Pal pal pal pal...(Phone rings)
R.K. Chandolia: Hello. Niira Radia: Hi, how are you?
RKC: Haan, (Yes) good afternoon, I'm fine, how are you? NR: I'm all right. Well, I'm snowed under, in Bombay, or should I say washed under with the rain.
RKC: Okay okay. NR: How are you?
RKC: When are you coming back Delhi (sic)? NR: Not till um Tuesday - Wednesday.
RKC: Okay, okay...could you speak? NR: I did speak to Krishna Kumar, I did speak to him, he was supposed to tell the...take the...you see, let me tell you where they are coming from...they're going ahead, they want to do that, they (are) doing the hospital in Perambalur, no problem right? But what they want to do is, and because the charter of the trust allows them to do it only in a particular manner, what they have to do is, they have to provide equipment for the hospital.
RKC: Okay. NR: Or they will provide say, certain wards, they'll build certain wards or something. So the letter that we have to do, it's not a cheque-cheque that we give, we actually have to give a letter, and based on that letter, when they start working on the hospital, on certain areas that I decided, between the wards or equipment, then those disbursements start happening.
RKC: Okay, toh aap ek kaam karo na, (so you do one thing,) you just talk...call him, minister... NR: Hmm.
RKC: And tell him, because he was waiting your call... NR: He's waiting my call?
RKC: Haan, haan. (Yes, yes.) NR: Okay, has he left for Chennai or is he still here?
RKC: Nahin (No), he is in Chennai. NR: He is in Chennai, is it?
RKC: Haan, haan. NR: When will he come back?
RKC: He'll come on Monday. NR: He'll come on Monday. Okay, I'll have a word...
RKC: Aap baat karke mujhe bata dena aapki baat ho jab. (Do let me know once you've spoken to him.) NR: Accha, theek hai (Okay, alright). I'm sorry maine phir uske baad phone nahin kiya, kyunki kal hi jaake baat hui hai. (I'm sorry I haven't called since then, because the conversation just happened yesterday.)
RKC: Haan, haan. NR: So I...I...that's what he said to me, I just wanted that clarity. Toh maine kaha jo bhi hai, tum letter leke jaake submit kar do na, (So I said, whatever it is, you take the letter and submit it,) do a nice photo-op and all that. Maine yahi usko bola tha. (That's what I told him.) RKC: Haan, haan (Tape ends)