Obama goes to India: A fly-on-the-wall review
NFP reports the real stuff from New Delhi.
Nadeem F. Paracha
Published
January 27, 2015
Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com
He tweets @NadeemfParacha
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Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com. He is also the author of two books on the social history of Pakistan, End of the Past and The Pakistan Anti-Hero.
He tweets @NadeemfParacha
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Ati Khan
Jan 27, 2015 03:49pm
haha funny stuff.
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Dinesh Singh
Jan 27, 2015 03:50pm
Hilarious, particularly 'poem' one. Thank you for a quick laugh.
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sharic
Jan 27, 2015 03:50pm
Funny, all things handled already by bureacracy, presidents just go to have good time , No?
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Rahul Jha
Jan 27, 2015 03:51pm
Brilliant as usual.
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Manish
Jan 27, 2015 03:52pm
Ha! Ha! refreshingly hilarious!
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tashu
Jan 27, 2015 03:53pm
Not so funny..
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Amar Singh Rathore
Jan 27, 2015 03:55pm
Very Very Very Good. Thanks Nadeem you are a super professional.
Amar
Heidelberg Germany
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MORADABADI
Jan 27, 2015 03:56pm
Good one NFP
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Danish Ali
Jan 27, 2015 03:56pm
That wishful look of soldiers. That's Amreeeka for you!
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Jor El
Jan 27, 2015 03:56pm
This was beautiful ...
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sunny
Jan 27, 2015 03:56pm
very funny lol
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RAMEEL AHMAD
Jan 27, 2015 03:58pm
Its amazing really presents the true feelings but symbolic too.HERE u should also add the pic when OBAMA watching the parade.Well done.
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Salman
Jan 27, 2015 03:59pm
That was Hilarious
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Azfar Kakar
Jan 27, 2015 04:00pm
Hilarious - very well done.
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Tranquil
Jan 27, 2015 04:00pm
heheheeh , lovely , you made it DAWN hope here i m not gonna see cats and dog fight between Indian and Pakistani trolls
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Feroz
Jan 27, 2015 04:03pm
Where is the Gajar ka Halwa ? The President was very impressed by the acrobatics on a motorcycle. Nice pictorial satire !
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MAK
Jan 27, 2015 04:08pm
From the pics, it looks like Michelle Obama is taller than the Indian PM, Indian President and all their body guards
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Atul
Jan 27, 2015 04:08pm
LOL! "Oil is thicker than marble!!!" That was a master stroke and how true! :D
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ShasDubey
Jan 27, 2015 04:12pm
hahaha-Very Nice!!!!
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Areeb
Jan 27, 2015 04:14pm
Oil is thicker than marble LOL
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Ravi
Jan 27, 2015 04:17pm
Nadeem.....!!!...i was waiting for this day.....when you'll write something on indian issues.........we have lost RK laxman yesteday.....Please help us find humour again........thank you very much!!!!!...:)
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Sonia
Jan 27, 2015 04:18pm
Beautifully scripted. had a great laugh while reading :)
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Zo
Jan 27, 2015 04:18pm
hahahahhahahahaha amazing
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Sayyed Jahanzaib
Jan 27, 2015 04:21pm
loved it,......................
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AHA
Jan 27, 2015 04:24pm
Funny and excellent. Loved it.
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SMQ Zaman
Jan 27, 2015 04:26pm
Ha, ha, ha,.....ha....Now, now, now, don't get upset, Indian folks, this is a great and very funny sense of humour of NFP!
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Vishal
Jan 27, 2015 04:28pm
superb!!
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Pranav Rana
Jan 27, 2015 04:29pm
lol
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farhan
Jan 27, 2015 04:30pm
not that funny ......
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Eijaz Pardhan
Jan 27, 2015 04:33pm
Awesome work man
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sheraz
Jan 27, 2015 04:35pm
HAHAHHAH
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PASHA
Jan 27, 2015 04:35pm
I love " is this when we break into bollywood group dance" very funny.
Thanks Nadeem and Dawn.
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TV Sinha
Jan 27, 2015 04:38pm
Nice one. Like it.
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Kranti
Jan 27, 2015 04:40pm
This should be funny if it were Pakistanis because Indians are not cranks like shown in the article...It would've suited Pakistanis well but no US president will ever waste his time by interacting with Pakistanis. So that possibility is also not there...LOL
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Hrishikesh
Jan 27, 2015 04:41pm
I'm an Indian and I find this hilarious!
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Ganga Din
Jan 27, 2015 04:42pm
Very funny. Humor can expose reality. Should have done one on Kerry's visit to Pakistan.
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asgher
Jan 27, 2015 04:43pm
best was Micheal Obama talking about breaking into Bollywood group dance..
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Ranga
Jan 27, 2015 04:45pm
Lovely..
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AGK
Jan 27, 2015 04:53pm
Healthy humour is always lovely to read no matter which country you belong too. Loved reading your work. From an Indian reader.
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Anagha
Jan 27, 2015 04:53pm
Oil is thicker than marble!! Excellent ;)
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Gaurav Arya
Jan 27, 2015 04:55pm
NFP, you are the only Pakistani who makes fun of Indians and they applaud you for it. Well done. You are a rock star, Sir. "Are you sure this is tea?"…..lol…pure genius.
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Rohit
Jan 27, 2015 04:55pm
Hillarious.. :D
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Kumar
Jan 27, 2015 04:56pm
Just hilarious.
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sagar
Jan 27, 2015 04:57pm
Funny. One interesting point is that All the images are mirror images of what exactly they should have been. Not surpirsed if Pakistani are trying to see all the Obama tour in reverse way.
Be happy pakistani bros.
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Shank
Jan 27, 2015 04:58pm
You are amazing!
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Murali
Jan 27, 2015 04:59pm
@ Kranti...Please mam! Don't over react..
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Anubhav
Jan 27, 2015 05:00pm
NFP must be declared as national treasure jointly by Pakistan & India both. Lets fight over to whom NFP really belongs to. Take a bow NFP, you made my evening.
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Indian
Jan 27, 2015 05:00pm
Ahhhahahhaaaa.... You're a legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved it to the core!!!!!!!!!!
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Anagha
Jan 27, 2015 05:00pm
@SMQ Zaman
Why should we?? In fact, I was thinking what RK Laxman would have sketched about this visit.
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N.S
Jan 27, 2015 05:06pm
...must be taking this slapstick with a pinch of salt. Humorous to the hilt though.
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Rohail.
Jan 27, 2015 05:06pm
I keep waiting for NFP to miss instead of hit. But year after year, week after week he's gone on generating quality writings on Dawn, may they be satire, political, social or on cricket. The guy's maddeningly prolific. Seriously, while the West keeps getting turned on by all these artsy authors and Bollywood in India, the real creative gem in the region is here in Pakistan. The one and only NFP,
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Anagha
Jan 27, 2015 05:08pm
@Ganga Din
Well said!!
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N.S
Jan 27, 2015 05:08pm
@Kranti laugh till you cry. This is pun intended...pure and simple, learn to take sarcasm.
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Ravinder kadiyan
Jan 27, 2015 05:08pm
awesome... !!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :)
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Test
Jan 27, 2015 05:09pm
Test.
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Jason
Jan 27, 2015 05:13pm
Really? Pakistanis find this funny!?
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Faroze K
Jan 27, 2015 05:14pm
"Oil is thicker than marble" - good one , NFP
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Sanjay Guha
Jan 27, 2015 05:15pm
I loved the last one. Oil is thicker than marble
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N.S
Jan 27, 2015 05:15pm
Really? Err...are you sure this is tea?... now gotcha.
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NFP's Indian Fan
Jan 27, 2015 05:16pm
Man, you are simply superb! Can't laugh enough.
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baarud
Jan 27, 2015 05:20pm
Super! Mind blowing!! Fantastic!!!
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sap india
Jan 27, 2015 05:20pm
Well this things can pacify pakistanis only what can Pakistan do more...utter jealousy and nothing else..however great stuff
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Fan
Jan 27, 2015 05:21pm
Many Modi trolls going bonkers over this on Twitter. Hahaha. NFP is a master troll-baiter. They just don't know how to respond to this.
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Test Jam
Jan 27, 2015 05:22pm
Jam!
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GS
Jan 27, 2015 05:30pm
just loved it especially the part about the 2 million year old nuclear powered spaceship!
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Abdul Kadir
Jan 27, 2015 05:35pm
And even michelle obama taller than Pranab mukerjee.
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Mujaahid
Jan 27, 2015 05:36pm
Oil is thicker than Marble.?
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Sreenath
Jan 27, 2015 05:37pm
Good Stuff Indeed
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manoj manga
Jan 27, 2015 05:38pm
Pretty Dour!
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A
Jan 27, 2015 05:40pm
ROFL....Pracha Saab tusi great ho !!
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Reader
Jan 27, 2015 05:47pm
Nice one...made my day
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Naveen
Jan 27, 2015 05:48pm
Abhi to party Shru hui he
Wht else I can say simply great
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mjk
Jan 27, 2015 05:53pm
Wil Smith can impersonate Obama , next time invite him.
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rameez arif
Jan 27, 2015 06:00pm
Notice the 'oil thicker than marble' pic obama's handshake seems very much 'not interested in public show of affection anymore' :p
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Kristy
Jan 27, 2015 06:04pm
Awesome work.
Seriously! Amazing
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Sana
Jan 27, 2015 06:18pm
Obama's wife is obsessed with bollywood loooooool made my day!
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zafar
Jan 27, 2015 06:21pm
"Oil is thicker than marble" LOL
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bikas
Jan 27, 2015 06:23pm
no wonder i love this website,this post is hilarious
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prince
Jan 27, 2015 06:23pm
Modi said to Obama............ Gabbar (Nawaz Sharif) and Mogambo (Xi Jinping) are watching us from their homes
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Rahul Sharma
Jan 27, 2015 06:28pm
Funny.......we all can use some humor in our lives !!
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prayag
Jan 27, 2015 06:30pm
Really good stuff.
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abdul
Jan 27, 2015 06:31pm
@sap india
oh yea so much jealousy because obama who visits so many nations for business and nothing else came to india for a glorified business trip.
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ashok
Jan 27, 2015 06:38pm
hahahaha, so funny. keep us laughing. great stuff. keep it up.
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Hrushi NYC
Jan 27, 2015 06:39pm
Hilarious as usual. You are probably one of the very few to get almost all indians on this to laugh with you on your sarcasm of India.
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citizen
Jan 27, 2015 06:39pm
Lvly India shud publish dis
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Ahsan
Jan 27, 2015 06:49pm
Nailed it!
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Mechatron
Jan 27, 2015 06:50pm
@Kranti smoke somewhere?
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Nish
Jan 27, 2015 06:58pm
haha funny :D
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BRR
Jan 27, 2015 06:59pm
Well done, but do I detect a sense of disdain, a "looking down on the lowly chai-wallah" from a "educated leftist", or is it bordering on envy?
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Ayush
Jan 27, 2015 07:05pm
Hahahah.. Hilarious! Greetings from India!
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Indian Dalit
Jan 27, 2015 07:05pm
I can laugh for day on "Ancient Astronaut Raju".
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Ssingh
Jan 27, 2015 07:07pm
It's great to be able to laugh at people who take themselves too seriously. Thanks for the laughs!
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Blister
Jan 27, 2015 07:09pm
@Kranti Patience my friend and just laugh it off.....don't be so serious.
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jami
Jan 27, 2015 07:18pm
@Danish Ali hey danish how u doin
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kuppudu
Jan 27, 2015 07:21pm
Very good indeed. I especially liked the menu-poem item.
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h h
Jan 27, 2015 07:21pm
nice one NFP.
you missed one: Narendra Modi's suit!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/01/26/dont-you-know-who-i-am-screamed-prime-minister-modis-suit/
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jami
Jan 27, 2015 07:22pm
impressive!!!
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Capt C M Khan
Jan 27, 2015 07:30pm
Nice, enjoyed it.
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Balaji
Jan 27, 2015 07:30pm
Brilliant as usual from #NFP #ThumbsUp
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Desi
Jan 27, 2015 07:30pm
ROFL! Good one NFP!
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Khalid Baloch
Jan 27, 2015 07:35pm
Good. Refreshing. Thank you
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ashok kumar lal
Jan 27, 2015 07:36pm
thank you Nadeem.At last you captured my country.Once again thanks.
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Jimmy
Jan 27, 2015 07:39pm
Excellent. Very humouros. Good job &Nadeem.
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Singh
Jan 27, 2015 07:45pm
Awesome...
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Azeema
Jan 27, 2015 07:50pm
Great to see the Indians enjoying the satire...
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Muihammad Saleem
Jan 27, 2015 07:57pm
Love the writer's taste for words and his sense of humor
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Brijesh
Jan 27, 2015 08:02pm
Really Funny but one can sense an attempt to trivialize .the visit :-). hope you will publish this
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SR
Jan 27, 2015 08:09pm
Thanks friend! This is original and hilarious!
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rangacharya kulkarni
Jan 27, 2015 08:10pm
Lovely Nadeem! we indians love it.Spot on!
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Chanakya
Jan 27, 2015 08:11pm
Light side of it.Otherwise politics is very bring, dry stuff.
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Shamsunder Datar
Jan 27, 2015 08:14pm
Ver very humourous.
Today one of the greatest cartoonist of our time died in Pune.
You have paid a tribute to him.
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Sunil
Jan 27, 2015 08:17pm
Enjoyed as ususal.
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Dr. Sadaf
Jan 27, 2015 08:25pm
Excellently summed up.
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Ali A. Mirza
Jan 27, 2015 08:28pm
Awesome :-)
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junaid
Jan 27, 2015 08:29pm
beautifully done, very funny and full of sarcasm. My favorite. Obama " who are you waving at?" Modi, "Don't know, I'm waving because you're waving".
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Vishal Patil
Jan 27, 2015 08:31pm
Ha ha Funny :-) "Poem" "Oil-Marble"
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raj
Jan 27, 2015 08:34pm
you people are jelious so these kind of funny comments on serious issue ...
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Sudhanshu Swami
Jan 27, 2015 08:37pm
Great humor, very enjoyable, well done Dawn.
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jay
Jan 27, 2015 08:41pm
awesome creativity
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Raj
Jan 27, 2015 08:41pm
What a presentation? wow
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Zane Akram
Jan 27, 2015 08:46pm
I couldn't stop laughing!!! I can imagine them all dancing on Salman khan's Dabaang song..;)
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Imran Siddiqui
Jan 27, 2015 08:59pm
@Kranti anf yet you wnet through the entire article LOL
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Ronnie
Jan 27, 2015 09:00pm
:)
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Sudhanshu Swami
Jan 27, 2015 09:05pm
@Sudhanshu Swami First time it happened, Dawn did cenosred a part of comment and published another part ! Goody goody ?
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Bobby
Jan 27, 2015 09:11pm
@Dinesh Singh : seriously ....that poem caption is sooooo funny. hahahahahaha
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TAN
Jan 27, 2015 09:12pm
"Oh look, Nana Patekar and Dharmendra!!". Great....satire
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Bhatti
Jan 27, 2015 09:19pm
The "Abhi toh party shuru hui hai" had me rolling on the floor laughing.
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Sunil Dhiman
Jan 27, 2015 09:27pm
Abhi toh Party Shuru Hui Hai......... !!!!
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Moona
Jan 27, 2015 09:30pm
So funny :)
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Silajit
Jan 27, 2015 09:32pm
That hurts but I agree it is funny!!!
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Vijay (Toronto)
Jan 27, 2015 09:35pm
Loved the 'menu' one the most. Nadeem for PM of Pakistan!!!!!!!
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Aditya
Jan 27, 2015 09:38pm
Awesomee :D
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Ajaya K Dutt
Jan 27, 2015 09:39pm
Funny.
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glassyman
Jan 27, 2015 09:41pm
@NFP how man how you make me laafffffff my heart out... fantastic densel
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suhail
Jan 27, 2015 09:45pm
good job very cunning
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glassyman
Jan 27, 2015 09:49pm
@citizen I second u sir
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Ashwani
Jan 27, 2015 09:52pm
Hilarious!
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Agrippa - The Skeptic
Jan 27, 2015 09:52pm
@ Author
Why?
Jealous?
Can't bear to see the neighbour flourish?
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Murali
Jan 27, 2015 09:56pm
The above NFP's work is worth to have fun and very pun intended. I downloaded the pics and forwarded to all my friends through what's app and they enjoyed too but to be honest no apparent messege conveyed unlike his previous striae
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hassan rabbani
Jan 27, 2015 10:26pm
stop obsessing over Obama's visit to India stop being jealous
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Fawad
Jan 27, 2015 10:27pm
@Kranti aww someone is sore.. Indians are too cool I guess..
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Anil Mathur
Jan 27, 2015 10:28pm
Haha loved this.
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Humera
Jan 27, 2015 10:28pm
Hahahaha toooo goood!
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Amna
Jan 27, 2015 10:32pm
Excellent captions of these artificial moments :D
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Sialkotia
Jan 27, 2015 10:33pm
This is the only way a Paki can prove his Patiotism,
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Amna
Jan 27, 2015 10:35pm
Indian PM deserves this
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Niranjan
Jan 27, 2015 10:35pm
Absolutely precious. NFP never fails to deliver.
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Aniket
Jan 27, 2015 10:45pm
@SMQ Zaman Read the comments....do u see any of us upset?? we love political satire...:)))
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Pacifica
Jan 27, 2015 10:53pm
Denzel Washington… Will Smith… Eddie Murphy… Good Grief!!!
Ha ha ha, that was the best one. Obama's visit to India was worth it for this article alone.
Shabhash, NFP!
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INDIAN
Jan 27, 2015 10:56pm
Abhi to party shuru hui hai!!!!!
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Sierrabrave
Jan 27, 2015 11:00pm
Abhi toh party shuru hui hai!
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Gnanesh
Jan 27, 2015 11:10pm
Absolutely rib tickling ! Really funny captions !!
Am sure if all of them in the photos see this, they would probably share a good laugh !!
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syed abbas
Jan 27, 2015 11:11pm
Lucky Obama didnt get french kissed by Modi
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AXH
Jan 27, 2015 11:11pm
@Kranti - And your pointless point is?
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Patriotic Indian
Jan 27, 2015 11:20pm
Nadeem,
You rock, as always.
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sana
Jan 27, 2015 11:26pm
great
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LS
Jan 27, 2015 11:40pm
Looks like its just me.. did not tickle my funny-bone at all...
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Harsh W Singh
Jan 27, 2015 11:53pm
Simply superb NFP.....you are Great !
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kumar
Jan 27, 2015 11:59pm
What a creative mind. Very funny
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Neeraj
Jan 28, 2015 12:05am
It ended so soon!
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umaira
Jan 28, 2015 12:13am
loved it
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sami khan
Jan 28, 2015 12:17am
too nice
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Omer
Jan 28, 2015 12:18am
brilliant work Mr. Paracha. Nailed it :)
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Nerus
Jan 28, 2015 12:28am
Hey - why are some of the photos swapped left for right? Notice that anyone?
In the last pic, notice which hand is used for the handshake.
In the 4th from last pic, notice which hand wears the watch ...
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Ali
Jan 28, 2015 12:32am
This is hilarious ....one of the best. I am laughing since morning....can't explain to gors here in the office.
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NASR
Jan 28, 2015 12:34am
The Last One Is the Best
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Sammy
Jan 28, 2015 01:16am
Hilarious
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naka Paka
Jan 28, 2015 01:27am
Very nicely done... Funny.. with a element of truth indeed... Oil is thicker than marble.
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Javed USA
Jan 28, 2015 01:42am
If pun is really intended then why leave Sartaz Aziz & Nawaz Sharif out of these. They have also been popping up with comments now and then too.
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Naman
Jan 28, 2015 01:53am
The humour is so crass that it gets funny.
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Kashif
Jan 28, 2015 01:57am
Well done Demah
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shashi sharma
Jan 28, 2015 02:04am
Nice!!! Very Nice and funny. Taken you sense of humor with a pinch of salt.
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madaniplaza@gmail.com
Jan 28, 2015 02:27am
Absolutely hilarious
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Rohit
Jan 28, 2015 02:28am
Awesome!!!
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madaniplaza@gmail.com
Jan 28, 2015 02:28am
Absolutely hilarious
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Goutham Bellary
Jan 28, 2015 02:30am
You missed making fun of the pinstripe suite nevertheless it was very funny!
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kepler-08E
Jan 28, 2015 02:34am
I want Obama and Michelle to see this pictorial satire. They will realize how humorous nation Pakistan is.
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George Habbash
Jan 28, 2015 02:41am
Very good!
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shashi sharma
Jan 28, 2015 03:13am
Nice!!!
Very very nice. Great sense of humor. I love all the captions. Mr P. keep up the great work.
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pkk
Jan 28, 2015 03:14am
I am Indian, and loved it!
Thank you! Humor is a great things!
But,
Would you do the same to in home politicians?
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Asad
Jan 28, 2015 03:21am
I'm sure not many would have got this "Sign. The Chinese must be loving this."
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PakFan
Jan 28, 2015 03:56am
You forgot to mention the "Bajaj" motorcycle India is promoting.
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Babu
Jan 28, 2015 03:58am
@Jason "Really? Pakistanis find this funny!?"
Why not? Indians find it funny too. Its good to loosen up every once in a while. So what if its slapstick, it still very funny. Especially from the sour grapes point of view :-)
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Nightow
Jan 28, 2015 04:03am
Brilliant! My fav was the chai one... Modi going to show BO some ancient Indian spacecraft. Must've been iranian tea (rumored to be spiked with some opiates in mumbai)
As an indian, I've always found NFP's articles both awesome and hilarious (when he means to be funny). Keep thm coming, bro.
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Just another guy
Jan 28, 2015 04:06am
Cheap comedy. Not funny at all
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Canberra
Jan 28, 2015 04:56am
good one as always
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Canberra
Jan 28, 2015 04:57am
In the last pic looks like PM is holding President hands instead of Obama..LOLS
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Chanakya
Jan 28, 2015 05:13am
Congratulations to Dawn for presenting excellent pictures of the event to its readers.
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binu
Jan 28, 2015 05:17am
someone is jealous,I guess!!!!
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Ahsan
Jan 28, 2015 07:20am
hahaha.. very good one
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shahzad shaikh
Jan 28, 2015 07:20am
One of the best by Paracha. You made my day
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Rajeev
Jan 28, 2015 07:51am
H Nadeem,
Dil mange more. I wish you could have added few more moments. HIlarious indeed.
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Kettles
Jan 28, 2015 08:23am
@RAMEEL AHMAD And Michelle totally bored.
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Zainab
Jan 28, 2015 09:07am
Hilarious..!! what a good start of a day. NFP thanks!
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Mukesh
Jan 28, 2015 09:20am
Great Epic.. :)
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Syed Irfan Ali
Jan 28, 2015 09:41am
Good laugh!!!!! NFP is always creative!!!!!!!
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Syeda Ali
Jan 28, 2015 09:42am
Should have included that: "chotay chotay shehron mayn" part
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nitu
Jan 28, 2015 09:57am
Michael obama was so JEALOUS when she saw the last bike stunt where the stuntmen made a formation of Indian flag. SHE ROLLED HER EYES. must watch.
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KamQ
Jan 28, 2015 10:22am
ha ha ha...... that one of 'nuclear powered spaceship' and 'poem' was perfect.
hilariously intellectual.
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ABDUL
Jan 28, 2015 10:30am
Modi blundered by going to airport to receive Obama. If Putin or Hollande visit Bharat and this guy does not go to receive them at the airport; they will feel damn insulted and will be treated as an affront to the dignitaries.
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None Of U R Business
Jan 28, 2015 10:33am
Really funny
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Dinesh Mehta
Jan 28, 2015 10:50am
Funny...Funny...Funny... Enjoyed it...
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Ambika Kumar
Jan 28, 2015 11:10am
Wow.. very nice. I'm a Modi fan though and Obama's trip to India was astounding. But wished we've seen this pun in Indian media.
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Krishnan
Jan 28, 2015 11:18am
that was funny...lol
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Saurabh Singh
Jan 28, 2015 11:22am
hilarious
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Apo
Jan 28, 2015 11:25am
Hilarious. Even I thought many times that this is exactly what the visitors to India must be thinking. That we are only about bollywood.
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Farooq
Jan 28, 2015 11:25am
Hilarious.....
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Milind
Jan 28, 2015 11:27am
Hilarious!!! Mr. Paracha...
The top 3 are
1. Is this when we all break into Bollywood group dance
2. Oil is thicker than marble.
3. Don't know. I'm waving coz ur waving.
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Ali
Jan 28, 2015 12:04pm
Great .. this time you don't fall short of making fun of US of A
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John
Jan 28, 2015 12:12pm
Highly appreciable sense of humor.
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Salman Khan
Jan 28, 2015 12:16pm
Good funny stuff
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sanamangi
Jan 28, 2015 12:33pm
hahahaha..........great NFP! a deep satire.... specially "hey he never holds me like that"
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Mahesh
Jan 28, 2015 12:44pm
thank you
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Kranti
Jan 28, 2015 12:57pm
I got lot of hit backs for my comment. I regret it and take them back. The article is really funny. I too enjoyed it. But my intention is that, it would have suited more to Pakistanis than Indians. Never want to hurt anybody.
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RD
Jan 28, 2015 01:03pm
nice... I glanced through the comments and not too many snarky comments from Indians.
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Hala Tahir
Jan 28, 2015 01:04pm
Refreshing!
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Masooma
Jan 28, 2015 01:12pm
Loved the whole idea .very well said .keep it up
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Anwar
Jan 28, 2015 01:21pm
No joint statement came out after this visit ? only the item song we are big countries was sung ...lols. Bollywood style comedy ;)
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Divesh Aggarwal
Jan 28, 2015 01:25pm
This is hilarious! All of these are gems, but "Hey, he never holds me like that" and " hmm, this looks like milk. Really? No kidding" are precious. Wish you could do a part 2,3... since there are so many images from this trip.
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shiraz
Jan 28, 2015 01:39pm
@tashu yes its funny only of NFP pens some thing for pakistan.
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uaahmed
Jan 28, 2015 01:57pm
bwahahahahahahahaa
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Jai
Jan 28, 2015 02:06pm
Love it.....well done
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Prithu
Jan 28, 2015 02:18pm
nice n funny.. gr8. appreciation from India. :)
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Waman Karmarkar
Jan 28, 2015 02:20pm
Funny
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KAK
Jan 28, 2015 02:23pm
Super funny. Great work!
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Alok Shrivastava
Jan 28, 2015 02:49pm
@SMQ Zaman You have seen many indians commenting on it..hope you have your answer already
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Regina
Jan 28, 2015 02:55pm
Funny
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shantanu
Jan 28, 2015 03:43pm
hahahahaha.. too good.. :DDD
"Denzel Washington".. :DD
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Sachin Sudhir Thakur
Jan 28, 2015 04:14pm
NFP ..You Have created smiles to both India wale and Pakistan Wale...
:-)
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GM
Jan 28, 2015 04:21pm
One of the biggest laughs I have had!
Thank you for a most enjoyable start of my day.
Dawn continues to enjoy a top ranking on
my browser links.
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J.Akshay
Jan 28, 2015 04:27pm
It was really hilarious.Thanks for a rollicking one.
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RAFIQUE AHMED KHAN
Jan 28, 2015 04:48pm
An excellent photo review by Nadeem Paracha worth appreciating. How relevant was every remark/quote
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Press1ForGame
Jan 28, 2015 05:13pm
Very good..thoroughly enjoyed.
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UMESH MEHTA
Jan 28, 2015 05:34pm
Mature and funny captions. Pl do this more often.
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Jawed
Jan 28, 2015 05:43pm
Why all the words on tea pot's covers are written mirror inverted?
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oscar menezes
Jan 28, 2015 06:12pm
Good stuff.You have really raised an hilarious storm in a teacup. You've read the leaves well
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abdul khan
Jan 28, 2015 07:58pm
Great stuff! I like " As they say oil is thicker than marble!" and " I am no Salman Khan you know"
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waseem shah
Jan 28, 2015 08:06pm
Brillian... Ghar wapsi missed
... Should have been there
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Farooq Haider
Jan 28, 2015 09:47pm
Beautifully explained every picture but the oil is thicker than marble is great.
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pp
Jan 28, 2015 10:41pm
Very nice. Nay. Brilliant.
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Himanshu Bhagat
Jan 28, 2015 11:23pm
Haha! Best summing up of the trip so far. :)
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sheela
Jan 29, 2015 12:33am
Hilariousssssssss. Thanks for the laugh.
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Kouser Manzer
Jan 29, 2015 02:33am
Doing good Nadeem. Keep up the good work. Enjoyed it.
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Kajori Dasgupta
Jan 29, 2015 03:33am
Awesome...hilarious......Only "Made in India" right
...
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raj
Jan 29, 2015 06:58am
Lol. Some thought there will be fight over this between Indian and pakistanis but we Indians know how to enjoy comedy/satire. Good one
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Raj
Jan 29, 2015 07:04am
Super Funny :) lol
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deven
Jan 29, 2015 08:00am
Good humour. Thanks. But than why cry about French humour.
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Sagar (AU)
Jan 29, 2015 08:32am
Simply awesome...
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abbas
Jan 29, 2015 09:27am
nothing to write like this
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Gr
Jan 29, 2015 09:28am
Great humor. I just get frustrated when people start putting limits on humor. Freedom of expression. You don't like it, tough. Just suck it up.
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n s parameswaran
Jan 29, 2015 10:58am
two best comments - one on tea and the other on poem.
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Arvind
Jan 29, 2015 12:18pm
Could not resist laughing....hats off
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Arvind
Jan 29, 2015 12:19pm
Could not resist laughing...hats off
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Arvind
Jan 29, 2015 12:21pm
Hats off....could not resist laughing
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Asad
Jan 29, 2015 12:32pm
Hahaha.. this is brilliant! ~ Delhi, India
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rangacharya kulkarni
Jan 29, 2015 01:24pm
I could see some semblance of RK Laxman the great Indian cartoonist in Nadeem's comments above. Nadeem should try his hand in cartoons. It may be super hit. He is very few Pakistani authors/columnists liked by people across the boundaries
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Murali
Jan 29, 2015 01:39pm
@Kranti
Thats the spirit.....! Not in denieal unlike our counter parts. I'm the one of them who commented you. I'm from Visakhapatnam, India. ...
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Tariq
Jan 29, 2015 02:53pm
Excellent. Need more of these to boost up our Positivity in these depressing conitions prevailing in our Country. A Very Well Done Job
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Abdul Malik
Jan 29, 2015 03:18pm
LOL from India. Wish this could be published in Indian newspapers.
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Venkat
Jan 29, 2015 03:30pm
Brilliant Masterpiece.
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Faheem
Jan 29, 2015 04:30pm
@Shamsunder Datar
Modi is also a great cartoonist
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VYAS
Jan 29, 2015 04:56pm
My dear Indians on this discussion board, though I appreciate, Sri.Nadeem for his sense of humour, his real intention is to insult INDIA AND INDIANS. - vyasa from bangalore
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Mohyal
Jan 29, 2015 05:27pm
Very funny... loved it
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Mohyal
Jan 29, 2015 05:28pm
@Kranti Lighten up and enjoy the humor.. no Kranti going on right now
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Dr G.L.Mahajan
Jan 29, 2015 05:42pm
This is third rated cartoon and he has no sense of his profession . It is like hate mongering only
He should have some decency in his work and he forgets that he is professional also
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BhamaMenon
Jan 29, 2015 08:15pm
Hilarious ...Good sense of humour Thank you
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saj
Jan 29, 2015 08:28pm
brlliant stuff!
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amrut
Jan 29, 2015 08:46pm
Nice. enjoyed
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Dr W Khan
Jan 29, 2015 09:07pm
Grapes are sour, Try doing something constructive for a change.
GP in London
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umair
Jan 29, 2015 09:09pm
goood one
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A
Jan 29, 2015 09:30pm
Hillarious!
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kaliraja t
Jan 29, 2015 09:46pm
very nice.
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guest
Jan 29, 2015 11:12pm
Refreshing! great work. The oil is thicker than marble line is a kicker!
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Balram Sharma
Jan 29, 2015 11:12pm
m an Indian but this was superb....Well done NFP....
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1 Da Tou
Jan 29, 2015 11:19pm
There may be a little bit of envy underlying the "Review" but in my opinion, it is good-natured and quite funny. I am glad that most of the Indian readers are not offended by Pakistanis poking fun at them. Maybe, just maybe one can hope for better relations between India and Pakistan some day.
My favourite is "Really? Err... Are you sure this is tea?"
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Utpal Das
Jan 29, 2015 11:34pm
Enjoyed !!
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1 Da Tou
Jan 29, 2015 11:41pm
@Kranti I hope now you can understand why Muslims were so upset over Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
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Aditya
Jan 30, 2015 12:41am
Great one NFP!
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kris
Jan 30, 2015 12:56am
@junaid My favourite too
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Shankar
Jan 30, 2015 06:11am
NFP, Pretty juvenile! Expected better from you! Doesn't do you justice!
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Ali (CA)
Jan 30, 2015 07:20am
ok-its alright
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C Sim
Jan 30, 2015 08:16am
Excellent humour. Must make this Nadeem guy a regular with our newspapers to bring a smile every morning to our faces; instead of reading the usual political news we are forced to digest on a daily basis ! Bravo & well scripted!
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suresh misri
Jan 30, 2015 10:28am
Hilllarious
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suresh misri
Jan 30, 2015 10:28am
Funny
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jyuvraj
Jan 30, 2015 10:29am
well size doesnt matter pakistan ka jalna important hai
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Krish
Jan 30, 2015 11:05am
Great stuff! My favourite: He never holds me like that. Please do share links to previous work. This is the first I have seen.
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N.Sid
Jan 30, 2015 04:34pm
@Krish Simply click Nadeem F. Paracha name at the very top(left), will open the archive, or go to the 'blog' section and open the earlier written/contributed work of him.
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Aziz Merchant
Jan 30, 2015 05:04pm
When I opened the e-mail I thought otherwise. But I liked every frame of it and humour resting in Nadeem. You are just great. Yeah, Pak has
talent. I like Pak dramas on my cable TV. They are so realistic and down-to-earth. And to think they blame Pak for all the ills of the world. There is so much of latent talent. Hurrah to Nadeem for this small masterpiece. It had me in splits.
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yousef
Jan 30, 2015 05:22pm
Too good..
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Random Indian
Jan 30, 2015 07:56pm
Nadeem you are brilliant! Two million year old nuclear spaceships, genius... This is wicked humour, can't wait for the next round!!
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Mathew
Jan 30, 2015 09:36pm
Although, I am Indian, I found this to be very funny.
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Nirmal Kumar
Jan 30, 2015 11:06pm
Good one, Nadeem ! Keep it up !
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Vish
Jan 30, 2015 11:09pm
I like the Oil is thicker than marble joke - that was an original
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Raja Hindustani
Jan 31, 2015 12:08am
You are absolutely the very best!
Love from India!
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H Patel
Jan 31, 2015 02:56am
Americans have left a life long legacy in Pakistan.
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Umamaheswar
Jan 31, 2015 05:32am
good fun!!! Humour heals!!!!!
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Dipak
Jan 31, 2015 05:43am
Absolutely great NP, the best there is.
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regional anatomy
Jan 31, 2015 05:50am
Nadeem is gifted.
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Parshu Narayanan
Jan 31, 2015 07:40am
ROTFL! Brill ! :)
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Nilesh
Jan 31, 2015 08:43am
Realy funny
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MUNSHI
Jan 31, 2015 02:16pm
WELL DONE......................THANX
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Sandeep
Jan 31, 2015 04:33pm
Too good Nadeem :)
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Tahera
Jan 31, 2015 05:38pm
This is great!!!
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Rao
Jan 31, 2015 11:01pm
NFP -This is excellent! Please start a regular article on India!!!
We need your 'fresh look'!
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rajesh
Jan 31, 2015 11:41pm
I hate to see (from India) this (and laugh :)) anymore. Awesome @Nadeem F. Paracha.
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nancy
Feb 01, 2015 10:57am
I like it ,made me laugh .funny
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Ashish
Feb 01, 2015 11:02am
NFP quite a piece sir, hope ur humor will not be selective. Hope to see something interesting when General Rahil Sharif visits the US or PM Sharif visits China, sometime in the future. Would love it if u kept us posted.
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Ashwin
Feb 01, 2015 07:54pm
You got a great sense of humour man and Dawn is by far better for news and comment than those cheap sensationalist Indian media and I am Indian !
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Col K V Chandrasekharan Nair
Feb 02, 2015 08:42am
In the Final Analysis;" OIL IS THICKER THAN MARBLE " Says it all!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I.C.Nito
Feb 03, 2015 12:14am
Absolutely great! Let's have another one soon.
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Geramin La Brie
Feb 03, 2015 12:44am
Classic and hilarious!- we true blooded Indians think only in Bollywood terms- Love it!!!!
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Renu N. Sanghavi
Feb 03, 2015 05:08am
Very funny indeed, could not stop laughing, Obama looks really happy that is what makes these imaginary conversations so hilarious.
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peace
Feb 03, 2015 03:16pm
@Ganga Din Sir thats' not possible. They can only have humor with sarcasm.
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sachin
Feb 03, 2015 03:25pm
nice
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