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Birthday boy

Updated on: 20 June,2012 07:53 AM IST  | 
Lindsay Pereira |

Rahul Gandhi turned 42, unleashing a torrent of tweets. Comedy Central India kicked things off with this one: 'On Rahul's birthday, he will have his cake and eat it at some poor guy's house.

Birthday boy

That’s rich
India announced a 10 billion USD contribution to the IMF to help the debt-wracked 17-nation Eurozone. Faking News reacted with this comment: We are giving $10 billion to help the Eurozone? Nice. Next IPL opening ceremony should be funded from Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.’ The UnReal Times added: ‘The money India has pledged will be called the Rajiv Gandhi European Employment Guarantee Scheme.’


The last word
From journalist Barkha Dutt: ‘Puzzling that many of the politicians who wanted Kalam to run for President were sure that he would. Didn’t they check with him?’

— Lindsay Pereira is Editor, MiD DAY Online (twitter.com/lindsaypereira)

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