The Trump(ets) of the world have heaved a sigh of relief after four years of having been blown non-stop, no wonder all that they produced these days was ” Vivekamunandan…” When they were queried on their misery, they responded tongue in cheek that “They were ‘biden’ their time”. The other instruments in the repertoire of the conductors were feeling left out, the violins, flutes, percussion, trombones and even the piano had been reduced to just accompaniments from their leadership days. In a secret conclave the instrument world had already decided to disown the Trumpets for their misdemeanour. Trumpets in their defence said the charges were ‘trumped up’.
The inanimate world as also the one we inhabit has suddenly come alive…..”No Trumps” seems to be the favourite winning call for the Bridge players. In fact playing cards have unanimously adopted a motion of banishing the ‘trump’ suit forever from all forms of card games. Alternately they have applied for a change in the nomenclature from its Latin origin “Triumph” to “Vijay”, the Indian equivalent of victory in keeping with the flavour of the season. So no more trump cards, there will be “Vijay” or “No Vijay”. Vijay after all was the nom de guerre of the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachhan in most of his early ‘angry young man’ films. It obviously will be victorious in any popularity contest with world’s oldest and the largest democracies colluding.
The celluloid world of the Disney’s have suddenly rediscovered their mojo, Donald the original Duck had gone into hiding since Nov 16 itself. Ever since his duckling days, he was ruling the roost, the last four years have been crazy, he confided. He has been welcomed with great quack..quackery and goofing around. Uncle Scrooge’s stock too seems to have gone up these days, as even he seems like a nice guy in comparison. Goofy has stopped goofing around; after all the goof ups in the last couple of years, he feels, the world needs a break. The mice fraternity too have finally admitted to have ‘Moved their cheese!”
The toon festive spirit seems to have rubbed off on the global climate too, having been in the ICU last couple of years, with all the hurricanes, wild fires, extreme heat, floods, glacial melting and to top it all the ‘Pandemic’. Mother nature may again bestow its bounty on us and the world will hopefully be more alive now that climate change may again acquire centre stage. Lotus shall bloom again! Kamla “pasand” has suddenly acquired a new meaning and the hard core gutka chewing UP wallah is now looked at with a deference, after all they were ‘Bidding’ on the winning horse all along.
Original Comments:
Akshaya Handa (2020-11-09):
Confused Confucius makes music by rhythmically hitting the nail on the head thereby outdoing the journalistic also ran instruments of the orchestra. Too good buddy let the random musings' flow.
Col Romesh Kaul (2020-11-09):
Fabulous. Even the lighthearted piece needed to be dovetailed into the US presidential elections.
Now I am blowing my own trumpet
Glad Gladiator (2020-11-09):
Excellent! Finally the original toons will be back in business and give a big sigh of relief to the world at large!
Vijay (2020-11-09):
Change of nomenclature to Vijay. No thanks pl
Sanjay (2020-11-09):
As usual, a good read …brings a smile while and after reading
Unknown (2020-11-09):
Great!!! Just loved it.
manjit (2020-11-09):
Nicely put across in your usual style
Bubesh (2020-11-09):
Great one.. Why don't you start a regular column in one of the News Papers. Keep writing bro
Bob (2020-11-09):
So well written Suyash.Keep them coming.
Bob
Bob (2020-11-09):
So well written Suyash.Keep them coming.
Bob
Sachu (2020-11-09):
Nice Suyash vein
Shirin Deshpande (2020-11-09):
Very original idea sir… The vast knowledge of instruments, their _inter se_ play, the vivid manner in which they come to life in your depiction is simply classy!
The very idea of enlivening them all, and juxtaposing them in the context of recent political events is superb sir… Truly original!
Your sense of subtle humour is different! Very nice sir Enjoyed this one too
Shirin Deshpande (2020-11-09):
Very original idea sir… The vast knowledge of instruments, their _inter se_ play, the vivid manner in which they come to life in your depiction is simply classy!
The very idea of enlivening them all, and juxtaposing them in the context of recent political events is superb sir… Truly original!
Your sense of subtle humour is different! Very nice sir Enjoyed this one too
Col MP Sen (2020-11-09):
Was it right time to Dump the Trump? May be or may be not. He and others who are trumpeting his storyline that the election has been stolen? Well, he needs to be advised to go to the cops. Very well wrotten"the Non-sense"! among the Sens'
Satish Mallik (2020-11-09):
As hilarious as “Vivekamunandan Mix” of Mayur Jumani. A certain Vijay has lined up a large gang of “Vakeel puncturewallas” to fill air in the trumpet but the “solution” they are using doesn’t seem to stick.
Anjan (2020-11-09):
Great piece… all Trumped up charges though
JayBee (2020-11-09):
Well written. 'Three No Vijays' is a game call, my favourite. Let's see how Bid(en) farewell to T(romp) works out!?
Munendra Gupta (2020-11-09):
Once again a Great read Sir. You continue to highlight the common pulse with gay abandon !!
Sofie (2020-11-09):
Nice…wafting musical notes amidst the strident political cacophony
Pankaj (2020-11-09):
Good one … keep writing
chhotu (2020-11-09):
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chhotu (2020-11-09):
Let the sense prevail……
kamlesh (2020-11-09):
Very witty and interesting! Thanks for sharing Sir
Unknown (2020-11-09):
Good one…
VM (2020-11-09):
Great piece once again Sir…
Hope the Lotus here and the Potus there continue to gel.
Vinod Shanker (2020-11-09):
Well summed up with intended puns, nice piece
Vinod Shanker (2020-11-09):
Well summed up with intended puns, nice piece
Harry Ravi (2020-11-09):
Enjoyable piece Suyash…time to be a full time columnist. Best wishes.
Soldiering On (2020-11-09):
Another wonderful piece, Suyash. Brings a smile and yes,I too hope that time change from Karo Na to Chalo karen. Kudos, Bro !!
Suresh Yadav (2020-11-09):
Masterpiece Suyash!!
Unknown (2020-11-09):
Very nice and subtle humour and satire.Trums etts have now become second fiddle. Walt couldn't have imagined that his chracters would come to life, have or the stage, entertain the world and keep blowing their trumpets,wil
refuse leave the stage .He should have read Shakespeare
Unknown (2020-11-09):
Anil dixit
Unknown (2020-11-10):
Kamaal Ka likhte hai aap anand hi ajata hai padh kar.
Sunil V Damle (2020-11-10):
Will miss him though – after all, which world leader has the cheek to reply "install an air conditioner" to a question on global warming!
Raj Jagga (2020-11-10):
As always a good read..interesting.
Sheraz Varma (2020-11-13):
Brilliant is the one word to summarise this. Loved every line.
Col Pankaj Fotedar, VSM (Retd) (2020-11-14):
Sir you trumped up your best in this block
Ashutosh Tewari (2020-12-04):
Trump up an article on Madame Trump.
Reji Koduvath (2021-02-11):
All Trumped up and hardly anything will change. As you Bide'n the time you will see it happening. Its all about Camal'a – Charlie Making at All Levels.