How FDI in retail is very much relevant in UP…

Rahul: Don’t worry, FDI in retail in UP is irrelevant!
First voter: Two double negatives is a positive, na?
Second voter: Yes!
First voter: Then if an irrelevant person says that an issue is irrelevant, then that thing becomes relevant, na?
Second voter: I guess!

The two ailing stages of every politician arrested in India for a scam.
ail1…
Guilty!
How?
Jail!
ail2…
Innocent
How?
Bail!
…or how Kanimozhi went from being guilty to innocent and how her father celebrated this transformation in Chennai…

© Sunil Rajguru

The Twelve Days of Parliament

Please sing to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas
(On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A Partridge in a Pear Tree…)

Dedicated to the dedicated MPs of the Indian Lok Sabha…

On the first day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
An Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the second day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the third day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the fourth day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the fifth day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
5 Idle Backbenchers
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the sixth day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
6 Useless Speeches
5 Idle Backbenchers
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the seventh day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
7 Meaningless Debates
6 Useless Speeches
5 Idle Backbenchers
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the eighth day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
8 Absentee Ministers
7 Meaningless Debates
6 Useless Speeches
5 Idle Backbenchers
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
1 Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the ninth day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
9 Sleeping Partymen
8 Absentee Ministers
7 Meaningless Debates
6 Useless Speeches
5 Idle Backbenchers
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the tenth day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
10 Screaming Legislators
9 Sleeping Partymen
8 Absentee Ministers
7 Meaningless Debates
6 Useless Speeches
5 Idle Backbenchers
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the eleventh day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
11 Impertinent Interruptions
10 Screaming Legislators
9 Sleeping Partymen
8 Absentee Ministers
7 Meaningless Debates
6 Useless Speeches
5 Idle Backbenchers
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

On the twelfth day of Parliament, my MPs gave to me…
12 Unpassed Bills
11 Impertinent Interruptions
10 Screaming Legislators
9 Sleeping Partymen
8 Absentee Ministers
7 Meaningless Debates
6 Useless Speeches
5 Idle Backbenchers
4 Wasted Hours
3 Lengthy Tea Breaks
2 Furious Walkouts
And an Adjournment Motion after a jolly good shouting spree…

This Spoof by Sunil Rajguru

Overheard 9…

First Pak official: There’s a mistake here… it says “Unclear Safeguard Plan”. Shouldn’t it be “Nuclear Safeguard Plan”?
Second Official: Both spellings are correct.

Indian Official:
I cannot give a positive spin on oil prices any more.
PM: Please explain to them that in exactly the same way that I am in charge of the government and not the Congress President; the oil companies are in charge of the oil prices and not the government!

First Official: Anna Hazare, nuclear plants, Chidambaram, 2G… we need something to take the heat away from these issues…
Second Official: FDI in retail?

© Sunil Rajguru

In August, Anna had said… I’ll be back…

After the Fellowship of the Team Anna and The Two Fasts, we are looking at the Return of the Hunger King in December when Mr Hazare Goes to Delhi (the Sin City) to complete the Lord of the Fastings trilogy. But will Anna show True Grit and be The Rock or will he simply continue to call the government Liar Liar? The Congress on its part will look at Team Anna and say Look Who’s Talking!, continuing to call it the Enemy of the State.

What Lies Beneath the news? There will no point in Switching Channels as all of them will show the same ole Fight Club and The Social Network will be abuzz again with activity. The common man, meanwhile, is increasingly bent on showing his Fist of Fury.

But still, The Tihar Redemption looks unlikely and the UPA won’t rely on Transformers or go in for a new Avatar. It’s all badly Tangled:  The UPA could well sink like the Titanic The Day After Tomorrow in 2012. So all in all it does appear a Mission: Impossible.

India is all about Eat Pray Love? Come December and it could well only be Fast Swear Hate.

Bonus…

More Hollywood ways of looking at the April-August-December (if it takes place) fasts…

The Anna Identity. The Anna Supremacy. The Anna Ultimatum. (Bourne)

Anna. Anna Reloaded. Anna Revolutions. (Matrix)

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

Gandhi bole ahimsa par Anna bole hinsa…

Chiddu-PM ko joota aur Prashant Bhushan ko koota…

Sibal ko kaala jhanda aur Baba Ramdev ko danda…

Rahul-virodhiyo ko laat aur anek virodh ne lagayi waat…

Pawar-Sukhram ko slaps aur UPA ko non-stop raps…

BSY-Kejriwal ko chappal aur Jindal-Advani ko bhi chappal…

Neta log sab hain jhoota aur mil kar desh ko loota …

Gaya tel lene ahimsa, ab bharat main hinsa chalega hinsa…

© Sunil Rajguru

More on India’s Slapgate…

The slogan for years had been…
Congress ka haath aam aadmi ke saath.
Now with the slap on politician Sharad Pawar, the common man’s slogan is…
Aam aadmi ka haath Congress ke gaal ke saath.
(OK, OK, he’s from the NCP, but he’s still been a veteran Congressman for most of his professional life)

What’s with all these gates?
Shoegate.
Slippergate.
Slapgate.
Is it time to tighten the Securitygate?

These versions by Sunil Rajguru