Ministers ya mazdoors

The polls have been out for a week now

Ministers ya mazdoors

The polls have been out for a week now. And as the new government regroups itself, the Sensex zooms up and India looks all set to be shining again, a few unfortunates are being written off the sparkling career path.u00a0

Their Prime Ministerial ambitions shattered, their kingmaker aspirations battered, the Delhi dust in their eyes, they beat a hasty retreat to their lairs in Bihar and Bandipur, to Poes Gardens and Patna. Their egos are now smaller than their cut-outs, their fire brandishing rhetoric, barely a whimper on the stage of Indian democracy.

But one can only shudder to think what could have happened if Mayawati and Mulayam had anything to do with the making of a central government.

Also looking for a job is Ugly Amar. His capped teeth glint in the sun. His bald head catches the reflection of the TV lights. His eyes froggily peer in two directions lending an all-new meaning to shifty. His bombastic claims of forming the government are now as much hot air as he is. His powerful friends like the Bachans and the Ambanis are either too busy swanning in Cannes or soireeing in Davos to spend time with him now that his Omegas are his only claim to fame. What job is he applying for? Well, the only thing he was always good at: being a chela.

Farther Southwards, in the Dravidian heartland, the heat is on Giant Jaya. Her cutouts in Chennai have been rumoured to give first time viewers apoplectic fits of shock. But even in real life she looms like a battleship. They say, her timing was all wrong: if she had been looking for a job one week ago, the LTTE had been searching for an appropriate tank to add on to their artillery.

Back to Delhi and The Dim Karats who drive only on the left even in the United States. The only right thing that they've done, is ummm... well, I'm still trying to figure that one out. Currently I hear they're out scoping for jobs in Paris the Left Bank is not exactly what they think it is, though.

In my office, we have a tradition where we cut a cake every time someone leaves, to wish them well. We would have done the same for these guys u2014 only unfortunately, they had already skimmed the entire dough factory off.

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