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DATE 7 July 2009 TIME 20:29:07
Ratan TATA: Hi.
Niira RADIA: Hi. You’ve got the media chasing me on Mr Tata being approached for becoming the chairman of the international advisory committee for Air India?
TATA: It’s true. Nothing has happened. He did come to see me.
RADIA: Praful?
TATA: No, no, the current CEO.
RADIA: Jhadav, yeah. He’s Praful’s henchman.
TATA: Is he?
RADIA: Completely. He’s been brought in to safeguard the Boeing deal.
TATA: Oh really?
RADIA: So they put out a story saying that, you know, they’re trying to build credibility right now. I got a call from Times of India saying that Mr Tata has been approached. I said I have no comment to make.
TATA: Yeah, I think that’s what you should keep saying till we hear anything.
RADIA: They are going to run the story in any case because Praful has gone on record to say that you’ve been approached.
TATA: Let him go on record.
RADIA: We’ll just maintain ‘no comment’.
TATA: Yeah, yeah.
RADIA: Yeah, yeah. I’ll do that. I’ll maintain ‘no comment’. Yeah, I’ll do that. You landed in London?
TATA: No I’m sitting on the ground in Tel Aviv.
RADIA: Oh gosh! What happened?
TATA: The plane is two hours late. We’re all in the plane.
RADIA: Oh, dear me. Oh, gosh. Oh dear me. I’m sorry. You should fly in your own plane.
....
RADIA: Okay. There’s a programme tomorrow, right?
TATA: But I think that’s in London.
RADIA: Oh, it’s in London, okay, okay.
RATAN TATA: Yeah.
RADIA: Okay, alright.
TATA: It’s a bloody black tie affair.
RADIA: It’s a black tie affair? Gosh.
TATA: You know how much I love those.
RADIA: Oh, you should have invited me. I could have worn my black gown. (Both chuckle)
TATA: You could have worn your black gown and gone in my place. I hate black tie affairs.
RADIA: I never get a chance to wear my black gown, Ratan.
TATA: We’ll make some occasion for you in Bombay.
RADIA: Yeah, because I have got this Roberto Cavalli gown, which I never get a chance to wear.
TATA: It’s a what?
RADIA: I have this Roberto Cavalli gown which I never get a chance to…
TATA: Is it in Bombay or London?
RADIA: No, I’ve got it lying, you know, with me in Delhi, so I can go wherever with it, but I never get a chance to wear it.
TATA: Well then, you wear it when you meet Hillary Clinton or or whom could I suggest who would be a befitting person to…
RADIA: (laughs) No. I’ll wear it when you next wear a black tie, or… you call me.
TATA: Okay
DATE 7 July 2009 TIME 20:29:07
Ratan TATA: Hi.
Niira RADIA: Hi. You’ve got the media chasing me on Mr Tata being approached for becoming the chairman of the international advisory committee for Air India?
TATA: It’s true. Nothing has happened. He did come to see me.
RADIA: Praful?
TATA: No, no, the current CEO.
RADIA: Jhadav, yeah. He’s Praful’s henchman.
TATA: Is he?
RADIA: Completely. He’s been brought in to safeguard the Boeing deal.
TATA: Oh really?
RADIA: So they put out a story saying that, you know, they’re trying to build credibility right now. I got a call from Times of India saying that Mr Tata has been approached. I said I have no comment to make.
TATA: Yeah, I think that’s what you should keep saying till we hear anything.
RADIA: They are going to run the story in any case because Praful has gone on record to say that you’ve been approached.
TATA: Let him go on record.
RADIA: We’ll just maintain ‘no comment’.
TATA: Yeah, yeah.
RADIA: Yeah, yeah. I’ll do that. I’ll maintain ‘no comment’. Yeah, I’ll do that. You landed in London?
TATA: No I’m sitting on the ground in Tel Aviv.
RADIA: Oh gosh! What happened?
TATA: The plane is two hours late. We’re all in the plane.
RADIA: Oh, dear me. Oh, gosh. Oh dear me. I’m sorry. You should fly in your own plane.
....
RADIA: Okay. There’s a programme tomorrow, right?
TATA: But I think that’s in London.
RADIA: Oh, it’s in London, okay, okay.
RATAN TATA: Yeah.
RADIA: Okay, alright.
TATA: It’s a bloody black tie affair.
RADIA: It’s a black tie affair? Gosh.
TATA: You know how much I love those.
RADIA: Oh, you should have invited me. I could have worn my black gown. (Both chuckle)
TATA: You could have worn your black gown and gone in my place. I hate black tie affairs.
RADIA: I never get a chance to wear my black gown, Ratan.
TATA: We’ll make some occasion for you in Bombay.
RADIA: Yeah, because I have got this Roberto Cavalli gown, which I never get a chance to wear.
TATA: It’s a what?
RADIA: I have this Roberto Cavalli gown which I never get a chance to…
TATA: Is it in Bombay or London?
RADIA: No, I’ve got it lying, you know, with me in Delhi, so I can go wherever with it, but I never get a chance to wear it.
TATA: Well then, you wear it when you meet Hillary Clinton or or whom could I suggest who would be a befitting person to…
RADIA: (laughs) No. I’ll wear it when you next wear a black tie, or… you call me.
TATA: Okay
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