This is the 30th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
SHERRY
Navjot Singh Sidhu was in a fix.
No party wanted him in the mix,
Till Congress took him on.
Good fortune came along.
His top edge went all the way for six.
CRICKET
One day, in my school, there was a raid.
A boy was caught cheating in tenth grade,
But he was remorseless.
He said, with great finesse,
“It was nothing more than a brain fade.”
This is the 29th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
UNICORNS
The losses pile up, as do brickbats
For India’s e-commerce copycats.
They beg for protection,
But avoid reflection
On why they deserve their dismal stats.
EDUCATION
I asked some college kids, amid groans,
“What have you learnt, besides Game of Thrones?”
One replied, with a sigh
“Demand creates supply.
I have a degree in throwing stones!”
YOUNG GUN
“Pappu needs time, he is not mature,”
Sheilaji told me. I replied, “Sure,
He’s only forty-six,
Still learning all the tricks.
Till he grows up, you must all endure.”
This is the 28th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
TAMIL NADU
My neighbourhood thugs were filled with awe.
The Chief Gunda explained, “I just saw
Assembly proceedings,
And now I’m conceding,
Compared to those pros, we are so raw!”
DISCOURSE
The speaker’s wife was extremely hurt.
When he got home, he was rather curt.
When she asked him why,
He said with a sigh,
“Those ruffians tore my brand-new shirt!”
This is the 27th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
PADMAVATI
In Rajasthan there was some friction,
Folks objecting to a depiction
Of a certain lady.
It was all quite shady,
Since she didn’t exist, and was fiction.
BUMP
One dark night, a man named Donald Trump
Flew off his bed, landing on his rump.
The reason for this strife
Was his immigrant wife,
Who had given him a mighty thump.
This is the 26th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
STRAIGHT DRIVE
Rahul Dravid, when he played cricket,
Always put a price on his wicket.
Offered a PhD,
He said, “No, not for me.
I earn my way. Keep your free ticket.”
TIME MACHINE
When you switch on your TV today,
You’ll feel time begin to slip away.
Everything just a blur.
Nadal and Federer.
Two gladiators at the ballet.
This is the 25th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
MAHI
Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his name
With his skill for finishing a game.
The hardest thing to know
Is when to just let go.
His timing has been perfect again.
MARD
The Indian male is quite a beast.
One half devout, just like a priest,
But the half that prevails
Seems to treat all females
As mere dishes laid out at a feast.
This is the 24th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
AMMA
They warned her about misogyny.
She said as she shaped her destiny,
“It’s a man’s world, indeed,
But I will not pay heed.
I will make those men bow before me.”
DAMAGE
Sanjay Gandhi came back from the dead.
He went to meet NaMo, and he said,
“I loved to hurt the weak,
But nasbandi seems meek.
I wish I’d done notebandi instead.”
This is the 23rd installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
LOVE STORY
Once there was a young girl in a queue.
A young boy joined it, all set to woo.
She looked him up and down,
And told him with a frown,
“‘Yes’ if you have change, otherwise ‘Thoo!’”
BAPU
Mahatma Gandhi came down to earth
For just a visit (not a rebirth).
He screamed in double quotes,
“Take my face off your notes.
It’s eroding my sense of self-worth!”
This is the 22nd installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
ORANGE MAN
Misogynists of the world, unite.
Racists and bigots, you won the fight.
You’ve got your president.
Now begin your descent
Into hatred, your sacred birthright.
CURRENCY
On Tuesday, India underwent
Surgical strikes that were meant to dent
All unaccounted gains.
Still the question remains,
Who will account for the government?
This is the 21st installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page.
DISSENT
The greatest danger to any land
Is a government that goes out of hand.
A true patriot’s task
Is to constantly ask
Probing questions, and to take a stand.
SMOG
A Delhi grandma, in confusion,
Looked around for her eye solution.
Her eyesight was just fine.
The reason she felt blind
Was, of course, the Delhi pollution.
