Tag Archives: Satire

chest

For example, see:

  1. Narendra Modi’s chest barb a Chambal dacoit’s boast: SP, The Times of India, 25 January 2014.
  2. PM Modi’s 56-inch chest has not decreased ‘an inch’: Rajnath Singh, The Indian Express, 28 May 2016.
  3. Sena dig at PM Modi, say Pakistan’s PM now showing ’56-inch chest’, The Indian Express, 26 September 2016.
  4. ’56-inch chest’ is now 100-inch: Shivraj Singh Chouhan praises surgical strikes across LoC, The Indian Express, 1 October 2016.
  5. Farmers’ chest is of ’56-inch’ for working in odd conditions, not of PM Narendra Modi: Jyotiraditya Scindia, The Indian Express, 5 October 2016.

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Reflection on work and vacation. Hindi idioms and colloquial phrases have been used. A simple translation could be: Some are concerned with their own affairs, some enjoy in vacations. Some skip work, some work on holidays. Some work without taking any leave, some take leave without any work. Rest either do not work, or do the task pending from vacations.


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mithun2

Translation: You can go only if you have come! Context: Actor-turned-politician Mr. Mithun Chakraborty, who had attended the upper house of parliament for only 3 days in more than two-and-a-half years, resigned from the house citing health reasons. This also brings to focus the poor attendance of several other members of parliament.

Mithun Chakraborty’s photo source : Wikimedia

Reference:

Mithun quits Rajya Sabha, cites health, The Indian Express, 28 December 2016.