Look Ma, This Is How Money Grows!

Said our PM, with absolute ease:
"You see, money does NOT grow on trees".
What was unsaid, was wealth
Grew through scams, via stealth --
And was stashed in those banks, overseas.

September 21, 2012: Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, in his televised address to the nation, tried to justify his recent 'reform' decisions to hike fuel prices and limit subsidy on cooking gas by saying that 'money does not grow on trees'. Get the story here.

Of Army Tales & a Court Ban

A birth date that led to a row,
Has snowballed into trouble, and how!
At first, came the muck,
About bribes for a truck,
Then 'news' of troops closing in - Wow!

There's also the letter which stated,
Our weapons were bloody outdated.
With supplies unsteady,
We weren't battle-ready;
That a war, now, would sure be ill-fated.

The media, sure enough, ran
These juicy tales daily, their plan
To get us all spooked,
Till they were rebuked,
By the Court, which then issued a ban.

NDTV 12/04/2012: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday restrained the electronic and print media from publishing and broadcasting any news reports on the movement of two army units towards Delhi in January, as reported in a section of the media. Get the story here

Get more on the age row story here and here