Sunday, May 22, 2016


Kya baap kamaal hai, what an electoral victory it has been! An unprecedented victory of those who represent India’s women: Sonia, Smriti, Sushma, Jaya, Mamta and Karuna (oops, sorry!), all replicas of Maya, UP there! A triumph of the eternal birth-right of aged men and women, cutting across party lines, who rigorously pespire and remain very close to date of expire, yet never tire or retire despite always being in the line of fire. But then, what drew Rishi’s ire? Name? Surname? Fame? Or simply, blame? Sea-link? Toll-plaza on the sea-link? Where’s the weak link? WE Highway? Airport? Indira? Gandhi? Ranbir’s Kat? Ram’s temple? Babur’s mosque? One statue in the Arabian sea, and another statue of Unity in debt and drought-ridden States? What’s the Raj, Kapoor? And then, kya kisiko mera khayaal hai, jab mere paas ek bada sawaal hai? Tur dal at 200 and tamatar at 60 rupees a kilo; kaho na, kiski keemat zyaada bemisaal hai?

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