As Diwali comes closer, lighting up our dark world, it is time to put the depressing and dreary behind us and think of the impotence of being earnest.

So, doffing a hat to the zany, the insane, the fun, this columnist is wondering...

Whether Arundhati Roy would be booked for sedition in any other country had she spoken out like she did about Kashmir elsewhere?u00a0u00a0

Whether one auto garage tells another: I am going on a diet from tomorrow to get a six-pack abs, I am fed up of all these tyres.u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
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Whether one book tells another; Don't be deceived by that charmer, after all you cannot judge a book by its cover.

Whether one ice cream tells another in a melting moment; Hum aapke hai cone

Whether one opera singer tells another; Hey you have some chorusma, you know.

Whether one block of cheese nudges another and says; That one is such a chaalu cheese yaar!

Whether you went to a Mumbai dietician and saw immediate results that your wallet was a lot slimmer after the first session.

Whether Santa's sleigh will have to take the Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL) and have to pay the toll as he comes to the city in December.

Why the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Lalit Modi does not team up with Karan Johar and make a movie; Kochi Kochi Hota Hai.

Whether the Dhobhi Ghat grumbles to itself; I wonder why all these people have never heard of the adage: do not wash your dirty linen in public.