How petrol prices in India defy gravity…

Crude oil price up… Hike prices! Hike prices!
Crude oil price down… Stay put! Stay put!

Government needs money… Hike prices! Hike prices!
Government doesn’t need money… Stay put! Stay put!

Oil companies have subsidy problem… Hike prices! Hike prices!
Oil companies have no subsidy problem… Stay put! Stay put!

Oil companies make losses… Hike prices! Hike prices!
Oil companies make profits… Stay put! Stay put!

The price of everything is going up… Hike prices! Hike prices!
The price of everything is going down… Stay put! Stay put!

Demand greater that supply… Hike prices! Hike prices!
Supply greater that demand… Stay put! Stay put!

No price hike for ages… Hike prices! Hike prices!
No substantive petrol price cut ever… Stay put! Stay put!

Everything that goes up must come down?
Ha ha! You haven’t met the wizards in the Indian oil industry yet!

© Sunil Rajguru

Contemporary Knock Knock Jokes 8

Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
Sonia.
Sonia who?
Even I’m wondering that. Who she really is, where she really went for her surgery and what she really did, when she will fix matters and how she’ll get her party out of the current mess…

Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
No. 1.
No. 1 who?
Good cricketing question. What happened to Australia and South Africa? India got thrashed in England and England got thrashed in India. So who is No. 1?

Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
RSS.
RSS who?
RSS who isn’t? if you follow Diggy Raja’s lead, that is.

Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
Ra.One.
Ra.One who?
Rascala One hundred crore bolo! By the time on Monday people realize what a bakwaas movie it is, SRK would be laughing all the way to the bank!

Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
Dhoni.
Dhoni who?
Yes, that’s what the “wickets column” of the scorecard is also asking nowadays.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

Books and Authors: Indian politics section

The Merchant of 2G: A Raja

Discovery of Corruption in India: Subramanian Swamy

Decline And Fall of the Congress Empire:
Anna Hazare

Death of a Prime Minister:
An autobiography by Manmohan Singh

Invisible Man:
A biography of Manmohan Singh by LK Advani

Such a Long Journey, A Story of all my Rath Yatras: LK Advani

I Follow the Anna:
Kiran Bedi

Blind Men of Hindoostan in The Corruption War: Arvind Kejriwal

The Book of Revelations, India Chapter: Julian Assange

A Suitable Boy (For the PM’s Post): Diggy Raja

Diggy Raja in RSSland: Where our hero plays the Mad Hatter, the grinning Cheshire Cat and the Mocking Turtle all in one for the Queen of Hearts of the Congress Party

All’s Well That Ends Well, A Prediction for 2014: Kapil Sibal

All the Queen’s Spokesmen: Manish Tiwari

Character Assassination of a PM: Pranab Mukherjee

A Statue for Ms Mayawati: Satish Misra

Only Full Stops in India:
Prashant Bhushan

Anna Hazare Ha, Ha, Ha: Mani Shankar Aiyar

Lokpal-The Gathering Storm: Anna Hazare

The Prisoners of Tihar: Amar Singh

Passage to England: MS Dhoni

Passage to India: Alastair Cook

The Lokpal Odyssey Series…

1963: Odyssey One, 1968: Odyssey Two, 1971: Odyssey Three, 1985: Odyssey Four, 1989: Odyssey Five, 2011: Odyssey Six…

Coming Soon: Lokapl, the Final Odyssey: Abhishek Manu Singhvi

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

Why the Indian cricket team lost in England…

The BCCI has just completed its enquiry into the washout of the Indian team in England. Here are the results…

1st Test: Players just reached England. They had difficulty in adjusting to the conditions, pitches and climate.
Observations: Organize many more tours per year, so players will get over their “first match blues”.

2nd Test: India hadn’t choked for absolutely no rhyme and reason in a Test in ages. Law of averages finally caught up with them.
Observations: There’s nothing we can do about that.

3rd Test: Race riots happened in England at the time of the Test. The poor players were very scared. Smoke could be seen behind the stadium during the toss.
Observations: We couldn’t cancel the match as we needed the money and got it. No complaints there.

4th Test: Last match in the series. Players extremely tired and demoralized.
Observations: Organize 3-Test series in the future. As it is ODIs make more money. One lost Test = 3 more ODIs.

T20 International: Players played a whopping three practice matches the previous week, therefore they were extremely tired.
Observations: Stop listening to experts and stop organizing so many practice matches. As it is they don’t make much money.

Complete ODI Series: Rain, weather, damp pitches, Mr Duckworth and Mr Lewis dominated and there’s nothing anyone can do about that. This series can be totally forgotten, especially as we didn’t lose much money.
We were also told that captain MS Dhoni was fatigued and tired and should be rested, then how did he emerge as the leading run scorer and man of the series? The BCCI should stop listening to so-called experts.

Final Observations: Arre bhaiyya aal izz well!

Note: The ECB is seeking the BCCI’s expertise to explain its 0-3 ODI thrashing and making a similar report.

This Spoof by Sunil Rajguru

News in Limericks 3

There was this team from India,
That lost badly to Britannia,
Not once but again,
and again and again,
Par apne gali main goro ko dikha diya!

There was this domino in Tunisia,
That fell and rocked Arabia,
The dominoes did fall and fall,
And fall and fall and fall,
Till they reached Wall Street in America!

There was this thing called Corruption,
Which was attacked by this thing called anshan,
The government did shake,
And managed the fast to break,
But now Team Anshan’s mired in dissent and corruption!

There was this exotic “Indo-Pak talk”,
That was opposed by many a hawk,
The moment it raised its head,
A blast would turn everything red,
And peace would be forced to take a walk.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

UPA Government Scorecard…

A Raja___ c. CBI b. CAG.

Suresh Kalmadi___ c. CBI b. Shunglu.

Kanimozhi___ Hit Wicket b. CBI.

Shashi Tharoor___ Seriously injured in practice match.

KC Rao___ Retired Hurt (on moral grounds).

Prakash Karat___ Injured as a result of nuclear radiation.

Mamata Banerji___ Retired Hurt (of feelings).

Sharad Pawar___ Promoted to international league.

Chidambaram___ b. S Swamy, Third Umpire appeal pending.

Digvijay Singh*___ Batting non-stop with a flourish of fours and sixes…

Manmohan Singh* (C)___ Severely bruised and battered, but still batting bravely.

Expert Commentary: Manish Tiwari, Ambika Soni & Renuka Chaudhary.

Non-playing captain: Rahul Gandhi.

Coach: Pranab Mukherjee.

Chairman of Selectors: Sonia Gandhi.

Opposition: Team Anna, Media, CAG, Courts & Common Man.

(Other political parties unable to put together a fighting fit Team XI.)

© Sunil Rajguru