गरीमा बचा ली गयी-
“भोजन चाहे जितना लजीज़ हो, पर यदि खाने वाले रौनकशुदा न हों तो सब बेकार—जैसे मुर्दे भोजन करने आ गए हों।”“साहबों, सूची में किसे बुलाना और किसे काटना—यही सबसे बड़ी भूख है। जो जितना बड़ा, उतना ही ज़्यादा भूखा।”
भय मुक्त भ्रष्टाचार-हास्य व्यंग्य
“He dangled his legs on a high hanger and cursed everyone — from the central government to the department engineer.” “The British-era bridges stand a hundred years later; the new roads washed away after the warranty ended.” “If we squeeze corrupt contractors, this land would literally rain money — the real question is who will spend it honestly?”
रिस्क और रिश्वत-हास्य व्यंग्य
“Rishvat is based on risk” — this new law of modern Indian economics explains it all. Whenever risk rises, the bribe amount inflates proportionally. From the days of Emergency till today, the system has only refined its formula — risk badhao, rate badhao! Dr. Ram Kumar Joshi’s satirical essay turns bureaucracy into a comic battlefield of wit, irony, and bitter realism.
The Tragic Tale of a Desire-Humour-Satire
"For ten days, I’ve been suffocating in the minister’s trash bin, buried under countless petitions. I was born as a ‘desire,’ a letter of hope, but discarded like poison. You thought an MLA’s note could break walls without grease? Fools! In this democracy, glossy bribes live, while plain words die. My last wish—recycling, a samosa plate, or even a child’s paper boat. But here I rot, a symbol of your forgotten vote."