Friday, December 31, 2010

Q-9

What is so con-demn-ocratic about the Congress MPs from Telangana sitting on an indefinite fast, 3 days after which the State Congress Government met their demand of withdrawing all cases against students ?

a) Though the 'stock' of Congress has gone up in Telangana (thereby taking the TRS by surprise), 
    in stock-exchange parlance, this is called 'insider trading' & is illegal 

b)  It is so very easy to take (m)asses for a ride with pre-scripted reality shows

c)  The Congress which once upon a time gave us 'Satyagraha' now gives us 'Mithyagraha'

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Q-8

In the context of the entire opposition's relentless demand of a JPC probe into 2G scam, what is so con-demn-ocratic about Manmohan Singh's statement that Julius Caesar's wife should be above suspicion?

a)  He is wife to Julius Caesar i.e Sonia Gandhi, who too is a Roman

b)  In coalition politics, the majority party is always wife to the ally, on whose support, the  
     former is dependent

c)  Had the BJP been in power, then the statement would have been "Ram's wife Sita should
     always be above suspicion"

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Q-7

What is so con-demn-ocratic about Ratan Tata lobbying for a particular minister, as per the Radia tapes?

a)  It is 'bye bye' for business ethics

b)  Other industrialists are atleast honest about having to be dishonest in India

c)  Criminalization of politics is out; corporatization of politics is in 

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Q-6

What is so con-demn-ocratic about Chandrababu Naidu's indefinite fast, to highlight farmers' plight?

a)  He has conveniently turned  his 'starvation' of power into 'fast' for farmers

b)  There are millions in rural India who will be too happy to be bundled into an ambulance, 
     taken to hospitals and forcibly fed

c)  When he was Chief Minister for 9 years, no Congress leader had the guts to go on an indefinite
     fast to highlight farmers' plight

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Q-5

What is so con-demn-ocratic about Barkha Dutt and other journalists featuring in the Nira Radia-tapes?


a)  Fourth estate has become the 'real' estate. There is too much moolah to make per square ft of   
     space in public consciousness

b)  Unlike Azharuddin, journalists cannot be banned  for life for 'fixing' interviews

c)  Who cares for a ban? They may be rehabilitated as MPs and may even go onto beome....
     telecom ministers