Funny & Punny and their Timeless Tales

 

Funny and Punny were deep in discussion. Through their DID – no, not the reality show

– they were ‘toi’ng with the ideas. Suddenly from out of nowhere they heard an

announcement heralding the arrival of ‘Aakaarvani’. As F&P could not see anyone

around, they surmised it must be the voice of ‘asharirvani’. They chatted along.

Funny: Aakaarvani is the latest entry

Punny: ‘A flood of vanis’, aakashvani, asharirvani

F: Wonder though about its ‘aakar’ – Nirvikaar, Saakar or Nakar

P: Maybe just a ghost in jest

F: ‘Alec, your are smart, but ‘erratic’

P: Sounds like you are ‘politically correct’

F: Correction, ‘politically incorrect’

P: Point taken, but such ‘politically incorrect’ statements ‘shobha’ nahi ‘de’ta

F: Don’t teach Men Morals, Guru Charan sparsh se Das bano

P: Be your age, find a (half) friend

F: Yes of course, I’m an eternal ‘optimist’ despite my ‘age’

P: Ever heard of ‘Gupt’shastra – the theory of Right and Wrong

F: It is time for ‘Deep Focus’

P: It is so routine, no ‘out of turn’

F: Sadly, it is the ultimate ‘seize within’

P: Akbar makes you read akhbar baar baar

F: Brother Akbar is the ‘blood’line of ‘age’less times of India

P: Nothing else chokes your ‘vein’ as easily as the funny, punny, witty ‘jug’lery of words

 F: Times drowned in ‘oceanic’ temptation

P: No, sucked by suave ‘sagar’ika whirlpool

F: Sharp as razor. Swami N Om can’t resist the temptation of drilling your ‘ankle’

horizontally to unearth ‘shal’low gas even as you find readers gnashing their teeth and

muttering an occasional ‘aiy’ followed by ‘er’

P: Vehemently singular in supporting ‘plural’istic society·          

F: Never Economic in its Times with its profound ideas

P: Courts are known to take years to pass judgment, but then these are times for ‘snap

judgment’

F: It carries so many ‘mirrors’ for us to see and reflect

P: If your are thrown off its views, rest assured of a balanced ‘counterview’

F: I can’t shift from ‘I’ to small ‘I’ to keep pace with changing times. Subtle and

deliberate

P: Very symbolic – arrogance represented by ( I ) replaced by humility ( i)

F: If you are crestfallen, try ‘crest’

P: These are times when ‘trees speak’

The clock struck nine. Their chat was abruptly cut short by earsplitting sound. They

realized it is ‘times now’! And wound up.

Bric-by-Bric (D)Rama is building UP

                                                  

Funny: A very interesting dRama is coming UP – a multi starrer

Punny: You mean ‘all parties’ are playing the dRama! With all SPecial effects

F: You got to Be SPecific

P: Every ‘Bahu’ in Samaj is a party to the UPcoming dRama

F: You are under illusion. There is a bahu behind every statue

P: They are leaving no ‘bric’ unturned to ensure success of their dRama

F: People are amused really, musing over museums

P: Park your flow of thoughts, do they have any ‘theme’ at all in this dRama

F:Centuries back, we had a ‘Raman Effect’

P: Yes, it was neither dRamatic, nor thematic. It was purely scientific, acclaimed world over

F: Are we regressive in this progressive world?

P:You promised ‘good governance’

F: Yes, but we haven’t ‘modi’fied enough?

P: Neither ‘surgical’ enough

F: What we are seeing is ‘maximum dRama’, whatever has become of ‘maximum governance’? 

Having successfully played the dRama decades ago, they are playing it all over again. What they don’t realize is people are seeing through their dRama of one-UPmanship, highly cynical of their sinister designs. Time Now for all Indian citizens to adopt ‘Uniform Civic Code’ to check-mate their dRama move-by-move, bric-by-bric! (Cut the ‘SAARC’asm).

AK 56 strikes and how!

                                                 

Funny: While every common man is making a bee-line for bank and ATM, every ‘con-man’ is screaming ‘terror attack’, being beaten black and blue, err black and white!

Punny: Real(ly) (e)state is in a state of shock what after being hit by a ten-ton-brick

F: Jewellers are painfully reminded of old classic Hindi movie – ‘Jewel Thief’

PF: A cross section of society is so cross with the measure

F: And you have Didi-the Durgi denouncing it as draconian

P: People and press going ‘gaga’ over a certain ‘Raga’ going to ATM

F:Ever since the AK56 strike, banks are devastated by the ‘demon’etisation debris

P: You mean a flood of 500 and 1000 currencies

F: You see bankers parroting ‘as long as you have Aadhar, you don’t have to ‘darr’(worry)

P: You can drive around with your ‘licence’ for exchanging old notes

F: ‘Pan’ India you need to have a card

P: Please note to give your ‘vote’(r ID) to get your note (exchanged)

F: It is your ‘passport’ to long term gain

P: Remember, no-pain-no-gain theory

Even as the common man is grappling with the financial war unleashed by AK56 aimed at ‘con-man’, we are ‘Left’ with no alternative but to take it with a pinch-of-salt which is hurting your pocket no less! Brace yourself for more pain (gain)!!

 

AK-56 Versus AK-47

Funny: For once, all political parties backed the army action and displayed exemplary solidarity with their ‘nation above all’ stand

Punny: Hold it, opposition seems to have realized that popularity level of the ruling party might soar and are extremely ‘surgical’ in producing a narrative which runs counter to their earlier stand

F: Maybe they discovered a ‘modi’fied version of terror!

P: Precisely, otherwise how does one explain a certain leader from congress to digress from party line to seek ‘proof’ of surgical strikes!

F: And then you have the AAP leader demanding that video footage of the ‘surgical strike’ be released. Crazy

P: Can’t get crazier, Kejri

F: More threatened by  ‘AK-56’ than AK-47!

P: What with ‘UP’coming elections, no wonder they felt the need to ‘modi’fy their strategy with ‘surgical’ precision!

F: Understandably so. The opposition found themselves in a catch-22 situation. i.e., ‘to praise or not to praise’

P: But then you can’t praise too much lest it affect politically. Neither can you be economical in ‘praising’

F: Opposition parties found themselves with ‘hobson’s choice’

P: Outcome of their choice would fetch results contrary to their expectations

Whether the debate will ever abate, only ‘time(now)’ will tell! Nation above all. Period.