Depressed Christmas Tree, ignored by selfiers, attempts suicide

(This article was originally published on My Faking News on January 14, 2015)

A large Christmas Tree in High Street Phoenix, one of the most high end and crowded malls in Mumbai, seems to have attempted suicide, in a bizarre incident late last night.

The Tree had been installed a week before Christmas, with colorful decorative balls and a shimmer of golden light glowing through a wire across its body. It was this wire that the Tree apparently used to strangulate itself, in what is touted to be the strangest case of attempted suicide in the city so far.

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Mumbai tenant, inspired by Interstellar, decides to shift galaxies after being contacted by “Them”

(This article was originally published on My Faking News on December 17, 2014)

A Mumbai tenant, who spent many months of his year and many thousands of rupees on broker commission, in identifying the optimally balanced house in terms of rent, distance from train stations and size, has finally decided to take the plunge and build a spaceship that will propel him to Marsbai.

Marsbai, as he has decided to christen the new planet in the Coffee Bay galaxy, has actually been given him by “Them”, he claims, while referring to the citizens of Marsbai.

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Sushma Swaraj to be appointed External Faith Minister

(This article was originally published on My Faking News on November 27, 2014)

Given our traveling PM Narendra Modi’s latest ambition to exceed former President Pratibha Patil’s international airmiles and hotel club points, there has been unrest in the original Hindutva brigade, or whatever little remains of it.

While Sushmaji is the official External Affairs Minister, she was recently refused a seat on the flight to Australia, so as to make space for the PM’s Bhagavad Gita presents to Tony Abbott’s security personnel. 

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