{"id":3495,"date":"2017-10-15T08:10:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T02:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2017-10-15T08:10:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T02:40:36","slug":"two-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/two-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the 53rd installment<\/a> of Rhyme and Reason<\/a>, my weekly set of limericks for the <\/i>Sunday Times of India edit page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

I, ECONOMY<\/p>\n

I had a strange dream the other night.
\nI happened to get into a fight.
\nModiji bashing me,
\nJaitleyji smashing me,
\nAs they both said, ‘Hey, you look alright!’<\/p>\n

JUDICIAL OVERREACH<\/p>\n

I had a strange dream the other day.
\nA High Court judge came to me to say,
\n“Amit, you are so fat.
\nWe will have to fix that.
\nPlease stop eating crackers right away.”<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

And here’s a bonus limerick for the MAMI film festival that’s going on now:<\/p>\n

FILM FESTIVAL<\/p>\n

Chacha is banal. Chachi’s a drain.
\nBua and Phoofa are such a pain.
\nSasuma brings me grief,
\nBut I have found relief:
\nThis week I am on the MAMI train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the 53rd installment<\/a> of Rhyme and Reason<\/a>, my weekly set of limericks for the <\/i>Sunday Times of India edit page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

I, ECONOMY<\/p>\n

I had a strange dream the other night.
\nI happened to get into a fight.
\nModiji bashing me,
\nJaitleyji smashing me,
\nAs they both said, ‘Hey, you look alright!’<\/p>\n

JUDICIAL OVERREACH<\/p>\n

I had a strange dream the other day.
\nA High Court judge came to me to say,
\n“Amit, you are so fat.
\nWe will have to fix that.
\nPlease stop eating crackers right away.”<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

And here’s a bonus limerick for the MAMI film festival that’s going on now:<\/p>\n

FILM FESTIVAL<\/p>\n

Chacha is banal. Chachi’s a drain.
\nBua and Phoofa are such a pain.
\nSasuma brings me grief,
\nBut I have found relief:
\nThis week I am on the MAMI train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTwo Dreams - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/two-dreams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Dreams - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the 53rd installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page. I, ECONOMY I had a strange dream the other night. I happened to get into a fight. 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