{"id":3540,"date":"2017-03-19T08:59:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T03:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2017-03-19T08:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T03:29:35","slug":"a-top-edge-and-a-brain-fade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-top-edge-and-a-brain-fade\/","title":{"rendered":"A Top Edge (and a Brain Fade)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the 30th 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

SHERRY<\/p>\n

Navjot Singh Sidhu was in a fix.
\nNo party wanted him in the mix,
\nTill Congress took him on.
\nGood fortune came along.
\nHis top edge went all the way for six.<\/p>\n

CRICKET<\/p>\n

One day, in my school, there was a raid.
\nA boy was caught cheating in tenth grade,
\nBut he was remorseless.
\nHe said, with great finesse,
\n“It was nothing more than a brain fade.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the 30th 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

SHERRY<\/p>\n

Navjot Singh Sidhu was in a fix.
\nNo party wanted him in the mix,
\nTill Congress took him on.
\nGood fortune came along.
\nHis top edge went all the way for six.<\/p>\n

CRICKET<\/p>\n

One day, in my school, there was a raid.
\nA boy was caught cheating in tenth grade,
\nBut he was remorseless.
\nHe said, with great finesse,
\n“It was nothing more than a brain fade.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,7,8,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Top Edge (and a Brain Fade) - 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\/a-top-edge-and-a-brain-fade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Top Edge (and a Brain Fade) - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the 30th installment of Rhyme and Reason, my weekly set of limericks for the Sunday Times of India edit page. SHERRY Navjot Singh Sidhu was in a fix. No party wanted him in the mix, Till Congress took him on. 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