Delhi Underaground: Catching Fish

A senior police officer,who preferred to have tea prepared with generous amounts of full-cream milk,has been forced to switch to green tea a year after being posted at the police headquarters. The officer said,“Everytime I had a visitor,I had to make sure my staff served them tea. But later I realised that the time taken to prepare tea was too long. As a result,the visitor too had to be entertained till the time the tea was prepared. I realised that the easiest way to entertain them and at the same time be courteous was to serve them green tea,which takes less time to prepare. On the downside,I am also forced to drink it now.”

Where’s my pen?

Commuters witnessed a hilarious situation as a traffic policeman,who stopped a biker to issue a challan for not wearing a helmet,realised that he had misplaced his pen. For five minutes,he kept searching for it in his pockets. He even asked the biker to hold his walkie-talkie while he looked for the missing pen. In the end,the policeman borrowed the biker’s pen to issue the challan.

Pamphlet campaign

With the Assembly elections nearing,BJP leaders have found new ways of criticising the Congress MLAs. A few BJP leaders have printed pamphlets ridiculing schemes listed as achievements by Congress MLAs,together with photographs to depict the “reality”. These pamphlets were sent to voters,tucked inside daily newspapers. “Newspapers are read in almost every home and what better way to reach the voters about false promises than showing them through pictures along with their morning papers,” a senior BJP leader said.

Tears of joy

A number of Special Cell officers,who were members of the raiding party in the Batla House encounter,were present in the court to hear the verdict against the lone accused. As the judge declared him guilty,there were tears,smiles and hugs in the courtroom. A Special Cell inspector was in tears,while another was seen hugging the prosecutor. Many lawyers and mediapersons in the court also offered smiles

and handshakes to the Special Cell team members after seeing their reactions.

Positive change

The shift to the four-year undergraduate programme was not the only change that DU witnessed on Wednesday as it ushered in the new academic session. Unlike last year,the V-C and his team went on a ‘surprise’ inspection tour to various colleges on the first day, and there was a marked change in their demeanour. Having faced severe criticism in the past few months over the implementation of the new course,the change in attitude was not surprising. While he had admonished teachers and the principal of an off-campus college for not being present in their classes last year,the DU V-C was seen doling out goodies to colleges — a grant of Rs 5 lakh to set up incubation centres.