{"id":3554,"date":"2017-01-29T05:07:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T23:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2017-01-29T05:07:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T23:37:33","slug":"gladiators-at-the-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/gladiators-at-the-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"Gladiators at the Ballet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>This is <a href=\"\/uploads\/images\/rhyme-and-reason-26.png\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"Gladiators at the Ballet\" title=\"Rhyme and Reason 26\">the 26th installment<\/a> of <a href=\"\/category\/rhyme-and-reason\/\" title=\"Rhyme and Reason -- Amit Varma\">Rhyme and Reason<\/a>, my weekly set of limericks for the <\/i>Sunday Times of India<i> <a href=\"http:\/\/epaperbeta.timesofindia.com\/NasData\/\/PUBLICATIONS\/THETIMESOFINDIA\/AHMEDABAD\/2017\/01\/29\/PagePrint\/29_01_2017_012_d534b99c1069de7917df1b683931860a.pdf\" title=\"Sunday ToI edit page January 29 -- PDF LINK\">edit page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>STRAIGHT DRIVE<\/p>\n<p>Rahul Dravid, when he played cricket,<br \/>\nAlways put a price on his wicket.<br \/>\nOffered a PhD,<br \/>\nHe said, &#8220;No, not for me.<br \/>\nI earn my way. Keep your free ticket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TIME MACHINE<\/p>\n<p>When you switch on your TV today,<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll feel time begin to slip away.<br \/>\nEverything just a blur.<br \/>\nNadal and Federer.<br \/>\nTwo gladiators at the ballet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>This is <a href=\"\"\/uploads\/images\/rhyme-and-reason-26.png\" title=\"Rhyme and Reason 26\">the 26th installment<\/a> of <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/categories\/category\/rhyme-and-reason\/\" title=\"Rhyme and Reason -- Amit Varma\">Rhyme and Reason<\/a>, my weekly set of limericks for the <\/i>Sunday Times of India<i> <a href=\"http:\/\/epaperbeta.timesofindia.com\/NasData\/\/PUBLICATIONS\/THETIMESOFINDIA\/AHMEDABAD\/2017\/01\/29\/PagePrint\/29_01_2017_012_d534b99c1069de7917df1b683931860a.pdf\" title=\"Sunday ToI edit page January 29 -- PDF LINK\">edit page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>STRAIGHT DRIVE<\/p>\n<p>Rahul Dravid, when he played cricket,<br \/>\nAlways put a price on his wicket.<br \/>\nOffered a PhD,<br \/>\nHe said, &#8220;No, not for me.<br \/>\nI earn my way. 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