Death of Hamid Gul

The death of Hamid Gul, an old India hater, who once headed ISI, the notorious Secret Services of Pakistan is pretty much in news. It's because unlike the other retirees, he continued doing the job where he left, to use terrorists to bleed India. Prone to be seen in Media, he cherished coming both Indian and American networks. Once he boasted on Arnab's show "We ISI are more powerful than your RAW, you can't imagine how much we have infiltrated inside your country". He might have a point. No wonder on media, social and otherwise I see a lot of cheer and jeer for him after he died a natural death at the ripe age of 79, which by our sub-continent standard is LAMBI UMAR (long life).

He was a frequent guest to American networks. Once he set terms to Wolf Blitzer on CNN about negotiating with Americans on equal terms. Wolf smirked back at him said "Do you really feel General, American and Pakistan are equals?". Hamid became uncomfortable and started blabbering. He should have read Ayub Khan's books in 1960s"FRIENDS, NOT MASTERS" - alluding to the unequal relationship between the two nations. The master-slave relationship continues till date. TIT - Torture in Turmoil (the closest I can think of as opposite to RIP) General, wherever you are.