Get fiscal with Marx

As banks around the world sink without a trace
and panic-stricken governments lose their face
Marx's books fly off shelves
Jittering neo-liberal nerves
Passing fad? But here by rests capitalism's case.

Times wonders whether Marx was right after all. No he was left.

The trajedy of Raj

There was once an uncle Bal who taught his nephew
Raj how to make people bow to your writ and sinew
Now we laugh at the Quixotic in Raj
Seeing windmills-are-demons mirage
My advice: take a break, see the moonlit-Taj anew.

Bye Bye Ganguly

Bengali Dada No.1, Sourav Ganguly
Truly a gem, cricket's lapis lazuli
Made his bat talk without pity
Whenever he had an opportunity
Did he get his due, tell me frankly.

Dr. Strangelove

Ye, smokers of the world, come unite
You've nothing to lose but a light.
While Dr. (strange)Anbu Ramdoss
Shows all and sundry who's boss
We let our freedoms go without a fight.

{Our Union Minister for Health is a sum of contradictions. He supports scrapping article 377, but wants everyone in the world to stop smoking. Anbu means love in Tamil and Malayalam).

McCain dials Delhi

Reps are fast running out on idea
How to keep Palin away from media?
Here's advice for Senator McCain
Who thinks 'no Pa(l)in, no gain':
Call Delhi, get a brief on Ma'am Sonia.

Sarah Palin is yet to hold a major press conference 32 days after McCain announced her as his running mate - and that's not changing anytime soon, says The San Francisco Chronicle.