Boot Polish, Ego Maalish1 Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Gone for long has white man's much-longed crown,
Yet, skin's all that has changed— to now brown,
The servile do now wish
Big ego's to polish,
O to bend backward, browed bare by frown.
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maalish1: Hindi, meaning massage.

As the legend goes, Sir Walter Raleigh gallantly spread his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth to cross. In India of today, his tribe has prospered and multiplied, proving that chivalry (read, servility)is far from dead. Take this personal security officer of a Chief Minister of UP, a stern woman. Seeing her soiled shoes, he whipped out kerchief polishing the dirt off. Sycophants are still prone to bend backward and down.
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Happenings | 07.02.11 |