And The Honourable Minister Says................

Maam, the press has gone to town on the governments's austerity measures in India.  what's all the fuss anyway?. The ministers wear khadi , except when thay visit the White House or 10 Downing Street.    That's a statement of solidarity with the masses.

Not so Sock.  Khadi is worn by the rich and the famous and the designer brands promote it in their  haute couture collections . Khadi's kind of out of the reach of the common man.

I see Maam.  So Mr. Shashi Tharoor's remarks carry political implications that may cause the economy to melt further.

How so,  Sockie?

Well Maam,  remarks like that from the Honourable Minister could bring down the oil prices further .  India is an emerging market, one expects it will have the larget number of automobile users, after the Chinese of course ,  in the forseeable future . See where I am going with this Maam.

No. Sockie.

Cattle,  Maam.  The new mode of transport . There are so many holy cows on the streets of India .  They can replace cars and they are free .

Oh I see Sockie.  You mean more Indian jobs lost in the oil rich countries?

Well, Maam the banks have already seen to that. But I suppose the NRI's  will have fewer dollars to send back home. I am not an economist, but this can't be good for India.

Spot on , Sockie.

Maam, there's news that concern dogs.  Could make us rich.

What's that,  Sockie?

I know you don't like bad words in the blog, but it was in the papers so maybe I can write it down. It concerns dog poop!  The papers said one can compost it and maybe sell it for cash.

Really, Sockie. Let's  start our own backyard business and beat the recession.
NOT HERE SOCKIE, OUTSIDE THIS VERY MINUTE!