Saturday, December 23, 2006

The Wages of War

Our last Telugu report on Ramoji Rao's house at RFC (The Monarch's Mansion) has been a big hit, for it gave a peek into the Rs 60-crore highly protected hill top castle. One dotcom ran a translated version of the report which is now a hotly forwarded email on the Internet. Good to know that, though the dotcommers did not mention the source. We will soon have a revised report on the Monarch's mansion as we now have more details on hand.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

HAY, HAY,

HEAR ALL OF YOU,

THE TELUGU WRITINGS OF THIS BLOG ARE THE HIGHLET OF THIS BLOG....THEY HAVE SOME POETIC NARRATION, WHICH IS FANTASTIC....

THANKS A LOT .....

I THINK IT SEEMS YOU CAN TELL MORE AND MORE....IT SEEMS...ANYWAY...THANKS A LOT AGAIN FOR SHOWING THE BACK OF I-AWLAYS-WANT-TO-BE-NUMBER-1- RAMA RAO....RAMOJI RAO...WHY JI IS ADDED...I WONDER..IS IT SOME OF HIS OWN SKILL OR THE SKILL OF HIS "VANDIMAGADAS"

PRAKASAM.....

Anonymous said...

Hi Vikram

They are doing the job just for their salary man! I know them very well. They are neither close to Ramoji nor have anything against YSR. People with 'fire' in them cannot work mechanically, but at the same time you cannot conclude that they are happy with what they are doing. (I am just talking about the duo not the trio) You write whatever you like (or dislike) about Ramoji but don't put fellow mediamen to unnecessary risk with your writings. Hope you will be more responsible in your posts.

Indian Citizen said...

Hi Vikram,

You have been doing a fantastic job of exposing the biased media and the shameless persons behind it. The sources of information you have are amazing. Keep up the good work.

I have been reading Hindu for last 10 years or so and believed that it is the best news paper in the country. But sadly the developments of the last few days show it's degradation to the core.
N. Ram was irresponsible in his editorials and nobody can claim to the right of freedom unless he behaves responsibly.

Thanks for your efforts in exposing these hypocrites, who are proving to be impatient and dangerous to the society.

Anonymous said...

more cynical...and un proffessional posting. try to do something pro active and progressive.

Anonymous said...

Joy was ineffable. 10 out of 10 for your article--on content front, even to the language, transition. All are top class man. I must say one thing here. The narration and style is far ahead than the "Well cooked "stories" of Eenadu"(this comparision is only limited to the anguage and style. It's not applicable to the content).

Once again HATS OFF Mr BRAVE HEART.

Anonymous said...

what i dont understand is why ysr governament is after margadarsi when there were no complints from margadarsi depositors. Is YSR going to go after every company that is is in losses.
I dont undrstand why you are upset about ramoji living in a big house.If it relates to his companys losses all public scetor,governament company ceos should live in mud huts. Bush should ive in a Mud hut not in white house because of budjet defecit

Traditionally media favors one party or other .look at deccan chronicle,andhra bhoomi the owner used to be congress MP.No one went after him .CNN supports democrats and fox news supports republicans.It is ok media can write what ever they want.But going after media and trying to wipe them out is only possible to the murderous YSR.

Anonymous said...

Sri sri is a gret poet but his philosophy is shitty.Thank god communists are on decline in andhra

Anonymous said...

Brilliant stuff. Having spent over a decade in the Hyderabad media, I knew many stories of corruption in DIPR, but never got an opportunity to expose them. The reason: Management policy. But you did a fantastic job. Keep it up. At least now we got a channel to expose all these things.
I've got another clue for you. Explore and expose. Recently Motorola organised a press coference in Hyderabad. To lure reporters, the PR agency -- Perfect Relations -- called up reporters saying that they would be given a free Motorola handset which the company is launching. Is it not bribing the media? Can you find out and tell us who all attended the presser and accepted the costly gift.
All the best.

Anonymous said...

You asked-"why ysr governament is after margadarsi when there were no compliants from margadarsi depositors."
Do you mean YSR govt. should intervine only when Margadarsi goes bust and its owners vanish into thin air?
You say-"I dont understand why you are upset about ramoji living in a big house.If it relates to his company's losses all public sector governament company ceos should live in mud huts. Bush should live in a Mud hut not in white house because of budjet defecit."
Ramoji has no right to live in such a mansion as it is not his grandfather's money he built it with but that of depositors.
Do you need to be educated that all CEOs of govt. companies live in govt. houses. Even George Bush' White House is not his but belongs to the people of the United States of America. What a mindless comparison Sir!
Finally you said so much about traditions of media, supporting this or that party and so on, nobody has gone after owner of DC and ABhoomi,but YSR is trying to wipe the media (Ramoji's undoubtedly)
Pray explain why you, like everybody pro-Ramoji, is clubbing the issues concerning Margadarsi with that of Eenadu? How can you equate action against the Financiers with an assault on the media? Can you acknowledge that Margadarsi monies are lying in Eenadu/ ETV group and that they are running in losses?
Shall we say that YSR should not touch Ramoji empire for any financial misdeeds or frauds solely because of the reason that his media's freedom may be adversly affected?
If any one is thinking on these lines, he or she is surely retarded in the upper chamber.

I am neither pro- or anti-YSR but I appreciate the move by the AP Govt. in setting up commision of enquiry against Ramoji group activities in the interests of public atlarge.
"Chetulu kaalaka munde aakulu pattukune prayatnam. Thappenti"

Anonymous said...

Let me reply to you very clearly
Please understand that YSR doesnt care less about the fate of depositors.I dont think he is running investigations about companies and financial institutions that were in losses.His main aim is to wipe out eenadu group in a multifaceted way.
1.Create mistrust in margadarsi

2.Trying to grab land from film city-his next step.

3.Exposing chemicals in 3 out of 100 priya pickles.

You dont understand a single thing about investing.What finally matters is trusting a person and or a company.If the trust is broken investing in that person/company is not worth it.If people loose trust that hyderabad is not going to develop in future all the land prices will go down.All other countries give credit to USA When USA wants to buy things from other countries because of credibility.Ramoji has that credibilty.He can take deposits and maintain a company and live like a king and also a king maker.
Total value of ramoji group is much more than margadarsi losses.I bet if goes public for shares for any of his companies he can get several times more than margadarsi losses.
People trust ramoji that is the reason there were no complaints on ramoji in the past and for the record there wont be any in the future.

HE lives in a big house because he earned it.He is a self made person he earned it from his company.If any body has the guts and talent they can do it too.Let me tell you one thing even a single depositor looses his money he will let go of his house.Whether it is an IT company or any chitfund company business is business there will be profits and losses.What matters is whether you trust the company or person is the bottom line.


Again about the trust, i would rather trust ramoji with my depost than YSR.
Let me tell you this you mentioned fraud .There is no fraud there is nonody/depositor that is effected by eenadu/margadarsi group except corrupt congress.
If YSR is so concerned about depositors safety he will try to help them by negotiations with margadarsi,RBI,Finance ministry.But he could care less about depositors.What YSR wants is to mudsling on Eenadu group and brake the trust.Once the trust is broken as i said earlier company will collapse.This is exactly what YSR wants.Then there wont be eenadu or margadarsi and big time loosers are ramoji and depositors.YSR will win .Then the only media that exists, supports corrupt congress.
Looks like you want media that is unbiased.Surprise--i want the same thing.I agree Ramoji is biased.But dont you feel there is a need for newspapers wth different views so that you can read all of them and make your own impression.If you like to have only newspapers that support congeress we better have communism with state run newspapers.
To me eenadu,Margadarsi,priya pickles,film city are all the same and YSR wants to wipe out every thing because there will be no media against him.There will only be newspapers that support him and praise him.Is this what you want.

Anonymous said...

How could you let Greatandhra getaway without mentioning the source?

Anonymous said...

Kavitha Unni
Ramoji is using two weapons against YSR. On the one hand he is trying to provoke the farmers on power issue. He is promoting the split in the State on the other. He is not only pushing KCR but also mobilising Andhra unemployed politicians to support the split. Ramoji thinks by deviding the State he will be able to take revenge on YSR. I think this is a stupid move.

Anonymous said...

My friend,
I fully appreciate your agony about my terming fraud in relation with issues surrounding Ramoji. I also wish to bring it to your attention, the context which you seem to have deliberately or inadvertently missed.
When I mentioned fraud, I was referring to the fraudulent methods adopted by Ramoji since 1999 in mopping up deposits from the gullible public, the fraudulent way he has been misleading RBI eversince submitting time and again declarations which he did not adhere to (the details are all there in today's papers) and never once taking the public into confidence about investments he made in his own other outfits with their money.
Till the other day when it was bared by the congress MP Arunkumar,
not a soul had any inkling tha fate of all those 2600 odd crores of depositors' money, nor that the fact of the companies where Ramoji invested were in losses. If this is not fraud, what else is?
I can say, it is not possible for YSR or any of his party's higherups to finish off Eenadu.
Why all this unnecessary debate? why can't Ramoji come clean on disclosing the details on how he is going to make funds available to pay the last of the depositors?
why can't he reveal when he is recieving money from Blackstone.Plc, US to which he is reported to have sold 26 percent of his company's holdings?
If he does that, who is going to talk anything about Eenadu or media-stiffling anymore?
I for one, am 150 percent for an un-biased media and ardently wish that Eenadu maintains its pre-eminence just as now for a longtime to come. Today's polity and the people at large need such pillars in the media.

Anonymous said...

one of the persons in his/her comment said that eenadu is giving the other side of the news and it will help the readers to create an opinion. If that had been the case then no body would've pointed a finger at him. But the case is different, let me remind u of the liquor movement. It is he who encouraged the movement by alloting a full page (as he is now doing for bringing out the fraudulant YSR's misdeeds)after the ban was imposed and subbaramireddy dead and udayam shut, he suddenly realised that the treasury was empty and no other revenue except from that of liquor can fill it. Try to recollect them dear friend. Can we call this the other side of the news? and that too unbiased...?!!! I don't understand y people are treating Ramoji as a demi god who can make no mistakes. Afterall he too is a human being and to err is human.

Anonymous said...

Dear Vikram...
nee blog ku image create chesukovadaniki nuvvu enni addadarlu ayina tokkavachu. eenadu ninnu chusi tama edit rasindani nuvvu cheppukovachu. kani idi purtiga useless aaropana. nijam kadu. na sources dvara nenu nijam telusukkunnanu. put back your claims

Anonymous said...

This person is clearly a hater of Ramoji. YOu can see so many biased postings from this author.

Probably he is trying to get the attention of Devudi Bidda so that he can get some favors from him.

Keep it up man. No one is going to read your useless stories.

Anonymous said...

I bet any one who reads this website will get a feeling that it's biased against eenadu/ramoji.
Does any one disagree ?

Anonymous said...

I do agree. It old same story .. pleople cry looking at successful people

Unknown said...

Meeru Eenadu ki opposite gaa raasthe YSR emainaa meeku favour chestharu ani anukuntunnaraa?

Anonymous said...

Who ever writing this blog. He hates ramoji personally. Edo personal grudge unnatlu ga rasthunnav. Nizam ga neeku patrika vaakku meeda antha gouravam untey, prajala badhalani nee badha laga feel avuthuntey neevu velli patrikani petti nadupukovachu ga, prajalaki teliya cheyyavchu ga nee athi(telivi)avesanni. intha srama padi ilanti free blogger lo edavatam enduko.
"Only muggurikey telusu anta main heading emi untundo next day paper lo. Google earth free version pani cheyyaledu anta appatikappudu 20k tho konnaru anta aaa muggurilo okaru. adi choosinatlu namminchey prayatnam chesthunnavu. Neelanti vadu patrika pedithey udyogulaki okka roju kooda tindi pettaledu. Nuvvu rasthunnadantha asuya dveshamtho rasthunnav. Internet loni paatakulani uddarinchataniki vachanatlu neeku nuvvu ga prakatinchesukuntunnav. Neelanti pirikipandalu agnatham lo undi rayali tappa bitaku andari munduku vachi, idigo ikkada intha anyayam jarigipothundi prajalara meolukondi ani jathi ni jagrutham cheyyaleni asamardulu. Neelanti valla valla prajalaku asalu vorigedi soonyam.