This is the 37th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
THEFT
We are paying Krishi Kalyan Cess.
Even then, farmers are in a mess.
This only illustrates
How governance abates,
While our taxes remain in excess.
CONSENT
A friend asked, “Why be against Aadhaar?
We give our data to the bazaar,
Like Google, for instance.
Then why this resistance?”
I said, “Because Consent matters, yaar!”
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And here’s a bonus limerick that didn’t appear in the paper:
NDTV
Most bullies are wimps, really afraid
That someone will rain on their parade.
Like Modi and his men,
So macho, except when
Someone fights back. Then they call a raid.