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Guess Which Plays Our MPs Are Reading …

Best Read Plays in India

The Parliament Library is one of the richest repositories of books in India, and was established in the year 1921 to assist members of the Indian Legislature. These days, with the number of adjournments and walk-outs, it seems our MPs have nothing to do. So they make a dash to the Parliamentary Library and instead of autobiographies, biographies or monographs, they are reading plays.

According to “unconfirmed, totally basless reports”, this is what they are reading.

Absolute Hell as read by Manmohan Singh

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as read by Somnath Chatterjee

Happy Days as read by Pratibha Patil

Endgame as read by Prakash Karat (since he is not a member, he borrowed the play on Sharad Yadav’s membership card)

Look Back in Anger as read by George Fernandes

Much Ado About Nothing as read by Pranab Mukherjee and Arjun Singh

The Caretaker as read by Sonia Gandhi

Waiting for Godot as read by L K Advani

Death of a Salesman as read by Amar Singh

Long Day’s Journey into Night as read by P Chidambaram (especially, Budget nights)

Shantata, Court Chalu Ahe as read by Arun Jaitely and Kapil Sibal

King Lear as read by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The Entertainer as read by Laloo Prasad Yadav

Charandas Chor as read by Natwar Singh

No Man’s Land as read by P A Sangma

The Homecoming as read by Mukhtar Ansari

Andha Yug as read by Bengaru Laxman (since he is not a member, he borrowed the play on Babubhai Katara’s membership card)

Hamlet as read by Omar Abdullah

Good Woman of Schezuan as read by Mamta Bannerjee

Karnabharam as read by Ram Vilas Paswan

Playboy of the Western World as read by Vijay Mallaya

Accidental Death of an Anarchist as read by Shibhu Soren

The Iceman Cometh as read by Narendra Modi (since he is not a member, he borrowed the play on Shankersingh Vaghela’s membership card)

Blithe Spirit as read by Sushma Swaraj

Exiles as read by Mani Shanker Iyer

Comedians as read by Govinda & Shatrugan Sinha

Tughlaq as read by Pappu Yadav

Betrayal as read by Ajit Singh and by Dayanidhi Maran prior to that

Oh What a Lovely War as read by Jaswant Singh

Man and Superman as read by Dara Singh and Sharad Pawar

Moteram Ka Satyagraha as read by Brinda Karat

Zoo Story as read by Menaka Gandhi

Dance Like a Man as read by Hema Malini

The Royal Hunt of the Sun as read by all the Congress MPs; excluding Rahul Gandhi

Ashaad Ka Ek Din as read by A B J Kalam

(First published on 28th August, HT Cafe. Hindustan Times, Mumbai)

17 Responses to “Guess Which Plays Our MPs Are Reading …”

  1. oz on August 30th, 2007 8:47 pm

    Hilarious!!! :))

  2. wb on August 30th, 2007 10:42 pm

    awesome! then i guess it’s time that us citizens start reading “victimes du devoir”

  3. wb on August 30th, 2007 11:02 pm

    … and the *duty* being the vote.

  4. Shatrughan on August 30th, 2007 11:33 pm

    Mast!!! :d:d

  5. krysh on August 31st, 2007 1:26 am

    And Trishanku By the whole Parliament!Sahi hai biddu..

  6. RK on August 31st, 2007 1:45 am

    This is wonderful list. Holi is not near then how and why some one played/created this joke?:)
    MPs themselves will laugh.around 35 MPs are using their hands on Plays!!!
    They will send Naseeruddin Shah etc on vacation if these guys come on the stage.

    Its a joke but even if they issue books then so many times it can be possible that books are issued for the family members of MPs.
    It can be totally funny also because Narendra Modi taking book on Shankar Singh Vaghela’s card? Thats so odd to accept. Vaghela left BJP as a rebel and now he must be MP from Congress party. Neither of them will take this risk of showing so much bonhomie.
    Though some combinations are amusing. Vijay Mallya - Playboy….., Amar Singh- Death of Salesman, Lalu YADV- Entertainer. amusing :d :d

  7. Vikram on August 31st, 2007 8:31 am

    Brilliant :))

  8. aditi on August 31st, 2007 8:34 am

    Aadhe Adhure by Mulayam Singh Yadav

  9. suchita b on August 31st, 2007 8:52 am

    HILARIOUS!!:((

  10. ashwin on September 1st, 2007 7:15 am

    man this was hilarious

  11. raj on September 1st, 2007 11:28 am

    LOL….. death of a salesman….amar singh…brilliant

  12. Maya on September 2nd, 2007 2:13 am

    Fantastic.. :)>-

  13. Phoenixnu on September 2nd, 2007 9:21 am

    Ramu…damn good one….:d:)):))…frwded it to all my freinds. Btw, what r u reading ?

  14. Ramu Ramanathan on September 5th, 2007 12:59 am

    Thank you for all your comments. Am happy that we, me and PFC havent been dragged to court. ;)

    Was underground trying to grapple with a play about JAZZ in Bombay / Bollywood. Thats over and done with it.

    So Phoneix to answer your query; no reading just anguish and agony that all of us go through. Of course, this time I kept three of my bibles next to me: Borges / Beckett / and Bleak House by Dickens.

  15. RK on September 5th, 2007 6:02 am

    Ramu: a play about Jazz in Bombay…!
    Thats interesting. Is it possible for you to cover something about the said play?:-?

  16. Mainak on September 11th, 2007 5:16 pm

    Awesome list!
    hilarious!

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    Last FIlm - The Quiet American(6/10)

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