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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Learning Idioms through the Kumar Vishwas Saga /Sex Escapade





Kumar Vishwas has travelled a long distance from Pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh, to the front pages of Indian newspapers. The poster boy of the Aam Aadmi Party is making and breaking news for a saga that seems to have come straight from the stables of Balaji Telefilms. The story is not only immensely riveting but also educative. One can learn a whole battery of idioms through it. Here are a few :

In the eye of the storm: No prizes for who is in the eye of the storm- Kumar Vishwas .
Hell hath no fury like a woman ( neglected) scorned : This one is for the wife- apparently the one who spilled the beans.

The lady doth protest too much: Not really an idiom but a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet.It means  that a person's  vehement attempts to convince others of something , ironically, help to convince the others that the opposite is true. Do you still want to know who the lady in question here is ?

The Vultures are circling:If the vultures are circling, then something / someone  is in danger and its enemies are getting ready for the kill. The idiom can be used both for the man and the party.

Putting up a brave front:  The poet himself.

Attack is the best form of defence: Vishwas again. He has very effectively used airtime to blame  everyone- the media, the BJP, Shazia Ilmi, his detractors ....

Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather : It is the equivalent of " Where there's smoke, there's fire."

Discretion is the better part of valour : something so not happening in the saga of Amethi.

Can you all think of some more? Do share if you do.

9 comments:

  1. My contribution to it is in Kumar's language Hindi- " jiska kaam usiko saaje...aur kare to danda baje "
    Meaning he is a poet much loved so better stay in field he is master of..

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    1. That's a wonderful one,Kokila !!!
      Totally endorse it.

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  2. In the politics , everyone cant be succeed .Kumar my favorite poet is being a dark face of Indian politics for me too. I agree with Kokila ji , " जाको काम वाइये छाजे और करे तो डंडा बाजे !!

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  3. Totally agree with you and Kokila :)

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  4. his arrogance leaves wonderstruck

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  5. Good ones, so are funny too with your descriptions :)

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