{"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. CONSENT<\/p>\n A friend asked, “Why be against Aadhaar? *<\/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 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. CONSENT<\/p>\n A friend asked, “Why be against Aadhaar? *<\/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
\nEven then, farmers are in a mess.
\nThis only illustrates
\nHow governance abates,
\nWhile our taxes remain in excess. <\/p>\n
\nWe give our data to the bazaar,
\nLike Google, for instance.
\nThen why this resistance?”
\nI said, “Because Consent matters, yaar!”<\/p>\n
\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":"
\nEven then, farmers are in a mess.
\nThis only illustrates
\nHow governance abates,
\nWhile our taxes remain in excess. <\/p>\n
\nWe give our data to the bazaar,
\nLike Google, for instance.
\nThen why this resistance?”
\nI said, “Because Consent matters, yaar!”<\/p>\n
\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":"\n