Dig the earth and get some gas
It’s fuel to burn, and makes hard cash
But the problem comes when it meets politics
When they ask: “Tell me, who did they fix?” Read more
Posted by N Madhavan on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Filed under India, Politics · Tagged activists, arvind kejriwal, auditor, Congress, gas, hindustan times, Madversity, media, N madhavan, news, Politics, Reliance, United Progressive Alliance, upa
It’s not a coalition, it’s a soap opera
It’s not marriage with the saath-pheras
UPA you see, is a floating alliance
With torrid affairs, and an occasional dalliance Read more
Posted by N Madhavan on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bahu, Coalition, Congress, hindsutan times, minister, Mulayam, N madhavan, news, parliament, Saas
In normal times, Mr Pawar
Fumes on rice, wheat and jowar
But when he cribs like Ms Banerjee
We assume he has a strategy Read more
Posted by N Madhavan on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Filed under India, Politics · Tagged Congress, hindustan times, Madversity, mamata banerjee, N madhavan, news, Praful Patel, Sharad Pawar, upa
When all is said and all is done
Ra.One is not quite Formula 1
But both spell the algebra of a mixed-up nation
Caught in the throes of high inflation Read more
Posted by N Madhavan on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:50 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Congress, Dalits, Formula 1, Lady Ga Ga, Madversity, Mayawati, N madhavan, pranab mukherjee, Ra.One, Shah Rukh Khan
One sells the spectrum, the other some mines
For both of them governments the sun does shine
In the murky world they call Indian politics
The air and the ground, both offer tricks Read more
Posted by N Madhavan on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2G scam, 2g spectrum scam, bjp, Congress, elections in India, illegal mining in Karnataka, indian babus, Indian politics, N madhavan, scams in india, spectrum scandal, upa
They’re talking in living rooms, cafes and dhabas
Of an imminent fast by a Baba
fighting corruption in a time-tested way
after years of taking our breath away Read more