case.

Nira: How can they lie! Such liars! I will just have a word with all the channels, sir. So don’t worry. I’ll just have a word with all of them.

Man: Okay

Nira: Yea, government is a respondent and Mahesh …

Man: Yes government is a respondent in our case.

Nira: Yea, matter is listed. And all parties including government have been served notice for 20^th. And that’s, that’s exactly what we put out to everyone.

Man: Right

Nira: I will have a word with all the channels to make sure only what is fact comes out. Now if he wants to come out

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Surojit: Praful Patel ‘screwed up the airline’ and now wants to bring in Ratan Tata to tell the PM that he would do something. ‘It was Sharad Pawar who wrote to Vajpayee to allow Naresh Goel to bid for Air India’ and these are the people who are now trying to say that they are trying to revive the airline

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Air India story-one more-20090707-204412 

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IMP-Prabhu Chawla Gas judgement discussion-20090620-143207 

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NR: Hi Prabhu

PC: Yaa tell me now

NR: Nahii nothing, I was just wanting to understand things from you. You always have a very good perspective.

PC: On What?

NR: On everything bhai, he he he he. Generally you have a good perspective of everything. I just wanted to know what is yr view on this great historic judgment.

PC: Which one, the Bombay one?

NR: The Bombay one which takes the family pecked above the national interest.

PC: You see when the brothers are involved, the nation also gets involved naa?

NR: Yaa, probably not a good thing naa. Not good for the nation.

PC: Not good for the nation, but the brothers don’t talk to each other. There is nobody who can force them to talk also

NR: Who tho ho gayi na Prabhu tum bhi janthe ho

PC: Maine koshiosh kiyi thi., Nahi hua. Maine kaha ho jayega.

NR: Nahi. I was speaking to him recently, in fact this morning

PC: (interrupts) is he back from wherever he had gone, Mukesh?

NR: . He is very much here, he has been here the whole week.

PC: He was abroad last week I think.

NR: No no no.

PC: Anyway, somebody told me that he is abroad.

NR: NONONO. He has been here the whole week. He is not due to travel till next week.

PC: because sometimes he responds. Abhi I have stopped calling him Because usko maine 15-20 din pehle message bheja tha. Then he never responds. Uske baad maine message nahi bheja. Before the judgement was coming I wanted to probe on him.

NR: Kya judgement uske khilaf aa rahaa hai?

PC: Haan, lekin itnaa arrogant hai na. uske saath kya kare? Uske arrogance, dono bhaiyyon ka samajh bhi nahi aatii mero ko

NR: Prabhu tell me one thing. Judgement is fixed, right?

PC: Dekho in this country, dono side ko fix karne kii capacity hain. Chhotta bhai mobile jyada hai. Paise kam kharch kartaa hai, kanjoos hai sabse jyada. But he is more mobile than the elder brother. Elder brother doesn’t want to go beyond what Dhiruibhai left behind with him. Men or people, whatever. You are getting what I am telling? He is totally depending on the people that Dhirubhai created. They were relevant at that point of time. Now they are not relevant. Anilbhai has developed new sources, new contacts , new way of thinking. Mukesh,Apnii wife ki … thodaa jyaadaa dictate karti hai. Anil ki wife nahi karti hai. The way things are moving, Mukesh poor fellow is not able to get the right feedback because of insulation from various other sources. Now I know what he is doing on the Supreme Court front. Various things. Which is not the way to go about it. What he doing it is known to the rest of the world. This is not good. If he has to….because everything is fixed these days. Ab Supreme Courtme reverse ho gaya, then he is finished for ever, yaa? If he doesn’t get a favourable response from Supreme Court, then he is finished, naa?

NR: But Prabhu ek baat bataon?

PC: Ha?

NR: Abhi tak Supreme Court ka, between you and me, kuchh finalise huaa nahin?

PC: Finalise kaa matlab kya hai? Bhai Murli Deora bhi jayega court mein. Prime Minister is also putting pressure on Murli Deoa to settle it. Because ultimately it is national loss naa, as you put it. Itna mehanga ho raha, ab 2-3 mahine mein 90 dollars ho jayegaa, if you are not able to take out gas from your own sources, then there is a problem, naa Country should not suffer because of these two brothers.

NR: That’s right. Which what Mukesh has told his brother very clearly. What is the issue? Anil …usne apne gas ke liye kabhin manaa nahin kiya. Usne kaha tera 28 mm sidhi ban tha hai.Agar NTPC baraa nahin leta tho thera who bhi ban tha hai. Yeh 2.34 who government ki pricehai, mein us mein decide nahin karta huun as an operator. Uska point limited woh hai. Aapne MoU dekha? I don’t know whether you have seen it, but I will show it to you. Un mein aisa kich likha nahin hain.

PC: . MoU mein mein pataha nahin, maine dekha nahin, so I cant say, frankly speaking , and MoU mein, agar court ne order kiya, kuchh basis pe kiya hoga naa. Pata hua naa

NR. Nahin. Court kaa order mein, 328 pages mein I can give you any , I can tell you, wo pen drive use kiya hoghi na, wo jo telecom ka TD se judgement hua na, dual technology ka Vahanvati ne jo karvaya, Raja ne Dr Sarma ko TRAI chairman banaaya. I am guaranteeing same pen drive use kiyi hogi.

PC: hahaha (laughs)

NR: Mein tumko dono judgement (Mumbai) aamne saamne dikhaoongaa, tun dono padlo.

PC: Goolam Vahanvati is an old friend of mine. When I was editor of Indian Express, he was our counsel. Mera bahut acha dost hai. Pehla Nusli wadia ke saath tha. He was a goods friend of Nusli, I think even now he is with Nusli. But he is very close to Anil Ambani. Everybody knows about it. Appointment…..Anil Ambani, Nusli Wadia and our power minister, kya naam hai, Shinde, they all went for him. Bhardwaj never liked him. Bhardwaj would have made him the attorney general. Ab ban gaya wo. See these brothers have to come to the conclusion themselves first. Kyonki agreement to hoga court mein ja karke Supreme Court ne order dono ko ikkate dediya to. That is one way of looking at it. Because basically this judgement will decide the future of both of them na? More of Mukeah than of Anil. Anil ko kyaa? Power planthi shuru nahin kiya, kya karna gas se?

NR: Judgement 17 saal se likha nahin to gas tho dena chahiya kal se. Usko bolo chal tu le.Kya keraga uske saath? Kuch nahin karega.

PC: Aur le nahin sakta. Theek hai, bolo uttalo gas.

NR: . Aur paise do uske liye.

PC: Haan paise do, bech nahin saktaa kisi aur ko. Judgement… you cant sell it to anybody else na?

NR: Correct

PC: Theek hai, then let Mukesh sell it wherever he wants to sell it. Ab Mukesh ka objective kya hai, I don’t know. You are not clear because …unka yahan Anand Jain to baahar ho gaya naa? He is out, naa?

NR: Nahi nahin, he is very much there. Again ye Anil ki baat hai. Mein usko itni baar khud dekh chukkii

PC: I don’t know, because people on both sides are haraamis, advisors.

NR: Nahin, ek baat bataauun tum ko. Anand Jain is very much there. Manoj Modi is very much there. Mukesh is very much there.

PC: Manoj Modi is little more professional

NR: He is very professional

PC: Anand Jain thoda politics karta hain

NR: But is matter mein Manoj Modi jyada hoga na?

PC: Jo bhi hain, but now Supreme Court mein aana hi hai case. Aur  A nil Ambani ne caveat file kardii.

NR: Wo tho karega na

PC: But since you…you should should convey to Mukesh that the way he is going about the supreme Court is not the right way.

NR: Matlab, you mean he is going to the SC, you are saying he shouldn’t go to the SC?

PC: The way he going to thje SC, I wont tell you more than that. The people he is using are not the kind of people who can be trusted for keeping it to themselves. Bol dete hain, abLondon mein baithke kuchh bhi bolo. Achchaa nahiin lagtaa naa, it gets back. London is not so far, it just a phone call away. Political system….People may be projecting he is close to Sonia, he is close to Rahul. Mukesh has got access, but he cant influence anybody. Collective jyadaa ho gaya naa. Kamalnath can decide one thing but he can be overruled by Pranab Mukherjee. So ye saara loose ends ko tighten karna hain na?

NR: Prabhu, mere ko tumhara London ka point catch nahiin kiyaa

PC: Matlab, he is trying to understand how to go into the Supreme Court.

NR: I don’t think so Prabhu, tumko yeh kisne bataya?

PC: . Chhodo na

NR: Nahiin seriously, mein tumse kyon chupaoongii?

PC: He has to go to appeal in Supreme Court or not finally?

NR: He will have to appeal in the Supreme Court, the question doesn’t arise

PC: If he is appealing to SC, he must be trying…the right people. Harish Salve will appear for him. Because he is an outstanding advocate. But he must be thinking if there any way, like, Anil must be using various ways, he must also be thinking if he can use various ways or not. Brothers apne apne tareeka dono lagayanega naa?

NR: Anil apna lagaa hogaa, apne logo ke through, DMK ke through , apne Chief Justice ke saath.

PC: No, Chief Justice Kerala ka hain. Par Mukesh bhii to kar rahaa hogaa naa? Mukeh jis tariike se approach kar rahaa hai is not the right way, that’s what I am saying.

NR: I understood what you are saying.

PC: Now yo u understand naa?

NR: Main baat karoongi thodi der mein, I will tell him to speak to you.

PC: I sent him messages, 10 bar messages bhejaa, he doesn’t reply. I don’t want to come into….because my son is a retainer for Anil. I don’t want to discuss with him at all. Lekin sun to letaa hoon naa, idhar udhar political logon se. But he not appearing for him. My son is not involved in this case at all.

NR: Your son, naa?

PC: Haan, he is not involved at all

NR: Why?

PC: He doesn’t trust my son also, in this case. (laughs)  Anil doesn’t trust my son (in this case).

NR: Your son is with whom?

PC: He is a retainer for Anil. He is running his own independent company. He is not with Ryan [?] any more. He is running his own solicitor firm. He was retained by various people. Anil’s mobile is one company which retains him. But in this case he is not involved. But idhar udhar se pick up tho karte hain na cheezen sab.

NR: Right right

PC: my information is through the legal sources. Once you tell him that Prabhu was saying something about you talking to people in London, he will understand.

NR: Chalo I will tell him

PC: Chhota Bhai bada haraami hain.

NR: Harami tho hain lekin har waqt harami panna last nahin karta na?

PC: Question is, when you are working in a system which is not clean, bhai tumhare ko nuksaan tho ho gaya na? Tho recovery karte raho apne aap. It is better to do it in a manner so that you are not the loser. Main kal jaa rahaa huuN Bombay. Ek baar usne kahaa thaa dinnerpe aana ghar pe. He called, me. I was the only senior editor there. After that I tried to meet him but nahin mil paayaa. I went a couple of times to Bombay recently but he was not there. I have been trying to reach him par uske baad baat hii nahii huii.

MM-on judgement-20090615-111309 

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MM’s PR with 9X, NDTV, CNBC- Seturaman-20090708-224211 

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MM wants apology from Inderjit-20090610-231234 

[See above for Inderjit's article hurt MDA-20090610-175013"]

MM: “agar Mukesh pe personal attack karegaa to mai Manoj Modi huuN, chhoRuuNgaa nahii”

NR: “inko itnii himmat nahii hai apne editors ko handle karne kii”

[Had a three hour meeting with ET. "Rahul is literally on his knees to Anil... but they are considering"]

MM: “ek hii aadmii ko apne ko protect karne kaa hai aur wo hai Mukesh Ambani”

“I have not seen Mukesh in such anguish and pain before… Mukesh has said, “take firm action to whatever extent possible”"

MM: “We will file libel suit, we will file criminal case…Police-wolice aayegii pakReNge inko… dekheNge, hamko 10-20-50 crore kharchhaa ho jaaye…isme to thiik se pilaanaa hai mereko paanii”

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MM n Barkha -20090709-161411 

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Mittal-MDA-RT lobby-AT&T denial-20090709-174939 

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Menon SC Caveat-3G SS-AT&T-20090619-225909 

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Meeting NK n Sharad Yadav-20090601-133613 

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MDA -20090706-215533 

Short call from MDA: apparently about the ministry [finance] confirming that [perhaps an earlier discussed] issue is only relevant for the NELP bid

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Manoj-editorial strategy-20090616-202053 

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Manoj on Vir’s Article20090620-225323 

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Manish Banalore-work on 4 issues-20090616-145627 

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Making public opinion agnst Judgement-20090616-155406 

“Getting the public opinion against this judgment now becomes very important”

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Lobbying Tata Power against ADAG-20090706-120212 

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Letter to Govt -20090702-140353 

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On the Outlook site, this tape appears twice. It also appears under the label, “Letter for economic survey-20090702-140353″

KR Raja-Understanding gas pricing-20090616-093209 

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Judgement Day- Manoj-20090615-113801 

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Judgement Day- Manoj Detailed-20090615-113141 

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Judgement Day- just after-20090615-105522 

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Judgement Day- just after-20090615-105522 

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Judgement Day -Manoj-20090615-104953 

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Journos to SC -20090706-101828 

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Job loss-20090705-155517 

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Javed ki leli-Shun CNBC-20090613-133131 

“Senthil and Rahul Joshi dono ki le lii” [took their trip] and that she has asked for the apology to her repeated every one hour, the way they had carried the story on her [which they presumably had got wrong]

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Itinerary of ADA-20090708-092554 

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IS-20090619-193735 

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Instigating ShivSena-Power distribution issue-20090611-211917 

“You’re going to have the Shiv Sena after you next.”

“That’s what’s going to happen, because they went after them, so you’re going to have the same Shiv Sainiks coming after you saying you can’t do that.” …

“I’ll see how I can use the other group to get a message across to Uddhav, in order to say ke go after them instead.”…

“I’ll tell them to tell Uddhav to go after them.”

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Inderjit’s article hurt MDA-20090610-175013 

Senthil Chengalvarayan of Network 18 discussing apology for Forbes editor Indrajit Gupta’s piece on Mukesh Ambani’s children. In the July 3 edition of Forbes, the following apology was eventually published:

“In our issue dated June 19, 2009 under the heading Self-Reliance, we published a snippet stating that Isha and Akash, children of Mukesh Ambani, would be accompanied by a mini-entourage of three servants when they proceed to Yale for their undergraduate studies. The same piece went on to state and imply that Isha and Akash had not been admitted on merit but that Mukesh Ambani had, by improper means and use of his influence, secure their admission to Yale.

“We had published the report based on information that we had believed to be reliable.

“We have, however, subsequently ascertained and now recognise that there was no foundation to these allegations and we sincererely regret that they were ever made. We are happy to take the earliest opportunity of correcting our error and expressing to Mukesh Ambani and his children Isha and Akash our regret and embarrassment caused to them by publishing the original snippet.

“Similarly we also regret any references that were made to Yale University and its officials in the original snippet.”

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Imp-Subjective Order-All matters-20090616-174916 

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