{"id":3494,"date":"2017-10-22T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T02:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2017-10-22T08:23:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T02:53:22","slug":"me-too-this-diwali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/me-too-this-diwali\/","title":{"rendered":"Me Too, This Diwali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>This is <a href=\"\/uploads\/images\/rhyme-and-reason-54.png\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Me Too, This Diwali\" title=\"Rhyme and Reason 54\">the 54th installment<\/a> of <a href=\"\/category\/rhyme-and-reason\/\" title=\"Rhyme and Reason -- Amit Varma\">Rhyme and Reason<\/a>, my weekly set of limericks for the <\/i>Sunday Times of India<i> <a href=\"https:\/\/epaperlive.timesofindia.com\/TOI\/BOM\/20171022\">edit page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>ME TOO<\/p>\n<p>For too long, men have not had a clue<br \/>\nWhat every woman has to go through.<br \/>\nThis is a wake-up call.<br \/>\nThis applies to us all. <br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the value of saying &#8216;Me too.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>THIS DIWALI AIR<\/p>\n<p>I asked a friend this festive season,<br \/>\n&#8220;Why are you coughing? What&#8217;s the reason?&#8221;<br \/>\nShe said, &#8220;Though I am young,<br \/>\nI need a brand new lung.&#8221;<br \/>\nI said, &#8220;Shhh! To complain is treason.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>This is <a href=\"\"\/uploads\/images\/rhyme-and-reason-54.png\" title=\"Rhyme and Reason 54\">the 54th installment<\/a> of <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/categories\/category\/rhyme-and-reason\/\" title=\"Rhyme and Reason -- Amit Varma\">Rhyme and Reason<\/a>, my weekly set of limericks for the <\/i>Sunday Times of India<i> <a href=\"https:\/\/epaperlive.timesofindia.com\/TOI\/BOM\/20171022\">edit page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>ME TOO<\/p>\n<p>For too long, men have not had a clue<br \/>\nWhat every woman has to go through.<br \/>\nThis is a wake-up call.<br \/>\nThis applies to us all. <br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the value of saying &#8216;Me too.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>THIS DIWALI AIR<\/p>\n<p>I asked a friend this festive season,<br \/>\n&#8220;Why are you coughing? 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