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:bruary, 1949
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SUBBA BAO (Madras) Do you believe in Ram Rajya?
/ dont. It is too antiquated a mode of life with monkeys becoming gods and women roasted in fire. In the present times we use monkeys for rejuvenation and women as bus conductors.
D. DATAB (Sholapur)
Can love be burnt?
Love can be turned to ashes with the fire of jealousy.
S. SANKABA NABAYAINAN (New Delhi) What kind of reception did you get in Hollywood?
Hollyuood always gives an extra friendly reception to a critic which, of course, means nothing except good business.
V. NABASIMHAN (Hyderabad Dn.) Are you a chip of the old block?
My old block is worth millions, the chip hasn't got a chip even.
Did you dash against any divorced actress while in nerica?
/ had to search for a married one. How do you deal with one who listens to your vice with a smile and never obeys it?
The only man I advise is Pandit Indra and he doesn't knoiv what a smile is. He uses his teeth only for biting.
iNGA KAULGUD (Kolhapur)
You make sense out of nonsense. What is the secret your art?
Common sense.
[SS DAYA BAIJAL (Kotah)
When is the Kashmir tangle likely to end?
When the gun yields its place to a surgeons knife.
IGENDBA KUMAB (Meerut)
Why does my father hate to see pictures when he is ly forty years old?
Because he has to pay for them.
frSS V. KUMAB (Tellicherry)
Do you believe in women being independent and brking for a living or are you an advocate of marriage |r women ?
Marriage is also working for a living. Men haven t begun feeding the women in bed yet.
OHINDEB SINGH (Nabha)
Sardar Baldev Singh, our Defence Minister, never ■pears in his martial dress. Why?
Why should he? To a Sikh his beard is all the brass buttons and the khaki.
I BAHIM KHAN (Madras)
Is it not a fact that the stage play "Ghaddar" by B-ithviraj Kapoor has entirely shaken the outlook of Buslims of India?
Muslims have not seen it to be shaken. The play is a balm to the Hindu mind outraged by the partition of India.
Sulochana Chatlerjee plays another popular role in "Ladli", a social story produced by Variety Pictures.
MISS U. CHOWLA (Simla)
What must a girl do when her lover threatens to commit suicide every now and then?
Give him a chance once. The every-now-and
then variety of romantic blackmailers live up to an
old age.
ATIB USMANI (Bombay)
Pornography as such is censured by society; but when incorporated in poetry it is not only permitted but positively applauded — even the moralists join in the applause! Why is it so?
The human eye is less tolerant than the ear. The story of the ear is often turned into a tragedy of the eye. That's why people like to hear things but not see them.
P. C. SIDDALINGA BAO (Bangalore)
What tempts educated people to an unsuitable marriage?
The selfish instinct to own a bread-winner and acquire easy security.
What is the difference between a bribe and a commission ?
A commission is often a legitimate profit after a deal. A bribe is a temptation in advance.
Are we allowed to kill a national enemy?
The individual has no right to kill. It is a state's privilege.
M. CHANDY ZACHABIAS (Madras)
Why are Indian princes very much interested in horse races?
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