poll pot pourri….
( in response to Gautam’s join-the-bandwagon-call via Silly Senryu II dated 21.04.09)
charity begins at home :
plm ( people like me ) :
Broca stands
for elections
DBMH* party
( *dont break my heart )
Jaspal Bhatti stands
for elections
seriously LAML* party
( *laugh a minute lightly )
six sardarjis stand
for elections
Bhangra party !
plu ( people like us ) :
Gautam stands
for elections
lim-ryu * party
( * short for limericks & senryu )
Mallickji stands
for elections
SKME * party
( * sab ka malik ek )
Atreya sarma stands
for elections
GWDI* party
( *Guess Who Done It ?)
Dr Pooja stands
for elections
hospital bed party
(alternative : injured party ? )
(another alternative : fractured party ?)
bollywood to polls:
sushmita sen stands
for elections
jhansi ki rani party
salman khan stands
for elections
katrina kaif party
kareena kapoor stands
for elections
save saif ali party
govinda stands
for elections
VKChh* party
( * virar ka chhokra )
RK studio stands
for elections
nargisi kofta party
hema malini stands
for elections
garam dharam party
business people for polls:
my uncle chipps stands
for elections
wafers-for-everyone party
a canteenwalla stands
for elections
PBVP* party
( * pav-bhaji-vada-pav )
idli dosa walla stands
for elections
sambhar party
haldiram stands
for elections
aloo bujiyaa party
agra walla stands
for elections
daal moth party
KFC stands
for elections
fried chicken party
McDonalds stands
for elections
indian burger party
Domino stands
for elections
pizza topping party
miscellany :
a streetwalker stands
for elections
std party
a hijra stands
for elections
LAC* party
(* lets all clap)
a band-walla stands
for elections
blow-your-own-trumpet party
mdh masaley stands
for elections
masala party
a retired cricket umpire
for elections
no-balls party.
dry cleaning walla stands
for elections
dirty laundry party
sportsmen to polls
sachin tendulkar stands
for elections
wax-populi party
abhinav bindra stands
for elections
shoot-at-sight party
m s dhoni stands
for elections
sab ko dho dala party
more poll pot pourri ….soon
Jitoo Uncle, I have one:
A doodhwala,
stands for election,
sau pratishat shuddh party!
Dr Pooja G Bhuyar, Bijapur
Apr 22, 2009
Dear Brocaji,
Thank you, mananeeya netaji, for having favoured me with Form B. Now I’ve to go on guessing who would fund my election, who would canvass for me, who would be my poll agents, who would be my media agents, and who would be my meeting and road-show managers, and finally who would be my CA to cook up a favourable A&L statement. Brocaji, you’ve proved your ingenuity and creativity once again. Brocaji zindabad! Zindabad zindabad!
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 22, 2009
Dear Sir, Hats off to you. You gave a chance to every one to contest elections.My first vote is certainly for you. I love the way you put across ideas in such facile manner, where every one has a pleasant smile on one’s face.Warm wishes.
T. S. Chandra Mouli, Hyderabad
Apr 23, 2009
Dear Pooja, tumhara bhi jawab nahin. Doodh waaley bhaiyaa ka doodh ka doodh kar deeya aur mujhey paani paani kar deeya. peetay raho, jeetay raho (Aur gaate raho.. mallick)
J S Broca , New Delhi
Apr 23, 2009
Dear Atreya ji, thanks for your naarey-baazi. Say zindabad also for Gautam who started the road show and invited us/you/me to join the band wagon. (Definitely free, unlike the politicians who are offering cheap liquir, a few bucks to buy the common people… mallick)
J S Broca , New Delhi
Apr 23, 2009
Dear Chandramouli ji, thanks for your response. I wear a turban but I can’t say turban off to you. The only comment that I can think of is that the politicians wear many hats today. One to save their head from stones pelted by mobs in rallies. Another to hide their face in when they lose their deposits. Yet another one to pull out a rabbit from in case they have promised so in their manifesto! Would you like to add one more hat to this list, Sir? Keep responding regularly for that gives me a lot of encouragement.
J S Broca , New Delhi
Apr 23, 2009
Dear Jatinder jee, I loved all your silly senryu, but most of all I loved your ‘retired cricket umpire’ one, for you-know-why!
Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai
Apr 23, 2009
Dear Gautamji, thanks for your feedback and hinting at the reason for liking the one on the retired umpire.You are the ballistics expert!! We all have been having a Ball thanks to your silly senryus ! Keep bowling !!
J S Broca, New Delhi
Apr 24, 2009
Poetry
By U Atreya Sarma, Apr 22, 2009
Secunderabad-56, atreyasarma@gmail.com
More Silly Senryu
[For Gautam Nadkarni in response to his Silly Senryu-II, and by trying to strictly adhere to his format]
a drummer
stands for elections
the Band Party
a beggar
stands for elections
the Dinner Party
an undertaker
stands for elections
the Funeral Party
a pomologist
stands for elections
the Garden Party
an eco-buff
stands for elections
the Green Party
a hoodlum
stands for elections
the Guilty Party
a fiancée
stands for elections
the Hen Party
an absentee squire
stands for elections
the House Party
a gardener
stands for elections
the Lawn Party
a joker
stands for elections
the Odd Old Party
a retired soldier
stands for elections
the Raiding Party
a retired cop
stands for elections
the Search Party
a fiancé
stands for elections
the Stag Party
a bimbette
stands for elections
the Slumber Party
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Dear Brocaji, Thank you for reading the stuff and for your kind response. Regards.
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 24, 2009
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Dear Atreyaji,so the silly senryu bug seems to have bitten many of the fellow Muse-icians to create such interesting and highly entertaining stuff. Hum Saath Saath Hain ! Hain naan ??
J S Broca , New Delhi
Apr 23, 2009
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Dear Gautam, Thank you for the accolades. But for your cue, I couldn’t certainly have thought along those lines. You mentioned ‘Kitty Party’ and ‘Cocktail Party,’ which certainly exist in the repertoire of parties. Likewsie, I wanted to employ only such parties as exist in the usual parlance, in my silly senryu. Warm regards.
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 23, 2009
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Dear Julie, Thank you for the compliments… I don’t think people like me stand any chance with Reader’s Digest, who only love my continual orders on their interminable Sweepstakes. Best regards.
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 23, 2009
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Dear Atreya garu, Congratulations to you on your ingenuity. I may – like Thomas Alva Edison – have invented the electric bulb, but you have certainly carried the day (and night) with your innovative ‘parties’. I especially liked the ‘guilty party’, with ‘search party’ a close second; great imagination! Warmest regards,
Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai
Apr 23, 2009
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Dear Purushothama Rao garu, Thank you, my fellow Silly-cian (I like your coinage); yours have regaled me too. I hope your Springfield weather is just cool. Best regards.
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 23, 2009
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Dear Dr Pooja, All my above parties lurk in the real political parties, and so go ahead and cast your valuable vote… and I am sure you’re going to vote a winning party. So press the button with your right forefinger (I don’t think you’re a southpaw) and have your left forefinger duly marked. I look forward to a day in the future when Dr Pooja would herself be a candidate and fans like me would certainly descend on Bijapur to canvass for her. Best wishes.
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 23, 2009
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Dear Seshu, Thank you liking them. This is a kind of real amusement, sparked off by Gautam isn’t it ? Best regards.
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 23, 2009
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Atreyaji, That’s juggling words at its best. You should send this to Reader’s Digest.
Julie Acharya Ray, Salt Lake City, Utah
Apr 23, 2009
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Sarma ji, Oh! silly, you are on the right track of our Silly(cians)
R. Purushothama Rao, Springfield, MA, USA
Apr 23, 2009
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AtreyaSir, Tomorrow I am supposed to go to the voting booth. Now my problem is I am pretty confused with so many parties contesting for the election, Mai apni keemti vote kis party ko du? Please help me!
Dr Pooja G Bhuyar, Bijapur
Apr 22, 2009
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Sarma garu, you are on the roll at your roll call. I liked them all. Full marks search party.
Seshu Chamarty, Hyderabad
Apr 22, 2009
Poetry
By Gautam Nadkarni, Apr 21, 2009
Mumbai, gautamnadkarni51@gmail.com
Silly Senryu II
a socialite
stands for elections
the Kitty Party
a drunkard
stands for elections
the Cocktail Party
(Friends and fellow Muse-icians, jump on the bandwagon of Silly Senryu II and come out with equally ridiculous senryu while trying as hard as possible to stick to the format I have used. If you can think of any other formats which are just as ridiculous they are most welcome.)
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Gautam, This is too good and different…you’re unstoppable and inexhaustible. By the way, also see Seshu’s “Vexatious Senryu” where I dished out another one, taking a cue on his. Love.
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 24, 2009
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Dear Atreya garu, Just responded to your Silly Senryu posting. Great stuff! Here’s one more:
a love-triangle
stands for elections
the Third Party
Howzzat! Warmest regards,
Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai
Apr 23, 2009
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Dear Gautam, So you are up to it again… a welcome relief. For the past few days, owing to pressing preoccupations, I’ve not been spending enough time on the Muse. When I happened to see Broca’s silly senryu today, it redirected me to yours. Just with a model couple, you’ve ignited the Muse-icians’s imagination… and our friends Seshu, Purushothama Rao and Pooja, in addition, of course, to Broca, have come up well. Despite the pressure on my time, your challenge is irresistible. So I am posting mine separately, in obedience to your call and adhering to your format. Please let me have your generously ‘silly’ comments. Love.
U Atreya Sarma, Secunderabad-56
Apr 22, 2009
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Great senryu, Purush. Coming from an old hand at senryu and haiku like you, you have outdone yourself. Warmest regards,
Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai
Apr 22, 2009
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Great stuff, Jatinder jee; and that also, impromptu! I especially liked the following one:
a circus manager stands
for elections
tiger party
It reminds me of the LTTE – so much in the news, lately. Warm regards,
Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai
Apr 22, 2009
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Seshu, I liked both your senryu. Especially, the “…priest….a-theist party” one. Thanks for being a sport and taking part in this ‘fun’-da! Warm regards,
Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai
Apr 22, 2009
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A poet
stands for elections
a free verse party
A novelist
stands for elections
romantic party
A detective
stands for election
Bond – 007 party
A historian
stands for election
an antique party
A frog
stands for elections
floor crossing party
R. Purushothama Rao, Springfield, MA, USA
Apr 21, 2009
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Dear Gautamji, here are some more :
a tailor stands
for elections
khadi kurta party
a school principal stands
for elections
mid-day meal party
a cobbler stands
for elections
leather shoe party
a kerosene oil dealer stands
for elections
lantern party
a circus manager stands
for elections
tiger party
a merchant stands
for elections
dhoti lotah party
a soothsayer stands
for elections
zodiac party
a future forecaster stands
for elections
crystal ball party.
Hope, these impromptu ones come upto your expectations.
J S Broca , New Delhi
Apr 21, 2009
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a husband
stands for elections
the singles Party
a priest
stands for elections
a-theists Party
Seshu Chamarty, Hyderabad
Apr 21, 2009
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