Written by: The Frustrated Cartoonist 🖋️
Scene 1: The Takeoff 🛫
Once upon a chai break in 2016, Mr. Vijay Mallya — India’s king of Good Times and even better loans — tiptoed past immigration with a “minor” ₹9,000 crore IOU hanging in his coat pocket.
No alarms. No red flags. Just a smooth takeoff like a Kingfisher bird that forgot to return to its cage.
Scene 2: British Breakfasts & Courtroom Cafés 🏛️🥐
Fast-forward to the land of the Queen (and now the King), where Mallya sips espresso while fighting extradition one courtroom at a time. UK judges keep bouncing his bankruptcy appeals like unpaid bar bills. But hey — still not extradited.
Just this April 2025, the UK High Court told him: “Sir, you are bankrupt.”
To which Mallya may as well have replied: “Tell me something I didn’t already tweet.”
Scene 3: IPL Banter & Billion-Rupee Banquets 🏏💸
On May 27, 2025, our champagne fugitive tweeted congratulations to RCB.
Twitter: “Come watch the final in India!”
India: “Come FACE THE LAW in India!”
Mallya: muted replies
Scene 4: System – The Invisible Friend 👻
Let’s be real — escaping a country with ₹9,000 crore unpaid debt isn’t a magic trick; it’s a team sport.
Bankers approved loans like they were passing candy.
Authorities blinked long enough for a business-class escape.
And now? Every year, we just get another court hearing… and another RCB tweet.
Scene 5: Recovery Claims & Media Gymnastics 🤹♂️
Mallya says: “India has recovered ₹14,000 crore — more than I owed!”
Banks say: “But… interest?”
ED says: “We froze the assets!”
Cartoonist says: “Y’all froze everything except his boarding pass back in 2016.”
Final Scene (Yet to Come): Justice Delayed Is…
…Another cartoon idea, I guess?
Until then, Vijay Mallya remains the perfect punchline in a long-running courtroom sitcom — a reminder that in India, you can bankrupt a nation, toast to London sunsets, and still find time to tweet about cricket.
🎨 Moral of the Doodle:
The system didn’t just fail — it sent him off with a wave, and now we’re all sketching justice in slow motion.
Disclaimer: This blog post is a satirical opinion piece meant for entertainment and commentary purposes. All references are based on publicly available information.