'Jungle, jungle baat chali hai, pata chala hai.. Modi-Sharif charcha chala hai...' India-Pakistan relations are something like Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book; an initial fear of humans and peace ... Modi-Sharif want to get rid of .... Maybe in 2016, Kabir, the weaver, sitting at Marine Drive on Arabian Sea will weave a gold and green chadar for a nostalgic future .... follows Ram Madhav with warm hugs for India, Pakistan and Bangladesh ....surprising, a Dr.Manmohan Singh or a Sitaram Yechury could not think up this thought...however one looks, appreciates this lone, grace act of Modi, Sharif and Ram Madhav... maybe in 2016, Prime Minister Modi will take along Dr. Singh to Pakistan; drop Dr. Singh at his village, Gah in Pakistan to chat his ancestors. In Business Standard, had an old friend Kishen Lal Bham, a refugee from Pindi, as he said, never Rawalpindi; Darbari Seth, the boss of Tata Chemicals was also from Pindi; they were good friends and when they met at Bombay House they unwound Pindi. Or Dwijendranath Ghosh, a Bangal not a Bengali, from Dacca, a refugee; he desired to make it to Dacca; Bham and Ghosh did not make it. Will Modi and Sharif will it differently. Some shehani notes of romance in Modi calling up Nawaz Sharif on his birthday and not whatsapping; at home for the marriage of Sharif's grand-daughter; a one hour chat over seviyan and rosogollas; wondering how to unsmoke, smoking guns; get rid of the grid, okaying Test matches between India and Pakistan in the traditional manner: three days of play, one day of rest, two days of play; at Brabourne, Eden Gardens and Chepauk with the crowd being treated to free lunch boxes of biryani and dhokla; followed by games in Karachi and Lahore; many are unhappy over industrialists in the Modi troupe; business is a sure, if not the best way, to make peace as profits are hurt by strife; let business, music, books, paintings cross borders and on to Bangla Desh; if Ram Madhav is to go by. Politics and guns will come last if bureaucrats are denied space at the talking table; Modi should take the help of Dr. Singh; officials prefer, want war; certain, they would have advised Modi against a birthday call. In 2016, Nawaz Sharif and family should call Vajpayee at the gentleman's New Delhi home; after all that 90-year old had the guts to knock nine pins at bowling. Its not that hard as is made out; there are no Jinnahs, Gandhis, Nehrus and Patels with carry-over dislikes; it is a Modi moment; Modi and Sharif have fresh legs and hands and minds at the adda. Perhaps a kind word for Sushma Swaraj is also in order as in some ways she uncorked the goodwill. Years ago, an RBI governor, still around, stray remarked: India will not have a fiscal deficit if Kashmir is at peace; if Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka clasp hands, and why not in 2016, China will be a 12 th man in the world economy. Have a friend in gentleman, Liaqat Ali, based in Lahore. An FB friend, posting clicks of Lahore; maybe we could become live friends in 2016. Going to Lahore!
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Jungle, jungle baat chali hai ......
'Jungle, jungle baat chali hai, pata chala hai.. Modi-Sharif charcha chala hai...' India-Pakistan relations are something like Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book; an initial fear of humans and peace ... Modi-Sharif want to get rid of .... Maybe in 2016, Kabir, the weaver, sitting at Marine Drive on Arabian Sea will weave a gold and green chadar for a nostalgic future .... follows Ram Madhav with warm hugs for India, Pakistan and Bangladesh ....surprising, a Dr.Manmohan Singh or a Sitaram Yechury could not think up this thought...however one looks, appreciates this lone, grace act of Modi, Sharif and Ram Madhav... maybe in 2016, Prime Minister Modi will take along Dr. Singh to Pakistan; drop Dr. Singh at his village, Gah in Pakistan to chat his ancestors. In Business Standard, had an old friend Kishen Lal Bham, a refugee from Pindi, as he said, never Rawalpindi; Darbari Seth, the boss of Tata Chemicals was also from Pindi; they were good friends and when they met at Bombay House they unwound Pindi. Or Dwijendranath Ghosh, a Bangal not a Bengali, from Dacca, a refugee; he desired to make it to Dacca; Bham and Ghosh did not make it. Will Modi and Sharif will it differently. Some shehani notes of romance in Modi calling up Nawaz Sharif on his birthday and not whatsapping; at home for the marriage of Sharif's grand-daughter; a one hour chat over seviyan and rosogollas; wondering how to unsmoke, smoking guns; get rid of the grid, okaying Test matches between India and Pakistan in the traditional manner: three days of play, one day of rest, two days of play; at Brabourne, Eden Gardens and Chepauk with the crowd being treated to free lunch boxes of biryani and dhokla; followed by games in Karachi and Lahore; many are unhappy over industrialists in the Modi troupe; business is a sure, if not the best way, to make peace as profits are hurt by strife; let business, music, books, paintings cross borders and on to Bangla Desh; if Ram Madhav is to go by. Politics and guns will come last if bureaucrats are denied space at the talking table; Modi should take the help of Dr. Singh; officials prefer, want war; certain, they would have advised Modi against a birthday call. In 2016, Nawaz Sharif and family should call Vajpayee at the gentleman's New Delhi home; after all that 90-year old had the guts to knock nine pins at bowling. Its not that hard as is made out; there are no Jinnahs, Gandhis, Nehrus and Patels with carry-over dislikes; it is a Modi moment; Modi and Sharif have fresh legs and hands and minds at the adda. Perhaps a kind word for Sushma Swaraj is also in order as in some ways she uncorked the goodwill. Years ago, an RBI governor, still around, stray remarked: India will not have a fiscal deficit if Kashmir is at peace; if Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka clasp hands, and why not in 2016, China will be a 12 th man in the world economy. Have a friend in gentleman, Liaqat Ali, based in Lahore. An FB friend, posting clicks of Lahore; maybe we could become live friends in 2016. Going to Lahore!
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