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Queen Sonia: Sultana of the streets

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DailyBiteAug 07, 2015 | 21:10

Queen Sonia: Sultana of the streets

1. Dress the part

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In a week that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is talking about handloom, wear your best and most crisp handloom cottons. Make sure you sport a black arm band. And throw in some black aprons on others for good measure.

2. Arrange your protestors to catch the best camera angles

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Ensure you bring upfront the former prime minister Manmohan Singh, prone to lurking in a corner. Put him next to Rahul Gandhi so the line of succession is understood. See that AK Antony is also close by. The total effect: youth and experience; wisdom and young (oh well middle-aged blood).

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3. Employ good slogan shouters

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In Jyotiraditya Scindia, Gaurav Gogoi and Sushmita Dev, Sonia Gandhi has found the perfect slogan shouters. Each has a dinstinct style. Jyotiraditya shouts slogans like a conductor at an opera. Sushmita protests like a student leader, placard, dupatta and black salwar kameez in place. Gogoi invents the slogans, with bilingual ease.

4. Look happy

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Even allow yourself to smirk. After all, you are being allowed to make the most of the 44 MPs you have.

5. Sharpen your retorts

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Theatrics karne main mahir hain woh, said Sonia about old foe and brief friend Sushma Swaraj. Unko Hindustan ki mann ki baat bhi sunni chahiye, said Rahul of Prime Minister Modi. Keep growing your counter slogans: suit boot ki sarkar becomes suit boot loot ki sarkar.

Last updated: August 07, 2015 | 21:53
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