re: 1) Rahul Gandhi should step out and pronounce that "the value of the rupee is a state of mind."
For those who remember, watch this video - Harold Wilson's Nov. 1967 famous speech on "pound in your pocket". I watched it live in Britain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IHVQU9BSks Tim de Mello ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:25:23 +0530 > Subject: [Goanet] Spoof: Top 10 ways to save the rupee > > It's clear now that finance minister and prime minister who is also renowned > economist cannot save the rupee! We are way past that stage. So here's an > unconventional, if flippant, look at what can be done to help the rupee in > its hour of need! > > 10) Ban all import of hubcaps with a diameter of more than 1 meter in order > to save foreign exchange, and announce it prominently so that this can > become the lead item on prime time newscasts. If this doesn't work, we can > add typewriters, fountain pens, 5-inch floppy discs, novels written by > William Wordsworth and all paintings done by Steve Jobs to the banned list. > > 9) Announce that any government official caught saying "our fundamentals > are strong" will be suspended immediately since every time someone says it, > the markets take it as further confirmation that the government really has > no clue and the rupee sinks some more. > > 8) Put the gold reserves of the RBI on public display on Dalal Street in a > well-protected glass case, to generate confidence in the rupee. > > 7) Organize musical performances by Manmohan Singh, the economist and prime > minister of India, Raghuram Rajan, the RBI governor, Sonia Gandi , the > president of UPA-2, P. Chidambaram, the finance minister and prime > ministerial candidate of UPA-3, etc. The lead song, 'The Rise of The Rupee' > could be set to the music by A.R. Rahman and supported by an all-Bollywood > cast. > > 6) Promise Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award to anyone who can throw a 10-rupee > coin the highest, in order to subtly suggest that the rupee is headed > higher. > 5) Let there be parliament session every day and every day before the > Parliament session begins, ask MPs to stand up and say "BOO" to all who are > selling rupees and buying dollars, to exhibit our national will to save the > rupee. They could also pass a resolution to this effect. > > 4) Send Mamata Banerjee to Dalal Street to obstruct the path of > rupee-sellers going to do their dirty work in the morning. Her crossed arms > and deeply offended look will chill the heart of every rupee seller and > dollar buyer and stop them in their tracks. > > 3) Organize a whole-day debate ending in a boxing match between Amartya Sen > and Jagdish Bhagwati, supported by their respective co-authors, Jean Dreze > and Arvind Panagariya, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and sell tickets at > $10,000 each. TV rights and film rights could be sold separately. > > 2) Organize a week long Indian trip for foreign investors who will > be escorted personally by the finance minister who will show them all the > unfinished projects, half-baked schemes and closed-down factories. This will > convince them of the ’potential’ that exists to get things going, and the > dollars will start flowing in. > > 1) Rahul Gandi should step out and pronounce that "the value of the rupee is > a state of mind." This profound statement will confound the traders so much > that they will forget to buy and sell for many days, thus saving the rupee > from falling. If that doesn't work, Sonia Gandi could step in and announce > that after listening to her inner voice, she has decided to have nothing to > with economic policy making from now on. > > SOURCE OF THIS MAIL: Business-Standard. This newspaper invites readers > in working out a better and more comprehensive list, so please work out > better suggestion and send it to Business-Standard for publication. (Two of > my suggestions have already published!) > >
