12 March,2010 08:25 AM IST | | Hemal Ashar
With all that buzz about the Indian Premier League (IPL) beginning today what better way for this columnist to start than by wondering...
Whether the IPL cheerleaders might one day do the kathakali or bharatnatyam dance steps (move over Shiamak Davar) to cheer their teams in a nifty way to promote Indian classical dance.
Whether M F Husain who seems to be touting how free he would be in Qatar would be free enough to paint Madhuri Dixit there.
Why our boxers competing in the current Commonwealth Championships in New Delhi do not train in Parliament, looking at the combat by our netas over the Women's Reservation Bill.
Whether the fillies (female horses) who have done so well in the current Mumbai season are saying: 'oh yeah' to the passing of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha and wondering if they would get some space reserved for them in the political stables too.
Whether actor Dharmendra feels extra hot every city summer as he is known as garam Dharamu00a0Whether the Big Ben in London, is now looking to get married and has put a matrimonial advertisement in the Gujarat Samachar seeking a big bhai.
Whether when the cartoon character, spinach-quaffing sailor Popeye visits a Mumbai Udipi he would naturally order a 'palak' dosa.
Whether one cow asks another: My moo-bile is prepaid, are you on billing.
Whether a lady called Jenny who goes to Gujarat may be known as Jen ben.
Whether a fountain pen tells its enemies in a threatening and sinister tone: Beware. I have an underworld (l)ink.
Whether you too do not understand phrases like: 'when life gives you a lemon suck it,' but say them anyway, because they sound good.
Whether writers are secretly delighted when their work is pirated and sold on the city's traffic signalsu00a0u00a0u00a0
Whether one pair of glasses says to another: I think I have been framed.
Whether a CD player ever gets a backache and is diagnosed with a slipped disc.
Whether actor Dharmendra feels extra hot every city summer as he is known as garam Dharam.
Why the late Australian cricket legend Don Bradman in the news after Steve Waugh said that Don Bradman was the best cricketer ever and Sachin Tendulkar could only be second, does not rise from his grave and say: 'Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahin namumkin hai.'
Why are you reading this tripe, anyway?
