The legendary writer Khushwant Singh was once visiting Hong Kong, close to the heels of the humiliating defeat suffered by India at the hands of the Chinese on the aftermath of their surprise attack on our Eastern front, in October' 1962.
As the eminent writer on an journalist assignment was walking on the street, a Sardar called him from behind, uttering "SARDARJEE (As Sikhs are addressed in reverence). DESH SE AYE HO (have you come from our country ) ? TUMNE TO NAAK BHADDA DITTA (you cut our nose - meaning you have shamed us) ".
He continued further - "CHINIYAAN NE TO TUMHARI BH***ND MAARLI (the Chinese have screwed your bottom). KUKKAD KHAANDE JOGE HO (You are now only good at eating chicken - poking at the penchant of the Punjabi towards eating chicken. The pun was, you are good for nothing, chicken eating folks, who don't know how to fight).
The Sardar of Hong Kong went on - "I used to boast before my Chinese wife about our great martial tradition of Sikhs. Now she is poking fun at me". Point taken, the Chinese beat us left and right in that war, catching us unware, following the age old military adage, "surprise is the main element of war".
But no surprise here, when we fast forward to 2016, as history repeated itself. The Chinese successfully vetoed in United Nation, preventing the spineless agency from declaring Azhar Masood, the master brain behind terror attacks on Indian soil (spineless because the world's biggest and bloated Bureaucracy is utterly inefficient and helpless against the veto power wielding members, who use it, time and again with impunity to further their strategic aim).
Needless to say Pakistan had the last laugh, with the Chinese doing their bit to keep India on check. As far as India is concerned - it best can be described by my thoughts when I was eating chicken last night, that KUKKAD KHANDE JOGE HO (We, are good for nothing, good at eating Chicken). In addition, I have the additional skill of cooking chicken too, that's the best we can do.
Not a whole lot of water has flown in the SABARMATI since the last bonhomie between Eleven Xinping (as Xi Xinping, the Chinese President was called on Indian media) and our PM Modi, on a swing on the bank of the river. Things have taken a swing since, as THANDI HAWA (cool wind) on the river bank has turned into GARAM HAWA (hot wind) down the road - close to the advent of Indian Summer.
It again proved that the Chinese give a damn to our security concerns - the efforts of our North Block foreign affairs officials not withstanding. SABARMATI KE SANTH TUMNE KAR DIYA KAMAL (Oh the sage of Sabarmatiyou have done wonders for us) !!!
As the eminent writer on an journalist assignment was walking on the street, a Sardar called him from behind, uttering "SARDARJEE (As Sikhs are addressed in reverence). DESH SE AYE HO (have you come from our country ) ? TUMNE TO NAAK BHADDA DITTA (you cut our nose - meaning you have shamed us) ".
He continued further - "CHINIYAAN NE TO TUMHARI BH***ND MAARLI (the Chinese have screwed your bottom). KUKKAD KHAANDE JOGE HO (You are now only good at eating chicken - poking at the penchant of the Punjabi towards eating chicken. The pun was, you are good for nothing, chicken eating folks, who don't know how to fight).
The Sardar of Hong Kong went on - "I used to boast before my Chinese wife about our great martial tradition of Sikhs. Now she is poking fun at me". Point taken, the Chinese beat us left and right in that war, catching us unware, following the age old military adage, "surprise is the main element of war".
But no surprise here, when we fast forward to 2016, as history repeated itself. The Chinese successfully vetoed in United Nation, preventing the spineless agency from declaring Azhar Masood, the master brain behind terror attacks on Indian soil (spineless because the world's biggest and bloated Bureaucracy is utterly inefficient and helpless against the veto power wielding members, who use it, time and again with impunity to further their strategic aim).
Needless to say Pakistan had the last laugh, with the Chinese doing their bit to keep India on check. As far as India is concerned - it best can be described by my thoughts when I was eating chicken last night, that KUKKAD KHANDE JOGE HO (We, are good for nothing, good at eating Chicken). In addition, I have the additional skill of cooking chicken too, that's the best we can do.
Not a whole lot of water has flown in the SABARMATI since the last bonhomie between Eleven Xinping (as Xi Xinping, the Chinese President was called on Indian media) and our PM Modi, on a swing on the bank of the river. Things have taken a swing since, as THANDI HAWA (cool wind) on the river bank has turned into GARAM HAWA (hot wind) down the road - close to the advent of Indian Summer.
It again proved that the Chinese give a damn to our security concerns - the efforts of our North Block foreign affairs officials not withstanding. SABARMATI KE SANTH TUMNE KAR DIYA KAMAL (Oh the sage of Sabarmatiyou have done wonders for us) !!!
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