{"id":3523,"date":"2017-06-11T09:16:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T03:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2017-06-11T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T03:46:32","slug":"theft-surveillance-bullies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/theft-surveillance-bullies\/","title":{"rendered":"Theft, Surveillance, Bullies"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the 37th 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

THEFT<\/p>\n

We are paying Krishi Kalyan Cess.
\nEven then, farmers are in a mess.
\nThis only illustrates
\nHow governance abates,
\nWhile our taxes remain in excess. <\/p>\n

CONSENT<\/p>\n

A friend asked, “Why be against Aadhaar?
\nWe give our data to the bazaar,
\nLike Google, for instance.
\nThen why this resistance?”
\nI said, “Because Consent matters, yaar!”<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

And here’s a bonus limerick that didn’t appear in the paper:<\/p>\n

NDTV<\/p>\n

Most bullies are wimps, really afraid
\nThat someone will rain on their parade.
\nLike Modi and his men,
\nSo macho, except when
\nSomeone fights back. Then they call a raid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the 37th 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

THEFT<\/p>\n

We are paying Krishi Kalyan Cess.
\nEven then, farmers are in a mess.
\nThis only illustrates
\nHow governance abates,
\nWhile our taxes remain in excess. <\/p>\n

CONSENT<\/p>\n

A friend asked, “Why be against Aadhaar?
\nWe give our data to the bazaar,
\nLike Google, for instance.
\nThen why this resistance?”
\nI said, “Because Consent matters, yaar!”<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

And here’s a bonus limerick that didn’t appear in the paper:<\/p>\n

NDTV<\/p>\n

Most bullies are wimps, really afraid
\nThat someone will rain on their parade.
\nLike Modi and his men,
\nSo macho, except when
\nSomeone fights back. Then they call a raid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,7,8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTheft, Surveillance, Bullies - 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\/theft-surveillance-bullies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Theft, Surveillance, Bullies - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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. 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