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TWITTER ID @TRUMPDIARYMM SECRET DIARY OF Do not pay sound DONALD TRUMP system bill: Edu The Don doesn’t steal speeches minister tells GTU

Dear Diary, agent of chaos...” Bhupendrasinh Chudasama was visibly embarrassed during the 6th That, however, I felt was a little GTU convocation as the sound system failed thrice during his speech So the American people -- in fact too close to the truth. In fact the ANCELA JAMINDAR people around the world -- are other night I got completely ham- now laughing at me because they mered and tried to apply some red claim I stole parts of my speech lipstick – hey I’d had more than a from Batman super-villain Bane. few drinks that night, don’t judge I think this is totally unfair… tre- me – and my hands weren’t really mendously unfair… steady… and turns out I even This is what I said in my looked a bit like Heath Ledger! speech: “...today, we are not Well, that wasn’t really pleas- merely transferring power from ant… not that night and not the one administration to another or next morning… woof! from one party to another. But I remembered Leonardo Di we are transferring power from Caprio’s awesome speech from Washington D.C. and giving it Wolf of Wall Street… where at back to you... the people.” one point he yells at his entire And this is what Bane said staff telling them “I’ll make you in his speech: “We take Gotham richer than the most powerful from the corrupt. The rich. The CEO of the United States of ******* Chudasma was heard saying on oppressors of generations who America”... what a great line, the mic-‘Vadharano awaj bandh have kept you down with myths very inspiring, but the rest of that Harita.Dave of opportunity, and we give it speech – something about pick- @timesgroup.com back to you... the people.” ing up the phone and dialling TWEETS @harrytaMIRROR As you will notice, discern- numbers, I didn’t know how to ing reader… there are only eight fit those in at all so I had to let hat was supposed or nine words that are common that go. to be another in- to both passages. I made sure I The most tempting was this bit spirational spe- changed those words before read- from Wall Street, where Gordon ech from the sta- ing it out in front of the billions – Gecko steals words from my W te education mi- and I mean billions, don’t believe mouth… or he spoke words that I nister Bhupend- th the lying media – who turned up wanted to steal from his mouth… rasinh Chudasama during the 6 in DC to watch my inauguration you know what I mean! GTU convocation which was held speech. “Well, ladies and gentlemen, last week, turned out to be a major Anyway… that’s not the we’re not here to indulge in fanta- embarrassment for him. The mi- point… imagine how they sy, but in political and economic nister was in for a rude shock as the sound system kept failing while he would’ve felt if I had gone with reality. America, America has GTU students during the 6th GTU convocation was addressing the crowd. Chuda- the first draft of my speech where become a second-rate power. Its sama’s speech got interrupted ple in the convocation. As it is the- sound set up. But I will have to go I included bits from 1996 megahit trade deficit and its fiscal deficit thrice due to a poor sound set up re were many operational snags through the terms and conditions Independence Day… “Mankind -- are at nightmare proportions… which enraged him; the educa- and to top it off the loud speakers of the tender. I will also have to lo- that word should have new mean- The point, ladies and gentleman, tion minister has asked GTU aut- were not loud enough to carry the ok into the explanation provided is that greed -- for lack of a better ing for all of us today. We will not horities not to pay the organiser sound till the end of the ground. by the organiser. Only then I will go quietly into the night! We will word -- is good. Greed is right. for the sound set up. The organiser should have kept a take the decision if the payment not vanish without a fight! We’re Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts The minister could be heard stabilizer. Chudasama has asked needs to be cut or not.” JC Lilani re- going to live on! We’re going to through and captures the essence complaining, ‘Vadharano awaj us not to pay the bill for sound.” fused to comment . survive!” of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, bandh karvane badle, maaro avaj Hemendra Bagdi, owner of Ku- But that didn’t carry enough in all of its forms - greed for life, bandh karo cho’ (Instead of block- GTU yet to decide nal Décor and Events Private Ltd, weight… I couldn’t deliver the for money, for love, knowledge - ing external noises from the back- The overall expenditure of the has been the organiser for all the lines with as much passion as Bill has marked the upward surge of ground, you are blocking my own convocation was to the tune of Rs last six convocations at GTU. He Pullman anyway. So I thought mankind.” voice). “The convocation is a 35 lakh while the bill for sound had also organised convocations about the Joker, from Batman: You know what… maybe grand event where various digni- management is around Rs1.18 at University. He said, “Af- “Do I really look like a guy with a I should have kept that bit in taries are present. It was embarras- lakh. Before leaving the venue, ter all it is a machine and at times it plan? You know what I am? I’m a instead of that giving back to the sing to be interrupted due to so- Chudasama had informed GTU becomes difficult to control it. The dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know people nonsense from Bane. und issues, that too not once but in-charge Registrar JC Lilani not to main reason behind the sound is- what to do with one if I caught it! thrice. I have clearly told GTU aut- make any payments for sound. sue was power fluctuation, as we You know, I just... *do* things… (As imagined by horities not to pay the bill for so- VC of GTU Navin Sheth said, drew power directly from the pri- introduce a little anarchy. Upset Deepak Narayanan. und system,” said Chudasama. “The minister has communicated vate power company. Despite fluc- the established order, and eve- He tweets at @deepakyen) Sources from GTU said, “There with the in-charge registrar that tuations, we ensured that the spee- rything becomes chaos. I’m an was a crowd of around 8,000 peo- the payment is not to be made for ches were not interrupted.” Liquor-free is on top of Medha Patkar’s agenda ANJELA JAMINDAR Ahmedabad Mirror Bureau hiatus. This time she has decided to ta- social injustices . of alcohol, they lost the moral right to [email protected] ke up the cause of making India a liqu- Patkar said the root cause of societal chastise addicts. TWEETS @ahmedabadmirror or-free country and what better way to problems such as domestic violence Invoking Mahatma Gandhi and start her campaign from Gujarat. and criminal activities was linked to Dr B R Ambedkar, she said these men ctivist Medha Patkar, who be- Interacting with 150 students of some kind of addiction and it is only by were strongly against addiction and came a persona non-grata in the IIT, Gandhinagar, she stressed on completely banning alcohol that the vehemently spoke on these subjects. A Gujarat for spearheading the stronger implementation of current youth of the country could be saved. Speaking of Alpesh Thakor, the OBC prohibition laws and the need to sub- Speaking of liquor tax fuelling the eco- leader fighting against bootlegging against the state’s ambitious Sardar Sa- due the bootlegging mafia in Gujarat. nomies of states, she urged, “Stop running and spurious liquor trade, she said had rovar Project over resettlement of pro- Patkar and her team were in the city as governments with sin money.” She furt- liquor prohibition solved the pro- ject affected families, was once again in part of their march which aims to draw her went on to say that when states took blems in the state, Thakor would have Gandhinagar on Monday after a long attention to the bane of liquor-related Medha Patkar at IIT Gn taxes from production and consumption felt no need to start his movement.