One the most intriguing relationships which Niira Radia has is with the Chairman of the Tata Group, Ratan Tata and his companies. There have been tapes in the public domain already which indicates the proximity she shares with Tata. The latest round of tapes however indicates that , the strong defence put up by Ratan Tata in favour of Niira Radia and her company, which represents his companies seems to be misplaced. It is evident from the way she talks to her employee, Yateesh Wahaal, warning him of how he should be careful about revealing more than he should to Tatas. “You can’t trust them(unpar bharosa nahin kar sakte), they are worse then others”, she says.

In another conversation with Venkat, the Executive Secretary of Ratan Tata, the former curiously suggests, on the advice of his boss, that the meeting between the two, Radia and Tata should not be in a place where media can get to know of it. It is rather curious, because after all Tata is a client of Radia and why such a demand is made is mysterious. However, the response of Radia is even more interesting and gives evidence of her arrogance when it comes to the media, and her confidence that she controls it.

The same arrogance and her penchant to blackmail media and threaten media is evident in her conversation with Senthil Chengalvarayan of CNBC, where she tells him how she had dared Economic Times to Publish a story about Tatas and then how they have to face the consequences. And hints at the same consequence to CNBC too.

The other conversation here with an unknown caller, is extremely intriguing, as they discuss a letter which she will carry to Ratan Tata. The caller as well as the contents of the letter is mysterious.

There are other conversations with a Jeh and an unknown Tata Executive, which all indicate that Radia’s work is not just related to corporate communications and goes much beyond, with the Tatas as well as on her known, including prospecting for mines in Africa and Brazil. The Income Tax authorities who had tapped her conversation, in the secret document passed on to CBI also mentions about her interests in these matters.

Since media attention as well as CBI’s so far seems to be entirely focused on 2G scam, her role in other matters which have no connection with 2G is yet to come out in the open. Once that can of worms is opened, if it is done, the Radia story may take another shape altogether.

Please read on and listen to the tapes:

Radia—Venkat(Executive Secretary to Ratan Tata)— Electoral Trust—Mamta Banerjee

Radia— Tata executive Africa-brazil Minerals

Niira Radia—Yateesh Wahaal, Associate Director, Vaishnavi Advisory Services pvt. Ltd and Noesis Strategic Consulting Services Pvt.Ltd.—Tatasworse—May 30,2009— part II

Radia—Senthil (Chengalvarayan) President and Editorial Director of TV18, —Tatacom SEBI

Radia —-Jeh(???)—- Brazil—Muthuraman

Radia—Jeh—Brazil—NDA—June 19, 2009

Radia–Venkat( Executive Secretary to Ratan Tata) — Tata neutral place

Radia with unknown male caller—Tata letter

Radia—B.Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel then—TataSteel-Brazil thing