Old Trafford loss musings…

Ref: Fourth India-England Test at Old Trafford.

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
If Andy won’t get you, Broad must,
If Broad’s nose has gone bust,
Then in Moeen you can trust.

What do you think of the collapse?
Pappu: It is just a state of mind.
But what is the solution?
Pappu: The batsmen have to be empowered.

If England played with 10 bowlers we’d still be unable to get them all out.
If India played with 10 bowlers, we’d still make the same amount of runs.

Old…
Tigers at home, lambs abroad.
New…
Tigers at home, ducks abroad.

Fletcher before…
Don’t be a chicken or a cowardly or fearful person.
Indian batsmen: OK!
After…
Arrrgghhh!!!! A duck’s much worse!

On the English menu…
1. Duck soup.
2. Bombay duck.
3. Roast duck.
4. Pressed duck.
5. Peking duck.
6. Duck à l’orange.

What’s your phone number?
England: 40000001

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Priyanka is coming, coming, coming…

No story!
No problem, just fabricate…
Priyanka to join politics?
Next day…
Priyanka rubbishes rumours of her joining politics.
Final analysis: Two stories for the price of none!

The headline that never goes away…
1998: Will Priyanka join politics?
1999: Will Priyanka join politics?
2004: Will Priyanka join politics?
2009: Will Priyanka join politics?
2014: Will Priyanka join politics?
2019: Will Priyanka join politics?

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The US influence on Iraq…

Maybe…
US troops to pull out of Afghanistan.
Obama: Why don’t you stop over at Iraq on your way back?

1980s: Iran contra affair.
1990s: Gulf War.
2000s: Iraq invasion.
2010s: Air strikes.
US to Iraq: Influencing your life every decade.

If you’re a good ally of the US (like Pakistan) or an enemy (like Iraq), you face ruin.
Better to be ambivalent like China and India and prosper.

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Sinking Nehru-Gandhi dynasty musings…

Pappugiri: Frivolous part-time politics which has more sound than substance.
Soniagiri: Claiming great power with zero responsibility.
Manmohangiri: Maungiri.

Just one man’s voice heard in Parliament: Pappu.
Congressman: True, unlike our party, where just one woman’s voice is heard.

President for a whopping 16 years and goodness knows for how much longer.
They should just rename it to Congress (Sonia).

The Pappu model…
Give speech.
Go on leave.
Give interview.
Go on leave.
Attend meeting.
Go on leave.
Tear up paper.
Go on leave.
Talk empowerment.
Go on leave.
Shout in Lok Sabha…

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Of half-girlfriends…

When Half Girlfriend will be released in Bangalore, it will be called By Two Girlfriend.
In Mumbai it will be called Cutting Girlfriend.

Chetan Bhagat’s books….
0.5. Girlfriend.
1. Night at a Call Centre.
2. States.
3. Mistakes of my Life.
4 (Coming Soon).
5. Point Someone.
6, 7, 8, 9, ………….. 2020 Revolution.

In the sequel to Half Girlfriend, the two will get married and it will be called Better Half.

If Chetan Bhagat wrote books on Pappu’s life…
Zero Point No-one.
One Night at a Day Care Centre.
2 States of His Mind: Dumb and Dumber.
The One Mistake of Sonia’s Political Life.
Revolution in 2020 (Post loss in 2019).
Half President.

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Sinking Congressi musings…

Probably the only major Congress shake-up that Sonia wants to do is to make Pappu Senior Vice President and Pappini Junior Vice President.

Pappu: Should I put more fire into my political ambitions?
A: No, you should put your political ambitions in the fire!
#NatwarSingh #FireInTheBelly

After 1947, Congress won the first general election of every decade…
1951.
1962.
1971.
1980.
1991.
2004.
Winning streak broken in 2014.

After 16 years as Congress President, Sonia has delivered 44 seats.
If the Congress doesn’t get its act together, after 21 years she will have 21 seats.

Congress picks dead leader in poll panel.
What else can you expect from a dead party?

2004: Pappu prevents Sonia from becoming PM.
2009: Manmohan wins 2009.
Analysis: Pappu through his foresight won 2009 in 2004.

PMO files never sent to Sonia: Manmohan.
P.S. This answer was sent in a file to her and she okayed it.

2009: (Manmohan) Singh is King.
#OneTermIsNotEnough
2014: (Natwar) Singh is King.
#OneLifeIsNotEnough

These versions by Sunil Rajguru