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Fifty Shades - Hypocrisy & Irony

This week irony died a million deaths when ...
  • The great grandson of Motilal and Jawaharlal Nehru who used to send their laundry to Paris for dry cleaning called the government 'Suit, Boot ki Sarkar' just after returning from a 55 day boutique holiday
  • The guy for whom Sec 66A was created is batting for net neutrality without having any clue on what it means.
  • A party which took away the 'fundamental right of property' from every Indian during the Emergency is talking about protecting property rights
  • The son-in-law who used to get VVIP treatment at airports for a decade launches a campaign against VVIP culture.
  • A family whose son-in-law was one of the beneficiaries of the taking land from farmers at a pittance is now a torch bearer for land rights
  • A party whose ideology was 'Swaraj' kicks out 2 founder members without a fair hearing.
  • At a political rally called for the benefit of farmers , a farmer attempts to commit suicide and is critical. The meeting continues as if nothing has happened ...so much 'concern' for poor farmers
The bigger irony - the fourth pillar of democracy is being played like never before. 

This is an amazing build up and sets a perfect stage for a response .........like any thriller ... the best part is the climax



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