P Chidambaram Warns Pakistan. This Time He's Serious

Following in the long tradition of fearless home ministers, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram visited Mumbai on the first anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks. And now dear readers, here's a little quiz for you. In Mumbai, what did P Chidambaram unveil?

1) more evidence of Pakistan's complicity 

2) a specific new policy to deter future attacks 

3) a martyr's memorial

If you guessed 3) then you're catching on.

The Minister also made a strong speech condemning Pakistan. Later at a press conference when asked by reporters what his government had done so far, he reeled off the punitive measures India had taken to date: first, he got the US Substitute Part-Time Deputy Assistant Under-Secretary of State to call his Pakistani counterpart, Zardari's Neighbor's Aunt's Daughter's Qawwali Teacher to express the US' strong views on the matter and this message delivery had continued all the way until Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Islamabad a few weeks ago where she suggested to Pakistan that maybe they should try and avoid such incidents in the future, or at the very least hide their tracks better.

And to drive the point home, he said that in the next few weeks President Obama would put out a twitter message saying "@pakistan Yo! No Mo Terro!". This he was sure would finally break the impasse and result in lasting peace.

Rahul Gandhi Does Not Want To Considered Future PM

An obscure MP from Amethi named Rahul Gandhi clarified today that he did not want to be considered a future Prime Minister of India. The MP sat down with Barkha Dutt for an extensive interview about his background and his political aspirations. "It's not like there we have any family history with politics!" Gandhi exclaimed when prodded by Dutt. "My dad was a pilot, my grandmother a housewife and my great-grandfather a lawyer. What connection any of these have to politics is beyond me". At this point Barkha Dutt referred to her notes and conceded the validity of everything that was said and the interview went to a commercial break. 

Raj Thackeray Has Another Great Idea

Raj Thackeray has achieved two things already in November: an agitation asking the SBI to hire local marathis only for jobs in Maharashtra and then roughing up newly-minted SP MLA Abu Azmi for taking the oath in Hindi rather than Marathi. In an effort to build on these successes, his next move, sources say, is going to be an attempt to steal some of the Cricket buzz from uncle Bal Thackeray by forcing the BCCI to field India teams made up entirely of players from the state where the match is being played. For example all of India's matches in Mumbai will feature players from Maharashtra only. Further, players will be forced to conduct the entire match in Marathi: no more 'Howzaaaaat?' - instead players are expected to say 'Kaay? Kassa Vaatla?' 

Asked what should happen when India plays abroad, Raj Thackeray said that that question, unlike the rest of his activities, required some thought and promised to come up with a creative solution.