Our new home minister, Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde, dropped by last week and gave what can only be described as his most candid interview till date.
Q: Mr. Shinde, congrats on your promotion. What do you think is your biggest challenge as Home Minister?
Sushil Kumar Shinde: The biggest challenge is to defend our borders. I recently stumbled upon a world map. Every country seems to have a border. I don’t know if you guys realize this. It’s very, very hard to defend yourself when you have borders.
Q: That’s so insightful! Why is it hard to defend our borders?
Sushil Kumar Shinde: Defending borders is not easy because you tend to have foreign countries on the other side of the border. And they’re always trying to move the border when you’re not looking. For example, I noticed that there are foreign countries in the North East on the other side of our border.
Q: You’ve said that you were an excellent Power Minister. Would you like to add to that?
Sushil Kumar Shinde: Yes. Here’s the deal. Superman is gone. No one knows where he is any more. Even Batman has been retired by Chris Nolan. I may be the only fictional super hero left. Being a super hero is no filmy matter, mind you!
Q: Mr. Shinde, how do you plan to combat terrorism?
Sushil Kumar Shinde: The biggest problem with terrorists today is that we don’t know where they are. So, I plan to issue ID cards to all terrorists when they enter India. This will make it easier to track them. We’ll also have a pool of “immediately available suspects,” who can be arrested within 48 hours of any incident, in case we’re not able to track down the terrorists.
Q: Sir, comedians and satirists were worried when Abhishek Manu Singhvi retired from the public scene. But, God works in mysterious ways. He has given you to us. We sincerely hope that people will appreciate your genius some day. Many thanks for speaking with us.
In a separate statement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh revealed that he considers the appointment of Mr. Shinde as the Home Minister as “a harmless prank that has gone too far.”
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That is such an insightful interview. It brought tears to my eyes thinking that we have such capable and noble men adorning our Cabinet at the highest levels. His plans to nab terrorists is noting short of a masterstroke. Where were you all these days, Mr.Shinde? Did it take you so long to bungle the power ministry and take up this post?
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Yes, Zephyr. How fortunate are we… (wiping a single tear rolling down one side of my face)
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That is such an insightful interview. It brought tears to my eyes thinking that we have such capable and noble men adorning our Cabinet at the highest levels. His plans to nab terrorists is noting short of a masterstroke. Where were you all these days, Mr.Shinde? Did it take you so long to bungle the power ministry and take up this post?
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Yes, Zephyr. How fortunate are we… (wiping a single tear rolling down one side of my face)
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Perhaps, Shinde is an internationalist, not believing in borders, seperating the countries. Or the only border he is bothered about is the Zari border for the saree he he will be gifting his dear wife on her birth anniversary.
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ha ha…! Shinde and internationalist seems such a hilarious notion ..:-)
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Perhaps, Shinde is an internationalist, not believing in borders, seperating the countries. Or the only border he is bothered about is the Zari border for the saree he he will be gifting his dear wife on her birth anniversary.
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ha ha…! Shinde and internationalist seems such a hilarious notion ..:-)
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