Imaginary Horoscopes at birth…

Dear A Raja’s parents…
Your son will be very famous, will roll in wealth and always be in the news. Raja will spend a lot of time in the capital Delhi and will always be in the mind of the Prime Minister of India. His actions will lead to a revolution in India in the year 2011.

Dear Anna Hazare’s parents,
Your son will not get married, will not have a house to live in in his old age, be hungry most of the time and the Government of India will keep hurling abuses at him all the time.

Dear LK Advani’s parents,
Your son will have a very very long life, never retire and travel extensively throughout the country.

Dear Mayawati’s parents,
Your daughter will be so rich that she will have special planes to ferry her footwear.

Dear Mamata Banerjee’s parents,
Your daughter has Rajyog and will be Chief Minister of West Bengal one day. What the previous government did to the state in 34 years, your daughter will do in 34 months!

Dear Diggy Raja’s parents,
Your son will always be on TV and entertain the nation like no-one else.

Dear Narendra Modi’s parents,
Your son will be one of the most loved persons within his state and one of the most hated persons outside it.

© Sunil Rajguru

The Anna Hazarical group of companies…

Social activist Anna Hazare has spawned a group of services all across India and is doing a lot of things for a lot of people…

Anna Political Opposition Services
Have you been a poor Opposition and been unable to stand up to the Government of the day? Have you been ineffective and invisible for too many years? Then never fear! Anna will do your dirty work for you!
Clients: BJP and other Opposition parties.

Anna Legislative Consultancy Services
Have your bill drafts been weak and unable to gain wide acceptance of the masses? Have you been unable to pass a particular bill for four odd decades? Well then, Anna will help you on your way!
Client: Congress and Lok Sabha. (Unwillingly)

Anna TV Programming Services

Tired of showing the same ole shit related to Bollywood, cricket and other mundane happenings of India? Anna will provide you with enough TV content to last 25 hours comfortably, if ever the day was to be extended.
Clients: All Indian TV news channels.

Anna Image Management Services
Do you want to be political stars without being politicians? Simply join our team!
Clients: Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kumar Vishwas…

Anna Alcoholics Anonymous
Do you want to give up your drinking habit for good? Well, step this way please! We will flog you within an inch of your life and you will be too scared to look at a single peg in your entire life!
Clients: The anonymous alcoholics of Ralegaon Siddhi.

Anna Recruitment Agency
Have you been unable to hire an effective Lokayukta for your states? Are all your prospective candidates jinxed? Don’t worry: Team Anna will give you a workable list and push hard in the public domain.
Client: Karnataka Lokayukta (trial in progress).

Anna International Services
Coming Soon.

Anna Catering Services
Disclaimer: Please simply go on a fast!

© Sunil Rajguru

Some Anna Hazare musings…

∙LM Singhvi: I gave birth to the Lokpal Bill.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi: That’s nothing. I killed its effectiveness.
Anna: Wait for the Second Coming.
Lokpal Terminator: I’ll be back!

∙ Sonia: Now I’m ready to fight for the Lokpal Bill!
Anna: OK, wear the boxing gloves and let’s get in the ring.
Spokesperson: No. No. No. That’s against our sanskriti. What it means is that when someone else writes a speech, she reads it out and when she writes a statement, someone else reads it out. It’s nothing more than that!

∙ Maybe it’s all a problem of numerology while naming it the Lokpal.
Some alternative names…
Latepal… Lamepal… (go jump in the) Lakepal… Mockpal… (chaaku ki) Nokepal… Roke(sako to rok lo)pal… Tokepal… (un)Luckypal… Netapal… Votepal… Waatpal… Quotapal… (zero+joke)Zokepal…

© Sunil Rajguru

The vision of various Prime Ministers …

Jawaharlal Nehru: Mujhe sau saal aage ka dikhayi deta hai…

Lal Bahadur Shastri: Main kaise mara, aaj tak kisi ne nahin dekha.

Indira Gandhi: Maine sab ko dikha diya! Koi nahin tika mere saamne!

Morarji Desai: …aur maine Indira ko hi dikha diya…

Charan Singh: As a PM, maine Lok Sabha ko dekha hi nahin!

Rajiv Gandhi: Hame dekhna hain…

VP Singh: Maine Rajiv ko dikha diya! Bas yahi mera maqsad tha!

Chandra Shekhar: Mujhe bas PM ban-na tha aur maine sabko dikha diya!

PV Narasimha Rao: Dekhte dekhte mere paanch saal nikal gaye!

Deve Gowda: Mujhe kuch dikhai nahin de raha hai! (Oh sorry! Aankhe band the, main so raha tha!)

IK Gujral: Mujhe kisi ne dekha kya?

AB Vajpayee: Hamari popularity chali gayi, aur mujhe dikhai nahin diya, aur general elections prepone kiya aur haar gaya!

Manmohan Singh: Sab kuch dikhai de raha hai, phir bhi chup baithna pad raha hai…

© Sunil Rajguru

Overheard 11…

Wife: Swami!
PC: Woh naam mat lo mere saamne!

Party worker: Ki chhora Ganga kinare waala…
Maya: Mat gaana ga woh! Chhora haath dho kar hi peeche pad gaya hai UP ke!

Worker: Can sir…
Rahul: Cancer? Stop talking nonsense!

Sometime after the World Cup final…
Madam: Sachin is a real bharat ratna!
PC (To himself): Hmmm, now we’ll have to change the rules!

© Sunil Rajguru

Contemporary Knock Knock Jokes 15

Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
Pre-screen.
Pre-screen who?
Pre-screen you and your head first, Mr Minister!

Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
Anna.
Anna who?
An’ now to Stage 3 of my agitation!

Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
Black money.
Black money who?
Black many accounts yes, but back money to India, no!

These versions by Sunil Rajguru