(phone ringing)
Manoj: Hello? Radia: Haan Manoj
Manoj: Hmmm... Radia: Bol... (Say...)
Manoj: Senthil bahut sympathy de raha hai aapko? (...is sympathising with you a lot?) Radia: Senthil!...... Rahul Joshi, maine dono ki le li....(I took their trip)... I'm not going to take nonsense from anyone. Manoj: (laughs) Radia: ...he's not going to take my.....run stories against my client and get away with it Manoj: (laughs)
Radia: I've asked for an apology...ab toh letter ja raha hai... Manoj: hmmm Radia: ...to be played every one hour on air just like they carried my story. Manoj: (laughs)....
Manoj: Achhaa...(laughs)
Radia: Kabhi kabhi hi haath mein aate hain Manoj. (Now and then I get my hands on them) Manoj: (laughs)...
Radia: They are saying that I ... my email to Rashmi Pratap was rude. Manoj: ... what is the email that you sent? Radia: You see ... the email I sent to Rashmi Pratap was ... you and I have just spoken - just a bunch of lies.... which is...
Manoj: Woh jo VSNL waala? (That VSNL one?) Radia: haan (yes) Manoj: acchha
Radia: I'm surprised that you even prepared the questions to send to me ... however, I leave it to ET to decide whether they wish to carry unfounded (inaudible) Manoj: hmm... Radia: Now is that rude? Manoj: hmmm...
Radia: Rashmi kehti meine kuchh nahin kaha, yeh log lage huye hain ... Javed laga hua hai ...and Bodi (She says she didn't say anything. These guys - Javed and Bodhi are behind it.) Manoj: acchhaa.. acchhaa...
Radia: Toh meine bola ... Rahul ko ki .....tera Bodi laga hua hai. (So I told Rahul that his Bodi is on my back) Manoj: hmmm... Radia: Toh keh raha hai ... jo bhi hai theek hai... (So he says okay) Manoj: hmmm...
Radia: Lekin (But) I'm not willing to accept ki tere journalist straightforward hain.... (that you're journalists are straightforward) Manoj: hmmm... Radia: ... tumne jo kehna hai karo ... (Do/Print as you like) Manoj: hmmm...
Radia: Vested interests hain ... you're playing into the hands....maine toh usko yeh bhi bola hai (I even told him-) .... don't worry, you saw my Rahul mail ... Manoj: hmmm... Radia: at the end of the day ... you're journalists, it's ok ... When we say something it's considered rude... Manoj: hmmm... Radia: ... and when the others say it, when they're bullying you then its ok. Manoj: hmm ... I saw that, I saw that.
Radia: Theek hai na? (It's okay, right?) Manoj: Chalo badhiya hai badhiya hai ... nahin nahin ... badhiya hai (No no, it's good.)
Radia: Chhodna nahin hai (I'm not letting it go) I've asked them to file a.. a case in SEBI. Manoj: ... achcha... Radia: (inaudible) Sajjid is included, haan. Manoj: ... hmmm Radia: Sajid, Sajjaad and Nimish. Manoj: Oh acchhaa (ok)
Radia: Because you know what they ... what I said what I believe ...I told Srini this morning..... Manoj: ... hmmm... Radia: ... their attempt was to disrupt VSNL ... (inaudible) disruption ... Manoj: ... hmmm...
Radia: They did two things, one - they said that they got the source from ... their source was ADAG. Manoj: hmmm... Radia: For the ADAG to give credibility to itself because there's no credibility it got Standard Chartered to call journalists also ... Manoj: Standard Chartered called up journalists and said what ... that we are talking ... we're ...(inaudible)
Radia: That's right ... we're not talking...(inaudible) then, Nimish Shah, the mistake he made was ... he told Suresh ki Allen Rothlin is going to lead this and then Sajjid called and confirmed it. Manoj: ...acchha Radia: Toh jo Suresh ko mail gaya hai usme Allen Rothlin ka naam likha hua hai (Allen Rothlin's name is in the mail that went to Suresh) Manoj: ... hmmm
Radia: ... that Allen Rothlin is going to lead this acquisition.....this sale of strategic partner... (inaudible) partner in the under sea cable. Manoj: ...hmmm Radia: What the hell are you talking? Allen Rothlin left the company 3 months ago! Manoj: hmmm ... Radia: Then I decided to hell..... (inaudible)
Manoj: (laughs) Radia: Theek kiya na Manoj? (I did the right thing, no?) Manoj: Nahin nahin bilkul ... Allen hai kidhar abhi? (Absolutely the right thing. Where is Allen now?) Radia: Haan?
Manoj: Allen hai kidhar abhi? Radia: Allen has joined some firm in UK or something. Manoj: Achchaa theek hai. (Ok) Radia: In fact he's not joined the firm ... he's consulting for a firm in UK Manoj: hmmm... Radia: He's not in the Tata group any longer Manoj: ... hmmm ... and why would he lead? He doesn't understand telecommunications yaar.
Radia: No, but that is what Sajjid has said ... and I said are you people crazy? Since yesterday I've been telling them, you are carrying the story every one hour...
Radia: Mai Siddharth(?) ko bhi chhodne wali nahin hoon... aur woh keh raha hai ki Shirin has said that... (I'm not going to let Siddharth get away either. And he says that...)
Radia: ...so I said I would accept what you are saying that... if I had said it was speculation then you had the right to carry the story. Manoj: hmmm ... Radia: But when I'm saying it is wrong then you are going too far. See Shirin ko bhi na thoda sa sabak sikhana zaroori hai. (Shirin needs to be taught a lesson too.) Manoj: ... hmmm... Radia: Bahut kehte hain na (They often said) 'we are great journalists of ethics' and all that. Now let us see. Manoj: ... hmmm...
Radia: Tum cut out kardo, CNBC ko respond karna band kar do. Maine issko bol diya hai ... Rohit ko bhi. (Cut them out. Stop responding to CNBC. I've told him too.) Radia: We will not respond to queries that will come from CNBC ... on TATA communication... or on RIL. Manoj: Theek hai. (ok)
Radia: Start that ... I'll tell Manoj also Modi... Radia: Let's start to... squeeze them a little bit. Manoj: Theek hai.
Radia: Yeah? Ok. Manoj: Theek hai... Radia: Ok. Bye. Bye.
Manoj: 18 hours ke toh ... Monday launch ho raha hai channel ... Radia: Tuesday I think ... Monday ... Tuesday ... haan Manoj: ... hmmm..
Radia: Par 18 hours ko toh tum rehne do bhai, usko bhi thoda karna padega. Modi kam nahin hai. Yeh sab kam nahin hai. (But let 18 hours be for now, we'll have to fix them too. Modi is no less. None of them are any less.) Manoj: (laughs)
Radia: Dekh Manoj, they cannot ignore RIL, they cannot ignore Tata group. Manoj: No they can't. Radia: Haan. So we'll see na what we have to do.
Radia: Maine abhi Ravikant ka... Modi ko reject bheja hai. I've even copied Ravikant on the mail. He wanted... (I just sent Ravikant's reject mail to Modi) Manoj: On the budget? Radia: He wanted him to have a pre-budget interaction and sent a mail saying to Ravikant directly... Request your this thing and mark me a copy. Manoj: ... hmmm...
Radia: I replied back. He sent it yesterday ... i waited till today. I of course (backend?) discussed with Ravikant, do you want me to say no? He called me back saying, absolutely, say no, and we are on mail also, please say no. Maine Modi ko mail bheja with a copy to Ravikant, saying I'm sorry my client has rejected... regretted your invitation. Manoj: ... hmmm..
Radia: Dekhte hain kya hota hai Manoj. (Let's see what happens.) Manoj: Theek hai. Radia: Naya channel hai (It's a new channel) Manoj: ... hmmm...
Radia: Toh uspe usko carry karein... dekhte hain... Manoj (inaudible) Anil Ambani ko carry karein na. Anil Ambani ko carry karna nahin chahte. (They don't want to carry Anil Ambani) Credibility ... Manoj: ... hmmm...
Radia: Hai na? (Isn't it?) Now you maintain this. Because for both of them you're going to need this...yeah...
Radia: (inaudible)... tum Sajjid ko ek baar offline keh do. (You tell Sajjid once, offline) Manoj: ... hmmm... Radia: ... ke tumhare khilaaf ja raha hai... (That it's going against you) Manoj: ... hmmm... hmmm... Radia: Tumne jo karna hai kar lo lekin (Do as you wish, but) now they... Tatas have taken it on... head on... Manoj: ... hmmm...
Radia: Hmmm? Manoj: Theek hai... Mein baat kar loonga. (Alright, I'll speak to him) Radia: Theek hai? Ok.. Manoj: Aur yeh donon mai cancel karwa doon?
Radia: Aaa ... (inaudible) aaj shaam tak na wait karein? (Shouldn't we wait till this evening?) Manoj: Theek hai. (Okay) Radia: Hai na? (Isn't it?) Manoj: Shaam tak wait karte hain. (Let's wait till evening) Radia: Ok. Manoj: So you call me when you want me to do it then accordingly. Radia: Ok ok.. ok bye. (.Tape ends.)