Many decades ago, we abolished the Royal Privy Purse. Only that we didn’t really, did we?
First, WE take a so-called ‘ordinary’ person and put her in the chicest address in the country – 1, Rajpath, New Delhi-110001. (Notice all the 1s in the address?) This 360-room mansion can put The Antilia to shame, many times over. There is a giant courtyard in the front... and a massive rose garden at the back. There are staterooms and ballrooms of various shapes and sizes. There are billiards rooms, sunrooms, a library and Titanic-like grand staircases. The décor is exquisite, and the artifacts are priceless. The neighbourhood matches the grand address – the best shopping at Janpath and Connaught Place, the Patiala Peg bar at the Imperial, and Khan Chacha’s Kebabs are just a stone’s throw. It’s practically walking distance to the Metro!
Enough to make a girl feel like a Queen, right?
As if that is not enough, we give her perks that match the station. There is a 747 with her name on it. She also owns the best horses in the country and uses them to push around the coolest buggy this side of the Hindukush. She can summon anyone she pleases, including Prime Ministers, CEOs and Aamir Khan. She can even commute a death sentence if she chooses. When she is on the move, the city must stop.
One could get used to this kind of life. Wouldn’t you?
Remember, YOU, the People of India, willingly chose to give her all this. And, YOU, the People of India have a problem if she makes 22 foreign trips on a jumbo jet full of family members sojourning from Seychelles to Sao Paulo? Or when she decides to construct a large retirement bungalow in sleepy Pune?
Get over it! Our HRH knows exactly how to live life Queen-size, as she should. I say, she needs to go on for a few more years to show her subjects what royal living is all about. Reason enough to support a second term for our Lady in the Sandstone Castle.
Better her, than five more years of APJ’s crazy hairstyle!
First, WE take a so-called ‘ordinary’ person and put her in the chicest address in the country – 1, Rajpath, New Delhi-110001. (Notice all the 1s in the address?) This 360-room mansion can put The Antilia to shame, many times over. There is a giant courtyard in the front... and a massive rose garden at the back. There are staterooms and ballrooms of various shapes and sizes. There are billiards rooms, sunrooms, a library and Titanic-like grand staircases. The décor is exquisite, and the artifacts are priceless. The neighbourhood matches the grand address – the best shopping at Janpath and Connaught Place, the Patiala Peg bar at the Imperial, and Khan Chacha’s Kebabs are just a stone’s throw. It’s practically walking distance to the Metro!
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| President Patil and all her relatives attending the Republic Day celebrations |
As if that is not enough, we give her perks that match the station. There is a 747 with her name on it. She also owns the best horses in the country and uses them to push around the coolest buggy this side of the Hindukush. She can summon anyone she pleases, including Prime Ministers, CEOs and Aamir Khan. She can even commute a death sentence if she chooses. When she is on the move, the city must stop.
One could get used to this kind of life. Wouldn’t you?
Remember, YOU, the People of India, willingly chose to give her all this. And, YOU, the People of India have a problem if she makes 22 foreign trips on a jumbo jet full of family members sojourning from Seychelles to Sao Paulo? Or when she decides to construct a large retirement bungalow in sleepy Pune?
Get over it! Our HRH knows exactly how to live life Queen-size, as she should. I say, she needs to go on for a few more years to show her subjects what royal living is all about. Reason enough to support a second term for our Lady in the Sandstone Castle.
Better her, than five more years of APJ’s crazy hairstyle!
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