Delhi underground

The wrong Miss Basu
At a recent hearing on the working conditions of Commonwealth Games workers,Delhi High Court Chief Justice Dipak Misra got confused over the name of a member of a labourers’ group and referred to her as “Biapasha Basu” instead of “Mousomi Basu”. The slip of tongue was quickly noticed by the woman member who shot back,“Sir,I am not Bipasha Basu but Mousomi Basu.” While the courtroom roared with laughter,Justice Misra hurriedly directed his staff to correct her name.  

Calling trouble
GURGAON Police Commissioner S S Deswal recently received a call from a person claiming to be the joint secretary in the Home Ministry,stating that he would send an associate to get “some work” done. However,the CP had his doubts and asked the caller to provide a landline number. On crosschecking,it was found to be a fraud and the person was later apprehended.

Stinging video
DISTRIBUTING pamphlets did not help much in controlling the breeding of dengue mosquitoes in Lutyens’ Delhi. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) now has a new weapon in hand. Last week,it created its first animation video on how to prevent dengue. Titled ‘Stop Breeding Dengue’,the short clip put up on its website and YouTube shows how one can avoid breeding mosquitoes by following some simple steps. After all the deadline misses and negative publicity,the civic body seems to have done something right.

Paid antics
A LANGUR has been employed at the Tis Hazari courts to keep other stray monkeys at bay. However,the saviour is gradually becoming a bigger trouble maker. Regulars at the court claim the ‘simian-in-chief’,who has a favourite perch atop an almirah,makes faces at all passersby,whether they be judges,lawyers,policemen,undertrials or litigants. The irony is that the langur is apparently paid a higher salary every month than its keeper.

Good books
First it was big corporations,then politicians,and now it turns out even primary schools have jumped on to the public relations bandwagon. With the admission season just around the corner,schools have started hiring public relations executives to maximise visibility. Reporters are frequently flooded with requests to “quote the principal”,or write about the “school infrastructure”.