Published Oct 10, 2026 | 5:42 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 10, 2026 | 5:42 PM
InJest in a satirical column by South First. Names, places, situations are all fictitious. Caricature by Satish Acharya/South First.
After a decade of hiding from vegetarian food and its lovers, the chicken is finally having its day in the sun (and the kitchen).
As the government and its supporters blame Rahul Gandhi for eating chicken while protesting against vote chori, the charge and the protest have set him and the chicken on a roll.
“Every life should have meaning; I believe every death should too,” said the chicken in Gandhi’s roll, which gave his life in a fax from chicken heaven to Satire Satya.
And even though the egg and the cockroaches claim to have come first, the chicken and the opposition are in no mood to cede space to either.
The chickens’ association has decided to give their life for the cause and sponsor all opposition events in Delhi.
With Gandhi seen eating him in the middle of the protest and looking more energetic than in the last 12 years, the chicken proudly claims to be the secret behind it.
Unwilling to share space with, or to rely on, the egg as the primary source of energy anymore, the demand for a new slogan went out at dawn.
As chickens across the country clucked together, a yummy chicken translated the different slogan ideas for Satya.
Gandhi and the chicken agreed to team up, cross the road for all future protests, and come up with a joint slogan.
In the one finally agreed upon by both sides, Rahul loudly claims, “Chicken is the secret of my energy.” “Eating a chicken is better than being one” was a distant second.
While lathis, fake posts, water cannons, and illegal detentions are set tools to counter the opposition, Delhi police whistled for help to tackle the new threat.
The vegetarian egg lobby stepped in to play a new role, sponsor the police, and came up with new slogans against the opposition: “Eat a chicken to beat a chicken” and “Sunday ho ya Monday, roz khao dande.”
Satya found that chicken sales for all kinds of chicken and dandas (batons/sticks) have risen exponentially in the national capital, leaving the chicken association jubilant and calling for new members.
(Written by Prabhpreet, an Unsanskari Writer, with a lifelong experience of laughing at things that make him cry.)
InJest is a satirical column from South First. Names, places, and situations referred to in the satirical piece are fictitious and are not intended to hurt any sentiments. The column is meant to be taken with a pinch of salt and a whole lot of laughs.
