Quatrain LXVI -- "INNER VOICE"* -- A DETAILED HISTORY AND TECHNIQUES OF VENTRILOQUISM BY RAMDHAS PADHYE**

Seated in a well-heeled psychiatrist’s clinic
Sonia sobbed and shrieked in genuine panic
Asked the nervous shrink, “Madam, where is the pain?”
“It’s that voice doctor… My inner voice again.”

* Ramdas Padhye is one of the pioneers of ventriloquism in India. His innovative puppet shows starting with Bolkya bahulya (Talking Puppets) made him a household name in Maharashtra in the 1980s. His book ‘Inner Voice’ was published in 2002. He roped in Sonia Gandhi as brand ambassador after she first heeded her inner voice in 2004. The last sentence is meant to be pun only.

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