How to manufacture news…

When you have Zero stories about a particular topic, then you can still manufacture 4 stories out of that 0.

Mathematical principle…
1 + 1 – 1 – 1 = 0.

News manufacturing principle…
1. Modi to visit Ayodhya, angers minorities.
+1. Modi not to visit Ayodhya, angers Hindus.
-1. Why did Modi skip his Ayodhya visit?
-1. Was Modi not to have visited Ayodhya in the first place?
= 0
Bonus: Special panel discussion on the whole Modi-Ayodhya fiasco.

Interestingly, this formula was soon repeated again…
1. Modi flies out 15,000 from Uttarakhand.
+1. Modi’s 15,000 claim total rubbish.
-1. Actually, Modi did some good work in Uttarakhand.
-1. What was the 15,000 source in the first place?
= 0
Bonus: All-out war on Twitter.

(Original blog: June 19)

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The Modi factor…

• Pre-1989, the entire mainstream went after the Congress and projected VP Singh as an alternative.
Pre-2014, the entire social media went after the Congress and projected Narendra Modi as an alternative.
Times haven’t changed.
The media has.

• I am imagining the final headline…
In a blow to Modi, he is sworn in as PM.

• If Modi becomes PM, then it would be Independent India’s biggest self-fulfilling prophesy perpetrated (initially in reverse) by his haters.

• Number of failures…
Modi: Many. Pappu: Zero.
(Because Modi has tried many things and Pappu is yet to do anything in life and hence yet to fail)

· Online India leans Right because Offline India leans sharply Left.
If Offline India was neutral, then so would be Online India.

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Everyone makes sense except Modi…

Laloo: Caste, caste, caste, caste…
Analysis: Wily politician!

Mayawati: We need a Dalit PM!
Analysis: Inclusive!

Nitish: Modi is unacceptable to the minorities!
Analysis: Secular!

Khurshid: We need a quota for minorities.
Analysis: Development!

Pappu: Errr….
Analysis: Brilliant!

Manmohan: Theek hai!
Analysis: Poor well-meaning man!

Sonia: ……….
Analysis: Her silence has grace, meaning, depth…

Modi: I want India to be a developed country.
Analysis: Not inclusive! Communal! Anti-development! Where’s the Godhra apology?

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The Secret Black Book of Narendra Modi…

1. Corporate India objections: Sabse pahale raaste se hat gaye. (Main Development ka baap)

2. State Elections: Raaste se hat gaye, won 3. (Woo hoo!)

3. Courts: Raaste se hat gaye, no convictions till date. (Take that detractors!)

4. Mainstream media: Raaste se hat gaye, now they give me maximum coverage. (Virtually my PR agencies!)

5. RSS: Woh to hamesha mere saath the, log jaante hi nahin. (RSS main pala bada hua hu bhai!)

6. Party politics: Raaste se hat gaya. I am numero uno now. (I love to party in Goa!)

7. Advani: Buddha finally raaste se hat gaya. Irrelevant now. (Hamse jo takrayega…)

8. Nitish: The only other serious NDA PM candidate, raaste se hat gaya. (Bharat chhodo, ab hamare bina Bihar ko sambhaal ke dikha!)

9. Lok Sabha polls campaign: Sab raaste se hat gaye, ab main lead karoonga. (Watch out Sonia-Rahul-MMS!)

10. Lok Sabha seats and allies: <Watch this Space/Coming Soon>

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NDA communalism musings…

·...yaha se pachaas pachaas kos door gaon main jab secularist/civil society/Congressi bachcha raat ko rota hai to maa kahati hai beta soja ..soja nahi to Modi pradhan mantri ban jaayega…

· Finally media, Congress, JD(U) have formed a pro-BJP outfit: RSPCA.
(Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Advani)

· The Bihar BJP-JD(U) marriage is like a husband and wife getting perfectly along but divorcing due to father-in-law problems.

· Bihar BJP’s new war cry…
Modi for CM! Modi for PM!

· Dear Nitish Kumar,
You have successfully uninstalled Communalism and installed Secularism on your Political Computer.
Don’t be under the illusion that your computer won’t totally crash or at least keep hanging from now on.

· Na rahega BJP ka baas to nahin bajegi NDA ki basoori.
Arthath: For BJP, currently self-preservation is more important than coalition.

· How?
Modi = Communal, Genocidal, Dictatorial.
Hence Anti-Modi = Secular, Humane, Democratic.
Congress = Communal, Genocidal, Dictatorial.
Hence pro-Congress = Secular, Humane, Democratic.

· Journo 1: My favourite dish is Banana Split. What about yours?
Journo 2: NDA Split!

· BJP was touchable till 2004.
Now its untouchable.
2014: If it gets 40 more seats than Cong, then politically it’ll become highly touchable.

· NDA to sasura 2004 main hi mar gaya tha.
Log abhi kyun maatam mana rahe hai?
2014 ki picture baaki kya, shuru bhi nahin hui hai!

· Somewhere in the world, they are trying to revive the extinct mammoth.
In Bihar, BJP-JD(U) are desperately trying to revive an extinct Laloo.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

The Modi factor…

· Hung Parliament se dar nahi lagta sahab, par Modi se lagtaa hai…

· It is quite fashionable in India to brush Congress communal violence and Communist ideological violence under the carpet.

· They say: BJP has 2002 and Congress has 1984.
The truth: Congress has 1969, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992…
Just check the history books.

· The Bihar BJP-JD(U) marriage is like a husband and wife getting perfectly along but divorcing due to father-in-law problems.

· Bihar BJP’s new war cry…
Modi for CM! Modi for PM!

These versions by Sunil Rajguru