Dhoom 3 is a hit

He arrived, seeking to quit,
The final act as silly dimwit
proving perseverance pays
in mere three short days
is declared a massive hit

 

Uday Chopra propelled Dhoom 3 to 100crs in 3 days  :-)

The week that was

India and Australia diss homosexuals, the message boards are afire

Indignant hordes
on message boards
endeavouring to put real
thought into their vitriol
on homophobia's new inroads

India's deputy consul general lies in immigration papers and faces the consequences. She's arrested and handcuffed in public when dropping her daughter at school. Is the force of law mightier when applied to Indians? Only Strauss Kahn episode comes to mind against that suggestion, but his crime was grave. I'm in doubt.

everywhere aplenty the soundbyte
that the black, the brown and the white
are equal in the eye of the law
in practice one sees a flaw
when a non-white faces legal might

Something new is happening in New Delhi. There is no mad scramble by BJP or AAP to form a government.

all and sundry in a fix
short of magic thirty six
common man in New Delhi
the one who matters really
is the reason, furbished politics

Same old story

Devyani K held for visa fraud

Emerging here is an old strand
of behavior, desi brand,
flouting rules with impunity
and then seeking immunity
truly foreign's the law of the land

On parole again

Sanjay Dutt received another approval to take a break from his imprisonment. Link here

It is a common prisoner's plight
to rot in his cell with no respite
Only the big and mighty shall
receive repeated parole approval
But then, freedom's their birthright!

Delhi election results

The counting's about to begin
To end months of electoral din
The good, the bad and the ugly in fray
Will finally know their fate today
pray, may sachchaayi and imaandaari win

Indian Celebrity

When an Indian celebrity
writes an obituary 
hidden is an intent
to flaunt 'jab we met' moment
and tell us 'I ain't ordinary'

Hot Coffee

Sitting in a South Indian hotel
You don't call a waiter n tell
you want your coffee hot
Announcing you're a silly crackpot
that drinks coffee cold as well

South African series

Fresh off a rousing series
Routing the hapless Windies
Dhoni's men head to SA
starting their foreign assay
Thus began Indian fan's worries 

Saved notes

knowing that people, forgetful
wash their clothes, pockets full
Singapore has fancy
plastic currency
my cuppa happiness, ain't it full?

Sodden notes

crispy notes safely kept

hot off ATM to the pocket

very soon forgotten

joined garments and sodden

in the machine, my heart wep

Power of retraction - Sonia's wealth

it was as an unintended aspersion
of corruption, seen as detraction,
whatever shred of wispy doubt
of her bountiful wealth and clout,
vanished soon with the retraction

See the link here