phone ringing
Niira Radia: Haan Sunil. Sunil Arora: Hello? Niira Radia: Haan Sunil. Sunil Arora: Hello? Niira Radia: Haan Sunil. Hello?
Sunil Arora: Arre, sorry. so rahi thi? (Sorry, were you sleeping?) Niira Radia: Nahin uth gayi. (No. I woke up.)
Sunil Arora: Achha woh waakai jaa rahaa hai kya 10 baje? (Is he really leaving at 10 o clock?) Niira Radia: Haan ja rahe hai (Yes, he is going.) Sunil Arora: Haan? (Sorry?) Niira Radia: Haan jaa rahe hai (Yes, he is going.) Sunil Arora: Achha. (Okay)
Niira Radia: Basically, thoda sa Congress ne gadbad kar di hai. (Basically the Congress has messed up a bit.) Sunil Arora: Haan (Yes) Niira Radia: Inko 4 chaahiye thi ,cabinet. Woh Azhagiri hai naa (They wanted 4 cabinets. You know, Azhagiri, no?)...he's quiet a big leader from South India. Sunil Arora: Haan, haan, Madurai wala (Yes, yes. The guy from Madurai)
Niira Radia: Yes. You can't ignore him. Sunil Arora: Haan. sabse bada beta toh wohi hai. (Yes, he's the eldest son, after all.) Niira Radia: Haan, par tum agar 'Dayanidhi, Dayanidhi' kar ke aage kah rahe ho...
Niira Radia: ...toh tum agar Dayanidhi ko cabinet berth de rahe ho. Aur tum hamaare mantriyon ko name kar rahe ho, toh phir tum Azhagiri ko cabinet berth do (Yes. But if you're pushing forward Dayanidhi's name and if you're giving a cabinet berth to Dayanidhi, and you're also naming our ministers, then give a cabinet berth to Azhagiri)...kyunki hum Raja aur Baalu ko toh pahle hi kah chuke the ke de rahe hai. (Because we'd already told Raja and Baalu that we'd give them.) You have to tell me that I'll give you three, then you have to let me decide who those three will be, right? Sunil Arora: Haan (Yes).
Niira Radia: Yeh toh aage aage kar ke bas lage hue the 'Dayanidhi, Dayanidhi' kar ke (But they just kept on pushing for Dayanidhi.) Sunil Arora: Haan... Niira Radia : Usmein gadbad ho gaya. (Thats where they messed up.)
Sunil Arora: 48 hours mein kuch dimag zyada nahin kharaab ho gaya? (Haven't they lost their heads a bit much in the last 48 hours?) Niira Radia: Congress kaa? (Of the Congress?) Sunil Arora: Haan (Yes) Niira Radia: Zyada hi. Inhone Farooq Abdullah ke saath bhi aisa kiya (A bit much! They did the same thing with Farooq Abdullah.) Sunil Arora: Haan (Yes).
Niira Radia: Praful ko aviation mil gaya kya? (Did Praful get aviation?) Sunil Arora: Pata nahin. Akhkbaron mein aur TV mein yahi aa raha hai, kal raat se hi aa raha hai, ke 'mil rahaa hai, mil rahaa hai'. (I don't know. The papers and TV have been saying just that since last night, that he's getting it) Niira Radia: Hmm Sunil Arora: Baaki bhagwaan jaane. Rest only god knows. Niira Radia: Hmm Sunil Arora: Praful ka toh do jagah se aa raha hai backup, bhai...(Praful is backed up from two sources, my friend.) Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Because I think internally... Niira Radia: Hmm Sunil Arora: T.K. Nair is too much mixed up with him Niira Radia: Hmm. Niira Radia: But T.K.Nair has nothing to do with this, naa? Sunil Arora: Behind the scenes hotaa hai yaar, aisi baat nahin hai. (These things happen behind the scenes) (sniggering). Niira Radia Hmm
Sunil Arora: Yahaan state level par bhi jab cabinets bantii hain... (When they make cabinets at the state level here,...) Niira Radia: Hmm Sunil Arora: ...2-3 naam plus-minus tab bhii log kar dete hain (there too, 2-3 names are added or removed.)(sniggering). Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Centre pe bhii aise hi hota hoga. (It must be the same at the central level.) Niira Radia: Hmm
Niira Radia: Hmmmm.
Sunil Arora: Plus, inke links bahut mix-up ho chuke hain aapas mein. (Plus, their links are all mixed up within themselves.) Niira Radia: Hmm Sunil Arora: Their lines are too now closely crossed with each other. Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Abhi aap ghar par hain? (Are you at home now?) Niira Radia: Haan (Yes). Sunil Arora: Landline number kya hai? (What is your landline number?) Niira Radia: Main abhi 5 minute mein phone karun? (Let me call you back in five minutes?)
Sunil Arora: Mai hi kar leta hun. phir mai nikal raha tha. Ya main... kar lun? (Let me call. Then I have to leave. Should I call?) Niira Radia: I'll just call you. It's 64612650.
Sunil Arora: What? 61...? Niira Radia: 6 4 6 1... Sunil Arora: 6 4 6 1... Niira Radia: ...2 6 5 0 Sunil Arora: Theek hai. (Okay) Niira Radia: 5 minutes... [Tape ends abruptly]