1.
Democracy is its people who sleep for eight and a half hours a day
2.
Democracy is a scab
In the first place it ought not to be there
Then when you scratch it, it gains in stature
The more you itch, greater the satisfaction
3.
Does democracy vote? Ever?
4.
Does democracy stand in a line when it decides to vote?
5.
Democracy is determined by the collection of rare pens
With special nibs
Creating grandiloquent speeches
Its followers memorise and publish
6.
Democracy is a joke we are solemn about
7.
Last time one of us dialled democracy - all the lines on that route were muffled
8.
Democracy's claim to fame
It hasn't missed a single debate in Parliament
9.
Democracy is a noun
10.
Democracy is a clause
11.
Democracy is an irregular sort of verb
12.
Democracy is demoncracy - the fear of monstrosities
13.
Democracy broods
When asked why
It says I dread the day someone will read the Constitution
14.
Democracy is democrazy
15.
Democracy is more demo than demos
16.
Democracy is the voice of the people that speaks 2,176 dialects
17.
Democracy is fragmented
18.
Democracy is absolute
19.
Democracy is public
20.
Democracy is personal
21.
Democracy is next to godliness
22.
Democracy a day keeps election expenses away
23.
Democracy: A fool's paradise?
24.
Democracy: All's well that ends well?
25.
If it isn't monarchy and it isn't fascist there's a good chance it's democracy.
PS: Now tell me, is your democracy better or mine?
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
25 ragas of sorts
1.
What will fade first?
The ferns I forget to water?
Or my memory of Bengali?
2.
B told his son
Every fifth brick in that house is laid by me
3.
A test for true music is to stand on your head and listen
4.
He was my best friend because he owned an owl, a Bullet motor-bike and back issues of Playboy
5.
The angry young man told the rich man
Time has been synchronised by the Swiss
It's 12 o'clock no matter who you're
(Please nb: they didn't use the line in the blockbuster film)
6.
The bandicoot, crushed on the zebra crossing, has become two-dimensional
7.
Every time we pass the kebabs and paya stalls
The BEST bus belches and burps
It's a sign of hunger
8.
I stare at a Hebbar
It declines to look at me
9.
Do pigeons shit in the darkness
10.
The Chief Minister smiles at his people, everywhere in the state
Except the lady's cloakroom
11.
He bathes with beer
If he had the money
Says he would have preferred scotch
12.
His feet are in a trance
Every evening, the camel trots faster than usual when he approaches home on seeing his beloved partner
Is it love?
No
It's the fear that the foodstock will be consumed
13.
The cloud resembled Gandhiji's head
All the other clouds stay far away from it
14.
The grass has over-grown, he says
As he has been repeatedly saying everyday
15.
So many donkeys in the bazaar
All braying in togetherness
It's a sign of the times
16.
The tea tastes better whenever the sun enters the glass
17.
A young boy reads the political poster along with me
Until a friend came along and told the boy to stop pretending he can read
18.
The rice mill shall be no more
Where will the rice go
19.
Whose life do I know better?
Proudhon? Ramprasad Bismil? Or mine?
20.
The bust of Narmadh in the town-centre has been displaced
Like his poems never shall be replaced
21.
The two ladies on the jhoola count the dust particles on the sole of each other's feet
That's one way to pass time
22.
A cat on a pile of books about philosophy somehow looks sexier
23.
In Tollygunje he learnt three things
Naxalism, Ray's cinema and that he looked prettier in a frock
24.
The official guide narrates an entertaining history of Hampi
Till he loses his job for indiscriminate lying
25.
The town was renowned for
Dhrupad, doctors, donkeys, dust
And despair
What will fade first?
The ferns I forget to water?
Or my memory of Bengali?
2.
B told his son
Every fifth brick in that house is laid by me
3.
A test for true music is to stand on your head and listen
4.
He was my best friend because he owned an owl, a Bullet motor-bike and back issues of Playboy
5.
The angry young man told the rich man
Time has been synchronised by the Swiss
It's 12 o'clock no matter who you're
(Please nb: they didn't use the line in the blockbuster film)
6.
The bandicoot, crushed on the zebra crossing, has become two-dimensional
7.
Every time we pass the kebabs and paya stalls
The BEST bus belches and burps
It's a sign of hunger
8.
I stare at a Hebbar
It declines to look at me
9.
Do pigeons shit in the darkness
10.
The Chief Minister smiles at his people, everywhere in the state
Except the lady's cloakroom
11.
He bathes with beer
If he had the money
Says he would have preferred scotch
12.
His feet are in a trance
Every evening, the camel trots faster than usual when he approaches home on seeing his beloved partner
Is it love?
No
It's the fear that the foodstock will be consumed
13.
The cloud resembled Gandhiji's head
All the other clouds stay far away from it
14.
The grass has over-grown, he says
As he has been repeatedly saying everyday
15.
So many donkeys in the bazaar
All braying in togetherness
It's a sign of the times
16.
The tea tastes better whenever the sun enters the glass
17.
A young boy reads the political poster along with me
Until a friend came along and told the boy to stop pretending he can read
18.
The rice mill shall be no more
Where will the rice go
19.
Whose life do I know better?
Proudhon? Ramprasad Bismil? Or mine?
20.
The bust of Narmadh in the town-centre has been displaced
Like his poems never shall be replaced
21.
The two ladies on the jhoola count the dust particles on the sole of each other's feet
That's one way to pass time
22.
A cat on a pile of books about philosophy somehow looks sexier
23.
In Tollygunje he learnt three things
Naxalism, Ray's cinema and that he looked prettier in a frock
24.
The official guide narrates an entertaining history of Hampi
Till he loses his job for indiscriminate lying
25.
The town was renowned for
Dhrupad, doctors, donkeys, dust
And despair
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