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There is a tendency among pundits to draw comparisons between the father son duo of Rajiv and Rahul. Quite a few of them argue the father was superior to the son in intellect, capability and performance. It must be conceded that the father was more active and vocal in Parliament than the son, who is [...]

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In a truly bizarre incident, a young couple hailing from wealthy families, that too from Delhi, 25-year old Aakash Singh Kohli and 23 year old Baby Singh, got hitched in a simple but elegant ceremony, sans the razzmatazz and ostentation that accompanies such weddings. The families reportedly spent no more than Rs.2000 on the entire marriage function [...]

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Stung by Ajit Pawar’s toilet humour remarks, the hapless farmers of Sholapur gave vent to their fury by composing this poem: The farmer keeps a fast, just to quench the thirst, But the uncouth neta, he wasn’t at his best; He can’t solve the issue, it’s a nature’s quagmire, But he opened his zip, and [...]

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Rahul Gandhi, chuffed by the praise showered upon him by adoring party workers after his CII speech, penned this poem exclusive for The Unreal Times on what was going through his mind during the speech: This morning, at midnight, I had a multi colour vision Went to mummy, woke her up, and sought her permission; [...]

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On the auspicious occasion of April Fools’ Day, Beni Prasad Verma and Mulayam Singh Yadav finally put aside their differences, laughed heartily at their respective statements in the days leading to April 1, and hugged each other affectionately, even as celebrities from politics, media and Bollywood took to Twitter to pull a fast one on [...]

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Given Sagarika’s unique ability to go back in time to conduct ‘live interviews’, The Unreal Times commissioned the acclaimed television news anchor and tweeter par excellence to ‘live tweet’ about seminal moments from India’s colonial past. Sagarika commenced on her quest to tweet India’s history by travelling back to the battle that opened the doors [...]

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If Narendra Modi were in Congress: The annual investors summit would be called ‘The Rajeev Gandhi Vibrant Gujarat Summit’ He would be considered genuinely secular after giving the ‘India First’ speech Modi would have credited Rahul Gandhi for giving him the idea of Google Hang Outs and mentioned that it was Rajiv Gandhi who first [...]

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In keeping with the latest trends on social media, the Indian Parliament launched its own “Confessions” page on Facebook, where MPs, under the garb of anonymity, can unburden their guilt by dropping one-liners on their various sins of commission and omission. Ever since it was launched, the page has witnessed frenzied activity. Parliament’s research service [...]

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Your Excellency, The media has reported that you are upset with Justice Markandey Katju for speaking hastily and writing a letter to the Maharashtra governor unbecoming of his position. He is a motor mouth which is defined in some section of some act as an automatic weapon which keeps firing randomly. He committed a transgression [...]

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After the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Sanjay Dutt, Bollywood has petitioned Parliament to pass legislation exempting rich, spoilt kids from the purview of Indian law. A visibly seething Mahesh Bhatt ranted, “While the poor kids make mistakes knowingly and need to be punished most severely, the rich kids and youngsters just make silly [...]

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