Loneliest Place, With Covers
BJP MP Varun Gandhi feels the library at Parliament is the 바카라loneliest place바카라 on earth. 바카라I often go to the Parliament library because that is supposed to be one of the repositories of knowledge바카라Š. Every time I go there, the librarian hugs me, because she hasn바카라t seen a person in about 10 days,바카라 he said at a conclave. Wonder how many parliamentarians knew they have a library before Gandhi made it cool and viral. And what percentage of MPs actually reads a book or two?
Witch Memorial
The statue of a woman at a square in Odisha바카라s Keonjhar won바카라t draw much attention, but plaques surrounding the black sculpture would. It바카라s a first-of-its-kind memorial dedicated to victims of witch-hunts, an outlawed practice that thrives in poor and tribal communities where illiteracy, superstition and a rigid caste hierarchy ensure women are branded witches and persecuted. The plaques bear the name of 55 women killed over suspicion that they were 바카라witches바카라. Women are beaten, sexually assaulted, stripped naked and paraded or thrown into wells after being branded witches and blamed for everything바카라from a poor monsoon to illness, or sudden death. The statue is part of the campaign to exorcise the evil.
Romeo Hijacker
For all the husband-wife-and-woh jokes, this one is fatally serious. It so happened that Mohammad Polash Ahmed of Bangladesh had a tiff with his missus, like they often did, and their domestic disharmony flew out of control. A depressed Polash바카라condition unstable, say authorities바카라booked a Biman Airlines flight to Dubai, slipped a toy gun into his cabin bag, held a member of the cabin crew hostage and tried to hijack the plane carrying 148 people. The 25-year-old demanded an audience with the PM to discuss his family 바카라issues바카라, and he forced the plane to land in Chittagong, where commandos cut his miserable life down. A day later, his father said his son was in love with a film-star. The influence of a third party was further corroborated by intimate images of the pair on social media.
Vastu바카라s Non-Bungalow
C-7, Civil Lines, Professor Colony, Bhopal. That바카라s the address to a spacious government bungalow earlier allotted to foreign minister Sushma Swaraj as she is a parliamenterian from Madhya Pradesh, representing Vidisha constituency for the past two terms. Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who had to vacate his official bungalow after the BJP lost power in the assembly elections, was eyeing the house allotted to Swaraj. But he backed out when a vastu expert from Delhi found 바카라flaws바카라 in the construction. Thereafter, finance minister Tarun Bhanot cited similar reasons when the bungalow was allotted to him.
Sunny, The Examination Topper
Bihar probably would have had the oomphest junior engineer on the plaÂnet, but for a prank that catches the competent clerical cadre or bumbling bureaucracy in various stages of undress. Well, Sunny Leone 바카라topped바카라 the merit list of the Bihar public health engineering department바카라s exam for hiring 200 junior engineers. She scored 98.50 points, while another candidate, 바카라bvcxzbnnb바카라 (father바카라s name: 바카라mggvghhnnnn바카라), came third with 92.89 points. Sunny was registered in the general category with her father바카라s name as Leona Leone. The Bollywood pin-up바카라whose photos find space in many places, including the voter card of a woman named Durgawati in UP바카라tweeted that she was glad 바카라the OTHER me has scored so well바카라.
Nepal Has A Gag Bag
Nepal바카라s elected Communist government doesn바카라t tolerate any criticism as it hampers the good work it is doing, like buying a helicopter for the president. So, the government has introduced a bill in Parliament that allows it to punish people for posting anti-Âadministration content on social media. Punishment includes a fine of Rs 1 million and/or five years in jail. The opposition NepÂali Congress called the bill a move towards authoritarian rule. Ole, Oli, Oligarchy!
Cure-All Khaire
Chandrakant Khaire is the Shiv Sena바카라s Lok Sabha MP for AurangaÂbad. Last week, he told a congregation of medical professionals that he had cured people by feeling their pulse, chanting mantras, and giving them vibhuti (residual wood ash from ritual fires) to eat or to place under the pillow in a pouch. Khaire said he wanted to treat BJP leader Pramod MahÂajan after he was shot but couldn바카라t because of the strict security. That, apparently, was the only failure of this amazing apothecary. Hope this BSc from Marathwada University, who also has a diploma in personnel management, can feel the pulse of the nation.
Imran바카라s Modesty
If fawning supporters of Imran Khan have their way then the Pakistani Prime Minister will soon join the ranks of both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. It is another matter if he will win the coveted honour, if nominated. But his nomination alone can make him rub shoulders with a host of other world leaders that range from Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin to Fidel Castro.
A resolution was submitted recently in the Pakistani parliament by information minister Fawad Khan. He felt Imran was a deserving candidate for the 바카라sagacious role바카라 he played in reducing tension between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of last month바카라s Pulwama terror attack.
While turning down the proposed nomination for the Peace Prize, the Pakistani PM tweeted, 바카라The person worthy of this would be the one who solves the Kashmir dispute according to the wishes of the Kashmiri people and paves the way for peace and human development in the subcontinent바카라.
Former Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram also joined Imran바카라s camp-followers in singing his praise. He said the country has taken a giant leap since the PakÂÂistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government came to power. 바카라Our country has taken a gigantic step in the right direction since you became our leader. The people are positive and feel safe for the first time in years. Skipper, you don바카라t need to be awarded the Nobel Peace prize, in our eyes you already have it!바카라 Akram said.
Much of the hype about Imran바카라s statesmanship came from his decision to hand over IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman to India. The IAF pilot, caught in a dog-fight with an intruding Pakistani fighter, landed in Pakistani territory when he bailed out of his damaged aircraft. He was in custody for a day but Imran made an announcement in parliament that he had decided to release Abhinandan as a 바카라peace gesture.바카라
Last year, two Norwegian right-wing parliamentarians had decided to nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his initiative to denuclearise the Korean peninsula through talks with Kim Jong Un, the North Korean supremo.
Of the five categories for the Nobel awards바카라physics, chemistry, medicine and literature, the peace prize has often run into controversy. Among others it was awarded to MenÂachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, two controversial leaders of West Asia. Since Barack Obama also won it in 2009, barely a year after assuming the US president바카라s office, few can fault Imran바카라s supporters for hoping that the Pakistani PM may also have a handy chance to win the peace prize.
Illustrations by Manjul; Curated by Alka Gupta
