Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Where do we draw the line?

You’re poor. Then one day, the government suddenly says that you aren’t anymore. So you can officially spend more, and thus have to. Since then, you’ve become still poorer. Then one day, a youth leader visits you to sympathize with you, and consumes the little amount of food you had left with you or a meal which uses up your cash, and makes you even poorer.

Our ministers, too, are poor. They know that the zeros in their paycheck are zeros after all. They are hardworking too, of course- a lot of effort goes into optimizing the usage of the limited resources available to them, such as the few rooms in their accommodation, the few litres of fuel per day, the few attendants etc. available to them. This, of course, is apart from the intense vocal cord activity and the rapid eye movement and the hormone release occurring in the Parliament sessions. This hard work earns them a right to relish the delightfully inexpensive food available conveniently in the Parliament canteen.

In other developments, the government has decided to introduce special coupons valued at Rs. 5 and Re. 1. These coupons will be accepted everywhere in India, and for each coupon, a person gets a chance to consume one extremely generous serving of a concoction of cock-and-bull stories. Ministers say that people have been buying this stuff for so long now, so it’s about time it becomes official. They have also said that whether it can be digested is a different issue altogether, and an independent body will be appointed to look into the matter. Further, considering the current trends among the nation's youth, they plan to consider Kareena Kapoor videos as an acceptable payment.