Niira Radia: Haan Sunil.
Sunil Arora: Hello?
Niira Radia: Haan Sunil.
Sunil Arora: Hello?
Niira Radia: Haan Sunil. Hello?
Sunil Arora: arre, Sorry. So rahii thii? [Sorry, were you sleeping?]
Niira Radia: Nahii uTh gayii. [No. I woke up.]
Sunil Arora: Wo sachmuch jaa rahaa hai 10 baje? [Is he really leaving at 10 o clock?]
Niira Radia: Haan jaa rahe hain [Yes, he is going.]
Sunil Arora: Achhaa.
Niira Radia: Basically Congress ne gaRbaR kar dii hai. [He is going. Basically the Congress has made a mess.]
Sunil Arora: haan [Yes]
Niira Radia: Inko 4 chaahiye thii, Azhagiri hai naa [They are saying…they wanted 4 cabinets, there is Azhagiri you know]…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: Yes. sabse baRaa beTaa to wo hai [He is the eldest son]
Niira Radia: haan, par tum agar Dayanidhi, Dayanidhi kar ke aage kah rahe ho aur tum agar Dayanidhi ko cabinet berth de rahe ho aur tum hamaare mantriyoN ko name kar rahe ho to tum Azhagiri ko cabinet berth do [Yes. But if you’re pushing forward Dayanidhi’s name and nd if you’re giving a cabinet berth to Dayanidhi and you are also naming our ministers, then give a cabinet berth to Azhagiri] kyuunkii ham [inaudible] ko pahle hii kah chuke the ke denaa hai. If 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: Yes.
Niira Radia: par wo Dayanidhi, Dayanidhi, Dayanidhi kah kar ke lage hue the [But they just kept on pushing forward Dayanidhi. Thats where they messed up.]
Sunil Arora: In 48 hours dimaag zyaadaa nahii kharaab ho gayaa hai? [Have they not lost their heads a bit much in the last 48 hours?]
Niira Radia: Congress kaa?
Sunil Arora: haan [Yes]
Niira Radia: inhone Farooq Abdullah ke saath bhii yahii kiyaa hai [They did the same thing with Farooq Abdullah]
Sunil Arora: Yes.
Niira Radia: Praful ko aviation mil gayaa hai kyaa? [Did Praful get aviation?]
Sunil Arora: Pataa nahii. Akhkbaaron me aur TV meN yahii aa rahaa hai, kal raat se yahii aa rahaa hai, ke mil rahaa hai, mil rahaa hai [I don’t know. [The papers and TV has been saying, since last night, that he’s getting it]
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Rest only god knows.
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Praful kaa to do jagah se hai naa backup, bhaii...[Praful has backups from two sources]
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. But T.K.Nair has nothing to do with this, naa?
Sunil Arora: Behind the scenes hotaa hai yaar, aisii baat nahii hai [Things happen behind the scenes] (sniggering).
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: yahaan state level par jab cabinet 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 [two three names are added and removed ](sniggering).
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Centre pe bhii aise hii hotaa hogaa [Same thing must happen at the centre level]
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Plus, inke links bahut mix-up ho chucke hain aapas meiN [Plus their links are also mixed up with each other]
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Their lines are too now closely crossed with each other.
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Abhii aap ghar par hain? [Are you at home now?]
Niira Radia: Haan Yes.
Sunil Arora: landline number kyaa hai? [What is your landline number?]
Niira Radia: Main 5 minute meN phone karuun? [Should I call back in five minutes?]
Sunil Arora: Mai hii kar letaa huuN. maine nikalnaa thaa, yaan main kar luun? [Let me call. As I have to leave. Should I call?]
Niira Radia: I’ll just call you. It's 64612650.
Sunil Arora: What? 61?
Niira Radia: It's 64-61-26-50
Sunil Arora: Alright.
Niira Radia: I just…(cut)
