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Yogi bare and loony tunes

Updated on: 06 June,2011 06:42 AM IST  | 
Pathikrit Sen Gupta |

So it was the government that finally pulled a fast one on the Baba." Was he sobbing at the Haridwar press conference or was that hangover from the tear gas?"

Yogi bare and loony tunes


So it was the government that finally pulled a fast one on the Baba." Was he sobbing at the Haridwar press conference or was that hangover from the tear gas?"

"Whatever! But I am seriously considering taking up yoga. Did you see how gracefully he descended from the 12-foot podium? No mean feat."

"I thought he'd decided it was a good time to take a dive. And he didn't descend, he plummeted."

"I saw some hands go up to help him."

"Not the Congress ka haath, I would like to believe."

"Give him a break. It was a rude awakening for him in the middle of the night. He missed a step."

"I am sure he wasn't sleeping. He was perhaps doing the shavasana."

"Are you allowed to take a nap during an uninterrupted fast? I mean you can't eat when you are asleep anyway. Do those hours count?"

People need to focus on the benefits of certain actions rather than on personalities and diversionary tactics


"I have always felt that the relay hunger strike is much more efficient. I mean I can easily starve myself for four hours between lunch and dinner and then pass the bacon."

"You mean baton."

"Whatever! But do you think the government should have stepped on the gas so early?"

"Burrp! Excuse me! I think anyone ufffd whether he is a yoga guru, a homophobe, a cross-dresser or all of the above ufffd has a right to raise genuine issues in a peaceful manner."

"But rather than an agitation wasn't this programme meant to be a show of strength by the Baba prior to his possible political foray? Wasn't he trying to hog the limelight more than raising crucial points?"

"We get the kind of leaders that we deserve. I think people need to focus on the benefits and consequences of certain actions rather than on personalities and diversionary tactics."

"It is perplexing that scam-tainted politicians die natural deaths with investigative agencies failing to unearth a shred of evidence against them. But if need be government can produce reams of documents on whether or not a certain activist paid his taxes twelve years ago and how many times he's peed in public."

"No one is a saint. Err ufffd I really need to use your restroom."



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