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“How many holes?”
An ad spoof doing the rounds here;
Jokes apart, we are faced with such questions all the time. Indians are now faced with questions like “How many states?” Just how many states do we need? How many are enough? Promising the creation of Telangana has meant hopes for others too. Gorkhaland, Bodoland, Bundelkhand, Vidarbha, Harit Pradesh….
So just how many states would India have in 2020? According to one tweet, we’re going back to as many as the number of princely states that existed in our country and that could be over 500! What’s your guess?
How about Gopiland? I could be the CM! And if my right index finger, the editor in chief refuses to publish this post by not clicking on the "PUBLISH" icon, let us promise him a separate state!
Someone may plan to write a book titled “2 Many States” to cash in on the popularity of the best-selling book and the most-happening trend that have swept our country. Chetan Bhagat is unlikely to title his next book with that title – reason being….refer Tiger Woods episode. He wouldn’t want to answer too many questions!
So lets play this small guessing game.
In the year 2020, How many …
1. States in India?
2. Tigers left in the world? (Here I mean the four-legged wild cat not the two-legged celebrity)
3. Glaciers left (spared of global warming)?
4. Rivers left in India (spared of contamination)?
5. SEZs would be operational?
6. Malls would be functional?
7. Scams would be under investigation?
8. Scamsters would be convicted and money successfully confiscated for public good?
9. people will still go to bed hungry?
10. states will still continue to neglect some district or town while pampering another, causing more hunger strikes in demand for another state?
We could go on...but how many of such questions are really enough?
4 comments:
ROFL on How many holes:-)
Love the way you interlink totally diverse chain of events to delve on a central idea.
The questions abound and the answers are not forthcoming.
Especially on the state part, i wonder how Mr.Vallabh Bhahi Patel or the Iron Man would feel!!The guy spent his lifetime uniting the parts of India and now the brethen is undoing everything he did.
Looks like 'Unity in diversity' has been blown out of proportions
Hi Ankit, Thanks. Vallabhbhai and several leaders of yore who work for the unity of India would be turning in their graves. Ambitious leaders are eyeing more ministry positions and make tall promises which they will quickly forget once in power. Then we will have more questions to answer...
Great one Gopi, as always.The idea of your index finger rising in revolt to demand another state is brilliant. But, really that is what it is coming to, or shall we say two!
The latest is that one Tiger has been caged. He is now going to practice putting in one hole for an indefinite period of time!
I am afraid that we may be going back to the days of RAJ-RAJWADAS.
Very unfortunate,though you have been quite funny in expressing yourself.
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