The Week India - July 29, 2018

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Listening to these statements of an

honourable chief minister, my mem-

ory took me back to the dialogues of

the tragedy era of Hindi cinema. If

this is the consequence of a two-party

coalition, what is it that a disparate

group of parties with no ideological

similarity off er to India.

Arun Jaitley, Union minister, on

Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy

breaking down while talking about

the pain of running a coalition gov-

ernment in the state

Th e Congress had fought against the

British. It is the party of Hindus, Mus-

lims, Sikhs and Christians. Who says

that it is the party of one community

only?

Digvijaya Singh, Congress leader

I remember the 1980s when Indian

athletes would participate in global

sporting events. Athletes from other

countries would constantly ridicule

them. I myself have been teased and

laughed at during the warm-up, or

when we gathered at the athletes

arena bases. Th e Americans, English

and Russian players were particularly

nasty.

P.T. U s h a , former athlete

Th ere were a lot of sounds. Th ere was

a lot of ‘aiyyo’! But I think she knew

that the bug had bitten this poor girl.

Janhvi Kapoor, actor and daughter

of Sridevi, on her mother’s reaction

when Janhvi told her that she wanted

to be an actor

MILESTONES

NATION’S PRIDE

● Assamese sprinter Hima Das

became the fi rst Indian track athlete

to win a gold at a world champion-

ship. Das clinched the top spot in

women’s 400m race, clocking 51.

seconds at the World Junior Athletics

Championships 2018 in Tampere,

Finland.

VATICAN REVOLUTION

● Ecclesiae Sponsae Imago, a

Vatican document on consecrated

virginity, stated that physical virginity

is not an essential prerequisite to

be ‘brides of Christ’. Consecrated

virgins are those women who off er

their virginity for Christ, and do not

live in enclosed communities.

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Rahul Gandhi looks more

like his mother than his

father. And his mother is a

foreigner. Th us he can nev-

er be the prime minister.

Jai Prakash Singh, BSP leader

WORD PLAY

Planning to switch from the cur-

rent job? Then plan for a jobby-

moon, too. A portmanteau of job

and honeymoon, a jobbymoon

is a holiday taken between jobs.

Depending on the circumstances

and the budget, jobbymoons may

vary, but, there is a common ob-

jective to all those who go for it—

drive out the vestiges of the past

job. Jobbymoon could be the

next big thing in tourism, after

honeymoons and babymoons.

Apparently, the word does not

please everyone. For Scottish,

jobby is a slang word

for poo, from the

19th century

expression, ‘do

a job’.

GALAXY WATCH

● South Africa’s MeerKAT radio

telescope captured the clearest

view, yet, of the central regions of

Milky Way. The picture revealed a

region surrounding a massive black

hole that lies at the central part

of the galaxy, around 25,000 light

years away.

that it is the p

only?

Digvijay

I remember t

athletes wou

sporting even

countries wo

them. I myse

laughed at du

when we gath

arena bases.

and Russian

nasty.

Th erewerea

a lot of ‘aiyy

that the bug

Janhvi Ka

of Sridevi,

when Janhvi

honeymoons and babymoons.

Apparently, the word does not

please everyone. For Scottish,

jobby is a slang word

for poo, from the

19th century

expression, ‘do

a job’.

14 THE WEEK^ • JULY 29, 2018

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