The MBA GANG : Chapter Four
This fiction has been removed except for a brief chapter preview. oz is in talks with various parties for publishing his work and hence The MBA GANG and The Sex Addict have been taken down.
Chapter Four : Know the Players before you Play
Vinod Lal’s evening news started the planned fire. Newspapers, magazines, television news channels, journalists and whoever got wind of the news - all of them were ringing his office, non-stop. They wanted to know more. They wanted to know what Lal had not told on TV.
Anything which had the words Switzerland and Indian Politicians attached to it was bound to be the news of the year. The vacuum of scintillating material in the main stream media was about to be filled again. Over and over again.
Material for front pages, editorials, views, opinions had now been provided by Lal. This material would now be chewed over and over again till the media ended up chewing the air trapped between the bones. Jobs would stay intact. There would be promotions. Ad agencies would roll in more money in the next 24 hours. Much more money than the producers or editors would have ever expected. Every associated career with anything called news had received a job security extension for another year.
Lal was wearing a grey suit, frameless glasses and Issey Miyake when he read the last segment of his weekly edition…
“… I have a copy of an email sent to me by an anonymous person. This copy is a bank statement from Bank Bdamas AG Zurich. The account is held by 4 Indian persons.
Nothing wrong with it, but the sender has blacked out the 16 digit account number and has mentioned in his email that as a true Indian it is the true duty to inform us that the account is held by a group of Indian politicians or those connected to this group of Indian politicians. I can read the first 4 digits which are 3581 and the account is held by… the first names have been blacked out in this email but the last names on the account are Modi, Mahapatra and Moopanar.
If you look at these three names you will find that there are many in Indian politics by these last names. MLAs, MPs, Members of the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, elected representatives of the state legislature… so who would they be? Who was the sender of this email?
And above all, the shocking part of this entire revelation – How can 3 Indian politicians have 560 million US Dollars in a Swiss bank account? How did they make accumulate such huge wealth? Questions, questions and many more questions?
Our investigation on this continues and to view what we uncover stay tuned to India’s number one news channel…â€
April 28th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Awesome work oz! Am a new reader at your blog, came here via desipundit, and am hooked. This story of yours though though, it’s amazing the way it pulls you in, revealing just enough to keep you on your toes.
April 28th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
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Cigar Club huh! Slick. When I first heard of the saturday club in Delhi consisting of power brokers across party lines i thought it was all sham. So it does exist huh!
Awesome =d>
April 28th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
Great Stuff there ozzie, Hope to see chapter five soon.
“51 members, 80% of which were from IAS/IPS”
There’s no integral 80% of 51, so a secret member, I’spose?
April 29th, 2006 at 2:44 am
Scintillating stuff oz!
This chapter really got me to the edge of the seat and just left me hanging there wanting more.
As for the power brokers clubs…those exist in almost every nation. Usually comprises of top notch intelligence officers, honest politicians (if there exists something like that!).
Ludlum dealt with it in an interesting way in his Bourne series.
~Manoj~
April 29th, 2006 at 2:57 am
Cigar Club! The arena of India’s elite for ultimate power play - love the concept, bro! You da man!!
April 29th, 2006 at 11:42 am
- Rahul, Thanks and welcome aboard the Desi Train :)>-
- Ravi, Not sure if they exist or not. But I’m sure there would be those clubs which work for the other side. - :>
- Akhil, Thanks! Regarding the other half of your comment, I’ll submit to you what Anurag Kashyap told me : “Please don’t use logic [-x ” :)
- Manoj, Thank you buddy! I noticed you haven’t posted anything new after Schumu. You seem to be a Formula 1 addict. The next time you land in the U.S., I’ll take you to Nascar. The experience of being at a NASCAR is something which can be plainly described as “out of the world”. Ofcourse having hot babes in tight uniforms with mindblowing curves serving you beer while you watch the cars speeding by at bullet speed, helps a lot too. :d
- WB, Thanks man! I was thinking more on the lines of the “Blonde Club” or the “Pickup Club”. Unfortunately they didn’t gel with the basic story line. Sigh… maybe in the next series. About to email the DT Circle two new story lines that I’ve started working on.
April 29th, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Hey Oz, what abt me???
Will be in US by Aug, i want to go to Nascar too…:p
April 30th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
Oz =d>
vi
April 30th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
- Ravi, Damn I forgot you are a Nascar fan too… hey the offers open to you too.
- Vi, Thanks!
April 30th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
:)>- good one.. but maybe a lil less exciting than the previous 3 chapters.. though the turn of events are good.. this one was a little predictable (atleast for me). Really looking forward to the heist. Even if means some wait/time, I defi would.. but plz throw some tech expertise as you did on the Japanese business industry.. It really is captivating :)
May 1st, 2006 at 1:24 am
Oz, not a Nascar fan. I find it a little too contrived with not enough skill involved related to driving per se. Its more about brute power. F1 achieves a wonderful balance between technology, power and driving skills. Spent two years in Florida and was headed towards Daytona on the day Earnhardt lost his life in the race at Daytona.
But yeah, would definitely go to watch only for the experience!
~Manoj~
May 1st, 2006 at 4:26 am
Oz
I had to read twice to get what you were saying. A lot many names to add confusion. I think you want it that way.
CigarMan?????
This one is similar to Cigratte man from “X-Files”. A person who no body knows what he does but is an expert in pulling strings.
Waiting for the next part!!
Punds
May 1st, 2006 at 8:48 pm
=d> finally got to it and it was worth the wait. :)
May 2nd, 2006 at 10:22 pm
Addicted!
May 2nd, 2006 at 11:26 pm
Oz, hurry up please with the rest of the installments. This thoda-thoda is not good. Forget the job and pick up shick up for the time being and get the MBA Gang out jaldi!!!:((
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:10 pm
- Manoj, you’re ON! Nascar it is.
- Punds, Shucks!!! I knew this part was tricky where a lot more characters step in. I’ll change this part when I write the screenplay.
Bingo!!! You got it! I’ve always been in awe of the Cig Man from X-Files. Initially I wanted to call the guy WhiteHair, but CigarMan is my salute to the Cigg Man from X Files.
- N, Thanks buddy!!
- Gayatri, Thank you and welcome aboard the Desi Train.
- UJ, Sorry about that. Next part lands on your screen by Thursday, Pacific Time.