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This is the 33rd 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

LAL SALAAM<\/p>\n

One day Prime Minister Modi said,
\n“Red light culture should be put to bed.
\nNo more beacon on car.”
\nI said, “This won’t go far.
\nVIPs have red lights on their head.”<\/p>\n

SONU<\/p>\n

I met a singer who seemed bereft.
\nHe looked sleepy, and had no hair left.
\nHe told me with a pout,
\n“I’m gonna carry out
\nThe biggest ever loudspeaker theft.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the 33rd 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

LAL SALAAM<\/p>\n

One day Prime Minister Modi said,
\n“Red light culture should be put to bed.
\nNo more beacon on car.”
\nI said, “This won’t go far.
\nVIPs have red lights on their head.”<\/p>\n

SONU<\/p>\n

I met a singer who seemed bereft.
\nHe looked sleepy, and had no hair left.
\nHe told me with a pout,
\n“I’m gonna carry out
\nThe biggest ever loudspeaker theft.”<\/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":"\nRed Lights and Loudspeakers - 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\/red-lights-and-loudspeakers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Lights and Loudspeakers - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the 33rd installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page. LAL SALAAM One day Prime Minister Modi said, “Red light culture should be put to bed. 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