Some rhyme. Some reason
Updated On: 06 September, 2026 08:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Rahul da Cunha
Ministers looking for their minutes of fame

Illustration/Uday Mohite
Rakhi mountain high
KRITI Sanon got flak
No one cutting her slack
She wore a bra
While celebrating her bro
Tying a rakhi
But she blew back
Ms Ranaut and her mouth
Every festival
Someone takes offence
Ministers looking for their minutes of fame
Trying to get the attention of their party
Threaten violence
Ads pulled off the air
More concern for a neckline
Than a poverty line
The bottom line
And so, till next Karva Chauth
Or Diwali
Or Raksha Bandhan
Some advertiser will cross a line
In the minds of bigots
Trolls on a payroll
Sentiments hurt
Ads will be withdrawn
Till next time when
Tradition is traversed
Hate is alive and well
Messi leaves
Lionel Messi
the GOAT
Bids adieu
Ciao Leo
Is he the best?
The greatest ever?
Over Maradona, over Pele
Over Platini, over Ronaldo?
But he was loved
In the streets of Buenos Aires,
In the stadia of Bombay
In Bengal, in Barca.
Lionel Messi
Pocket-sized dynamo
King-sized dynamism
Ciao Leo
Always jiyo


