Hard nut to crack

With some of the most high profile economic cases being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, it’s but natural that corporate conversations often veer around to the man at the helm of the investigating agency. These days, corpo cocktail circles are hotly discussing the elevation of P C Sharma as director.

For starters, everybody’s curious about him since very little is known of the man. That’s because Mr Sharma is one of those rare top cops who — in spite of having served in Delhi for a long time — has consistently kept away from the limelight, both in the media and the capital’s social circuit.

But the little that corporate biggies do know about the gent might be a trifle discomfiting for some of them. For, he carries with him an impeccable reputation as an honest and a non-pliable officer together with a no-nonsense approach to work.

And for those who are trying to find some ‘connection’ to him (don’t businessmen always want to know the right people in the right places?), it will probably be a futile exercise. Mr Sharma is known to maintain his distance from politicians and industrialists, preferring instead the company of old friends.

Channel surfing
It's all about going to the proper channel. Former Zee Network ad sales head and Zee News chief Satish Menon is rumoured to be joining new media company Mak, as one of its directors. He has been seen hanging around the offices of Mak, which is to launch a bouquet of channels soon, including a Hindi entertainment channel.

Mr Menon, who quit Zee recently, was all set to join Taj, a sports channel which has been planning to start operations in India. But the market is abuzz with speculation that Taj will align with Zee, which is sorely in need of a sports channel in its own bouquet. You won’t be a rocket scientist to figure out Mr Menon’s place in the equation if Taj does indeed strike an alliance with Zee. Which is why he is believed to have made a beeline for Mak, where he’ll at least have a sporting chance.