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Kedarnath opens, death (by negligence) beckons
As the Kedarnath temple reopens, the poster argues that India is untroubled by deaths from negligence, citing weak disaster management after the 2013 floods that killed thousands of pilgrims, and…
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Ali Zafar is not a patriot (also Ghulam Ali)
The poster mocks the row in which Pakistani singer-actor Shaan called Ali Zafar a traitor for working in Bollywood, arguing that patriots fear Zafar will be lost in Indian-ness, and…
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Politics
Verdict: BJP (229), +42 (revised estimate)
Commenting on Outlook’s revised estimate of 229 BJP seats, the poster agrees the Hindu vote has been mobilised in the North and West and that Modi’s win would remove the…
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Indians getting drunk on Twitter
The poster comments on a PayPal executive sacked after abusive tweets his colleagues read as drunken, noting the backlash against Indian men, and suggests a Modi regime without drinking might…
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Culture
Audrey Hepburn presents Satyajit Ray
On Audrey Hepburn’s birthday, the poster recalls her presenting Satyajit Ray’s honorary Oscar in 1992 while both were dying, reproducing the citation and Ray’s acceptance remarks recalling his childhood fandom.
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Chicom cannons take aim in (Chinese) Jerusalem
The poster points to the destruction of churches in Wenzhou, China’s ‘Jerusalem’, arguing that Christians face worse persecution in China than Muslims in Palestine, and half-seriously proposes a BDS-style boycott…
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Travel warning: Saudi Arabia
A report on new MERS deaths in Saudi Arabia and cases elsewhere, with the poster’s flippant advice that a complete travel ban is warranted since there is no known cure.
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Golden Rule: the man with the gold makes the rules
regards
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Army in Bodo-land (31 dead, 1000x flee homes)
On the killing of 31 in Bodoland, the poster argues that parties have exploited migrants for votes, that the violence has acquired an unnecessary religious colour, and that Modi’s call…
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Politics
“Are you Priyanka?”
Using a report in which Amethi voters do not recognise Priyanka Gandhi, the poster argues VIP constituencies remain neglected and hopes Rahul, Sonia and Varun Gandhi, and Modi in Varanasi,…
