Don’t know if you all read Shahnoor Wahid’s new column. They are instant classics !

His latest on the punchman Akbar and recent developments

But we are keeping track of the deeds of your golden boys. After a fantastic bout of target practice shooting in Kanshot, your brave boys in khaki and blue practiced punching on the talkative photojournalists at Chhotagong. Oh, what a spectacle it was! Look at the expression on the face of the police officer as he is punching on the face of that old photojournalist. The anger and hatred mixed together to create an expression on his face so terrifying that the ungrateful people of the port city ran to hide under chokirtola (under the bed). I heard, sir, that even the Australian players got so scared that they were looking for some chokis to hide under.

The other news item that profoundly amused the cynics in this country is on and about Sonia Gandhi of India. It says that she does not own a personal car and that she only has Rs. 20,000 in cash and property worth few lakhs only. Ridiculous, isn’t it? Many lady politicians of the world, including some in the Land of Hope, were horrified reading about her condition. It is said that many of them felt to have been let down, in fact embarrassed, by Sonia. “How could Sonia remain so poor being so close to power when we have become billionaires within a decade? We have money in foreign banks. We have property abroad. We have money invested in foreign projects. We travel abroad with thirty family members and thirty-five suitcases four times a year. But look at her!” they thought.

The cynics are of the opinion that Sonia Gandhi needs to come to the Land of Hope and stay here for some months to learn all the tricks under the sun to amass crores of rupees within a couple of years. It is guaranteed that no one, no intelligence agency of her country, will be able to track the source of the money she will accumulate. She will also learn how to evade the income tax inspectors and get away by paying only two thousand rupees every year as income tax. Then she will be able to invest millions of black, brown, and yellow money in business or take them out of the country. This way she will ensure the financial well-being of her next fourteen generations.

The Asian Lady Politicians Association is all poised to invite her to the capital of the Land of Hope to present her the “Guidebook on How to Amass Money.” You see, they cannot let one of their own kind humiliate them by being so close to power and yet be so poor. They do not want other women leaders to emulate her. They have their pride to defend!

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