Laughter in serious times: 'The Book of Limericks' takes on events of 2017

Bibek Debroy somehow manages to balance his commitment to both this world and that of poetry with alarming ease

For most of us, policy comprises boring bureaucratic decisions that affect our lives usually in an oblique manner and are taken by formidable men and women with a profusion of grey hair. Economist Bibek Debroy has more than a few grey locks and is immersed in policy-making as the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. But he somehow manages to balance his commitment to both this world and that of poetry with alarming ease. His latest book, a collection of humorous occasional poems rather unimaginatively titled The Book of Limericks (Penguin Books), is filled with humorous