When pots call the kettle black, the only choice the kettles have is to return the compliment by calling the pots black! Of course, in this never ending war of mud-slinging, which surely dates back to even before the world’s oldest profession, it is invariably the country that emerges blacker than the pot or the kettle.
Why this eyewash?
It looks as if the life disposal squad had been working overtime ever since the interim report exploded in the face of the UF government. If the final report lacks the fire and verve of the interim report, it is primarily because Jain had said much in the interim report itself which had woken up the powers
Absolute absolution or a sham amnesty?
Justice Jain’s reports appear to suffer from the incurable habit of getting leaked before being tabled. The learned Judge of course claims that he has nothing to do with the leaks, but the final report in which he has reportedly pleaded innocence about the earlier leak has also found its way into the hands of the media.
Hamlet decides, but…
A toffee advertisement on the small screen depicting an argument between two tastes would aptly reflect the goings-on in the TMC, And even as a similar but funnier argument rages in the TMC, the party has taken the easy way out by skipping the vital issue of merger with the parent party, for the present.
Just fooling around
The All fools Day apparently went off peacefully with no noteworthy incidents of fooling. Truly, with the people getting fooled by the slick, street-smart politicians round the year, there is really nothing sanctimonious about April 1
Hamlet reincarnate
There could be little doubt that the TMC is the modern version of Hamlet. The party should really opt for the bust of the Danish prince as its mascot. There is of course a difference; the legendary hero was faced with just two choices but Moopanar?s party seems to be always confronted with several.
