Unhappy Pauper

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A completely veiled Gandhi Statue's picture with caption "A Gandhi Statue at Petbasheerabad on Medchal Road waits to be unveiled on Friday. As part of the model code of conduct, all Government functions have been stalled during the elections": DC photo banner headline on Page 4 April 18


(With apologies to "Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde)


'Swallow swallow, little swallow!
Lift the veil, it's too hot';

'I can't do it, I'll be caught,
Dragged before EC; maybe shot'.

'Tell me at least what's on?'
'All make merry with booze and biryan'.

'Who will win and who will lose?'
'Whoever wins, you will lose;

First you get a flowery noose,
Then your limbs broken loose!'

Top of the world

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"No Free Rides: The lady conductor of an APSRTC bus issues tickets to passengers sitting on top of the bus at Maheswaram on Thursday. There was a shortage of buses in the city as many were deployed for election duty": DC Caption of a Color Photo, Page 5 April 17


I begged for a seat, she showed me the roof;
The roof was hot, it hurt my hoof;
Down I got, but I was caught,
The lady was swift, I'd to fork out;
I've no proof.... but this is no spoof!

DC gets it right at last!

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"SHOWBIZ: Actor Celina Jaitley campaigned for Congress hopeful Vibhakar Shastri, grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Fatehpur seat": Photo caption of a flashy Celina on Page 8, Banner Headline, April 16

DC Editor:

"A comma after Lal B. Shastri,
And one after Vibhakar Shastri,
Prevent the dead man's Ghost
Contest his grandson's seat;
To Hell with Prabhakar Shastri!"

All-in-Ali

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Best Wishes to:

Nafisa Ali, born of Muslim-Catholee,
Wed Sardar Sodhi; Miss India Beauty,
Great Swimmer & a Jockey,
Society lady, now a Samajwadi,
Vying for MP, a wee F-in-the-M-wali!

Shaming Bush's US

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"Qasub's mother permitted to visit her son in Bombay": News Item

"Try once again to get a Pakistani lawyer to defend Qasub": Judge to Public Prosecutor


We don't have a Guantanamo Bay
To tweak meek terrorists every day
Qasub's Bombay's baby
Needs his suckling mommy
Ours's a Modern State he..he..hey!

Naming Game in Etah

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"Quintuplets: A woman gave birth to quintuplets at a hospital in Etah, UP, and the baby boys are hale and healthy": DC News Item with photo of the cute kids on Page 8, Tuesday 14 April
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Naming them's easy in Etah...
Yudhistir, Arjun, Bhim et al

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"The babies have four siblings": Next sentence in DC
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One is Karn of Kunti a la
The girl's name is Dussala

The rest two boy and man:
Duryodhan and Dusshasan

98 more to come.........................
Dussahan, Dussalan, and all welcome!
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For the 96 new arrivals, please look up:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_100_kauravas_names

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Samson vs David

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"Pepsi drags Coke to the Court": News Item


You are a bot of pesticide;
And you a vat of insecticide;
You are a pot coated with soot;
And you a kettle black as a boot!