18 January,2009 03:06 PM IST | | Agencies
Though Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Rajuu00a0has admittedu00a0to India's biggest ever corporate fraud, leaving thousands of employees, lakhs of shareholders and hundreds of customers in the lurch,u00a0some people seem to be having a good laugh at his expense, reports PTI.
Parodies of nursery rhymes,u00a0funny SMSes, chain-mails and cartoons,u00a0areu00a0all doing teh rounds lampooning Raju. While some are saying that 'Satyamisation' has become a synonym for inflating profits, others finding it tough to get a job because of the bad reputationu00a0are feeling 'Satyamised'.
The popular nursery rhyme, 'Johny, Johny, Yes Papa' has made way for "Raju Raju, Yes Baba, Cheating us, No Baba, Telling Lies, No Baba, Open your accounts, Ha Ha Ha". Another rhyme, 'Humpty Dumpty, sat on a wall" has been popularised even more with its Raju version: "Raju Raju sat up on the wall, Raju Raju had a great fall, Balance sheet died, shareholders cried, Raju Raju made a big fraud."
An SMS doing the rounds has a new full-form for Satyam: 'Stealing And Transferring Your All Money'. One message points towards famous film-maker Ram Gopal Verma preparing to make a movie on the Satyam saga: It goes on to say that Varma, who was sighted inside Taj Hotel, Mumbai, after terror attacks there, was seen at Satyam headquarters in Hyderabad last week.
An age-old TV commercial of a toothpaste has also been pulled out due to a Raju connection. In its new avatar, Masterji says, "Raju tumhare daant toh motiyo se chamak rahe hain? (Raju, your teeth are sparkling like pearls), to which Raju replies "Chamke kyu na? maine apni hi company ka paisa jo khaaya hai (Why wont they sparkle, I have gobbled up my own firm's money).
A cartoon has a building resembling Satyam office and named 'Raju Da Dhaba', with an asterix marked to "Our only competitor is Enron". The building has a board in front of it, detailing 'Today's Special'. This include 'Eggsagerated Hyderabadi Biryani, Inflated Omelette, Overstated Receivable Samosa, Understated Chicken Tangri, Interestless Butter Naan and More Debt Pakora.' It also has the name of 'Chief C(r)ook as Raju Bhai, Chief Food Taster as SpiceWater Inc and licence has been renewed by Dependent Directors'.
Ever since the disclosure of financial fraud at Satyam on January 7, the internet message boards have been flooded with postings ridiculing Raju. In one of the polls being conducted at a message board on Orkut, the social networking website of Google, about 80 per cent voted in favour of criminal proceedings to be adopted against Raju. Further, on another networking and micro blogging site Twitter, comments like,"Main Hoon Scam, Main Hoon Scam, Main Hoon, Main Hoon, Raju Scam...," "Daaku, oye raju fraud na kariyo...market doob jata hai," and "Satyam Facts: Rise, rise and fall." Other comments, like "Raj Raju Ramalinga, Tara ram pam pam," "Paison ne bulwaya, Hazir hun mein aya," "Hun Scammers ka Scam, akal ka dushman," are being floated on the websites. -- PTI
