They made us a joke.

Indian politicians are notoriously thin skinned. Criminals do not like to have humor pointed at them. The Congress party in Punjab has been lampooning the Akali Dal Chief Minister, Prakash Singh Badal and his son and Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal in a series of cartoons titled " peo puttar " which means " drink my son ". On objection from the Akali Dal the Election Commission has banned the phase. Elections are boring events full of lies, skulduggery and open bribery of voters so a little bit of humor may have enthused voters to go and vote. The EC has also banned the word " kaka " which means " boy " and is used all the time to address little boys because the Chief Minister calls his son " Kakaji ". Wonder if words of ordinary use have ever been banned in reviled police states like North Korea and China. Shows how brazen the Congress is because in that party not just the son but the daughter and son-in-law, who have no official standing, live for free in a government house worth some Rs 3 billion and travel around for free. The son-in-law has just been to the US for over a month with his mother-in-law. Meanwhile Salman Rushdie was tricked into cancelling his plans to attend the literary festival going on in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He was told that according to intelligence reports criminal underworld in Mumbai were planning to assassinate him which made Rushdie cancel his visit. Unfortunately the Director General of Police in Maharashtra, K Subramaniam said that there was no such intelligence. Rushdie is naturally furious at being tricked but Congress Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot denied that Rushdie has been lied to. He however went on to say that Rushdie will not be allowed to read from his book, Satanic Verses by video link. Meanwhile Fraport AG, which had a 10% stake in the building of the new airport in Delhi is pulling out of India. They have said that the bureaucracy here is impossible and do not have the manners to even answer letters. Silly Germans do not know that criminals do not like to put anything in writing because that is evidence. Better to do business in hushed voices and under the table. Politicians and civil servants have turned us into jokes. Incredible India indeed.