Monday, 13. November 2006
Poetry in Inglish?
Yesterday's post on Shaadi.com humor made me remember and look for this wonderful Inglish poem by Nissim Ezekiel titled "The Patriot". With no offence to the Bollywood sensibilities of my avid readers[1], in my mind's ear I hear an old-ish Munnabhai[2] speaking this poem that begins
"I am standing for peace and non-violence. Why world is fighting fighting Why all people of world Are not following Mahatma Gandhi, I am simply not understanding. Ancient Indian Wisdom is 100% correct, I should say even 200% correct, But modern generation is neglecting- Too much going for fashion and foreign thing."
- this especially in light of his recent shift towards "Gandhigiri".
[1] Yes, we suffer from delusions of granduer even though the running average of the number of readers here is 'like ummm' five?
[2]In the both movies, Munnabhai always manages to get the lovely chokri but in practise his tapori Ingliss will not take him beyond first base with most yuppie desi girls never mind his golden dil.
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