With the Lokpal bill likely to be introduced in Parliament during the monsoon session, the focus will shift to who should be the all powerful Lokpal that can clean up India’s Augean stables of corruption. The UnReal Times presents its list of top 7 candidates who will bring that ‘extra something’ to the august office [...]
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With Anna threatening to go on a fast from August 16th if his team’s key inputs on the Jan Lok Pal are not accepted, the UPA leadership is drawing up contingency plans to “prevent the creation of an all powerful LokPal that can actually hold the head honchos of the Government accountable for their misdeeds.” [...]
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Swarga Lok. [Disclaimer: this article uses black humour to convey a larger point about society. Absolutely no disrespect intended to Swami Nigamanand ji and Shri Jyotirmoy Dey ji who both died for public causes and deserve our utmost gratitude] The late Swami Niagamananda and Jyotirmoy Dey ji bumped into each other in front of Chitragupt’s registration [...]
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The UnReal Times elicited reactions from a cross-section of society (including some ghosts also) on Delhi University affiliated Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)’s extraordinary decision to post a first cut-off of 100 per cent for its extremely popular B Com Honours course. Here are the top 10 reactions: 10. Disgruntled student: Seems the Vice [...]
Continue reading …Maran’s asset declaration brings much needed smile to the beleaguered PM’s face
June 10, 2011 No Comment
Poor Manmohan Singh has not been having a good time of late in his job and sports a mournful look these days. However, during a recent cabinet meeting convened to review assets and liabilities of Ministers, the PM laughed till tears rolled down his cheeks, when he read TextilesMinister Dayanidhi Maran’s asset declaration form which [...]
Continue reading …LokPal Drafting Committee moots creation of Superhero LokPalMan to fight the evil of corruption
May 31, 2011 2 Comments
The Lok Pal drafting committee has, after much deliberation, concluded that an effective LokPal needs to be complemented by an indomitable, all powerful super-hero called “LokPalMan” to effectively fight the scourge of corruption. “We studied various super–heroes from the literature and concluded that the LokPalMan needs to be a combination of Shaktiman, Superman, Spiderman, and [...]
Continue reading …Dr.Jayalalitha accidentally ends up being interviewed on ‘Koffee with Karan’!!
May 30, 2011 No Comment
Karan Johar was planning to interview Jaya Bachchan for the umpteenth time on his cheesy show ‘Koffee with Karan’ but due to a mix up, the invite was sent to Dr. Jayalalitha(a), the imperious, no-nonsense Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Dr. Jayalalitha, in turn mistook the invite to be from Karan Thapar and agreed to [...]
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In many countries, the official vehicles of Heads of State have been equipped with cutting edge technologies. Obama’s Cadillac, nicknamed ‘The Beast‘ recently made news for the various technological customizations it possesses. Indian Prime Minister’s official Ambassador, nicknamed ‘Shanti Vimana’ or the Vehicle of Peace and Tranquility, also boasts of some of the most technologically advanced [...]
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Whether or not we have world-class security systems and world-class educational institutes, there are some things which are definitely world-class.
Continue reading …Arindam Chaudhary replaces SRK with Jairam Ramesh as IIPM’s brand ambassador
May 24, 2011 No Comment
Arindam Chaudhary is so impressed with Jairam Ramesh’s statement about IIT/IIMs lacking world class faculty that he has decided to dump SRK and replace him with Jairam Ramesh as IIPM’s brand ambassador. “Jairam has echoed the message I have been trying to ram down people’ throats over the years through my multi crore ad campaigns– [...]
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