{"id":5648,"date":"2007-04-28T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-28T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2007-04-28T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-28T16:15:00","slug":"flag-and-mandira-bedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/flag-and-mandira-bedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag and Mandira Bedi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthem is napping. The phone rings. (You know the ringtone.) He picks it up. It’s Flag.<\/i><\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: Anthem, Anthem, wake up, guess what happened.<\/p>\n

Anthem<\/b>: Er, give up. What happened?<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: I was on her body. Her body, Anthem. Her body!<\/p>\n

Anthem<\/b>: Wait, hang on here, whose body? Someone has a body?<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: I was on Mandira Bedi’s body! She wore me on her saree during Extraaa Innings! On her saree!<\/p>\n

Anthem<\/b>: Happiness explodes! Which part of her saree? Were you on the palloo, draped around her, um, ah? And why do you sound so upset?<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: Upset? I’ve been insulted! Here, here’s what Cricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary<\/a> says:<\/p>\n

\n

11.40am<\/b> We are told that there is a row brewing in India where people are angry because Mandira Bedi is sporting a saree that has different flags stitched on it … and the Indian flag was near her feet and that is supposed to be an insult.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anthem<\/b>: That is monstrous. Sadness implodes! Uproar downloads!<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: Wait, ah, ooh, there is an update:<\/p>\n

\n

12.10pm<\/b> Meanwhile, Mandira Bedi has changed her saree …<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anthem<\/b>: Ah, that’s okay then, for a moment I was worried about India. This would have damaged our country. Our nation might not have recovered from the blow.<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: I know. Back to the cricket now. Sigh.<\/p>\n

Earlier: The Anthem and the Flag<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anthem is napping. The phone rings. (You know the ringtone.) He picks it up. It’s Flag.<\/i><\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: Anthem, Anthem, wake up, guess what happened.<\/p>\n

Anthem<\/b>: Er, give up. What happened?<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: I was on her body. Her body, Anthem. Her body!<\/p>\n

Anthem<\/b>: Wait, hang on here, whose body? Someone has a body?<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: I was on Mandira Bedi’s body! She wore me on her saree during Extraaa Innings! On her saree!<\/p>\n

Anthem<\/b>: Happiness explodes! Which part of her saree? Were you on the palloo, draped around her, um, ah? And why do you sound so upset?<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: Upset? I’ve been insulted! Here, here’s what Cricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary<\/a> says:<\/p>\n

\n

11.40am<\/b> We are told that there is a row brewing in India where people are angry because Mandira Bedi is sporting a saree that has different flags stitched on it … and the Indian flag was near her feet and that is supposed to be an insult.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anthem<\/b>: That is monstrous. Sadness implodes! Uproar downloads!<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: Wait, ah, ooh, there is an update:<\/p>\n

\n

12.10pm<\/b> Meanwhile, Mandira Bedi has changed her saree …<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anthem<\/b>: Ah, that’s okay then, for a moment I was worried about India. This would have damaged our country. Our nation might not have recovered from the blow.<\/p>\n

Flag<\/b>: I know. Back to the cricket now. Sigh.<\/p>\n

Earlier: The Anthem and the Flag<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFlag and Mandira Bedi - 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\/flag-and-mandira-bedi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flag and Mandira Bedi - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anthem is napping. The phone rings. (You know the ringtone.) He picks it up. It’s Flag. Flag: Anthem, Anthem, wake up, guess what happened. Anthem: Er, give up. What happened? Flag: I was on her body. Her body, Anthem. Her body! 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