Radia Tapes: (20090620-140608) Radia, Vishal Mehta

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Radia asks this employee to speak to Shankkar Aiyar of India Today because "Prabhu (Chawla) kaa call gayaa Ranjan (Bhattacharya) ko, ki Mukesh se baat karaa dey, Anil is way ahead, ask Mukesh to be careful and this and that". "Before I speak to Prabhu, I need to know what his mind is," says Radia.

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Phone Rings

Radia: Vishal..
VM: Haan (Yes)
Radia: Shankkar Aiyar se baat karo (Speak to)
Radia: Kyon ki Prabhu ka call gaya abhi Ranjan ko, Ranjan Bhattacharya ko (Because Prabhu called Ranjan (Bhattacharya) now.. ki Mukesh se baat karaa de (requesting conversation with Mukesh).. Anil is way ahead.. ask Mukesh to be careful and this that and the other..

Radia: Toh maine Prabhu ko phone kiya, woh lunch mein hai (So I called Prabhu, he's out for lunch.) But he'll call me back. But, in the meantime, tum ek bar Shankar (Aiyar) se baat kar ke mujhe feedback (inaudible, but roughly translates to the following: You call Shankar and give me feedback as soon as possible). Just understand from Shankar ki key points kya aa rahen hein (what the key points are).

Radia: Shankar ka ek understanding hai na, tum baat to kar sakte ho Shankar se (Shankar understands, right? You can speak to Shankar, right?)
--Ya, of course... --

Radia: Ek baar baat kar lo, please, (Talk to him and call me please,) because before I speak to Prabhu, I need to know what his mind is.

VM: Theek hai.. Okay.
Radia: Okay, thanks bye.

(Tape ends)

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