Saturday, March 2, 2019

A hotch potch.

From here and there.

1. The reality.

    The reality of Imran's peace gesture and Pakistan Army's 'good' treatment of Wing Commander
    Abhinandan Varthaman:-

    (a) Abhinandan was locked up in a solitary cell, without access to television, radio, telephone or
         newspapers immediately.
    (b) Abhinandan had no knowledge about Imran's decision to release him when he was forced to
          record a statement(Prepared by his captors) praising the Pakistan Army. Under the
          circumstances, the brave officer did his best in being matter of fact, forcing so many cuts in
          the video".

 2. A journalist's input.

     Some journalist at 'The Wire' was complaining that Narendra Modi didn't tweet about
     #Abhinandan_Varthaman. She belongs to the bunch that are offended by Modi's frequent
     travel.

     Let this be known. Geneva Conventions have been around since 1949. It was there when the
     missing 54 and Saurabh Kalia happened. This time, in less than 24 hours Pakistan announces
     our pilot's release, not because of the Geneva Conventions, but because

         (i) Putin and Netanyahu dialed in.
        (ii) US, UAE, Saudi Arabia pressurised Pakistan
       (iii) China distanced itself.

     Yes, it's because of Modi's much hated foreign trips that the pilot is back. And if 'Modi doesn't
     tweet' or 'Modi travels too much' is all you have in the name of complaints against the man whose
     guts you hate, we say, he is doing a pretty good job.

     PS.
     I know you'll ask, so let me answer beforehand. Kulbhushan Jadhav is framed as a spy. A spy
     and a PoW are not the same. The case is with the ICJ.

 3. And in a lighter vein.

     Fighting a fourth generation aircraft with a second generation aircraft and downing it......
     landing in Pak.....
     Having tea with them and coming back in tailored suit open collar.....

     Such things can only be made a reality by a person from the land of RAJNIKANT.

     Yennada....Raskala mind it!


Tailpiece.

Got up on the dot at 6, or should I say that I was awake just a few minutes before the alarm went off. We went about our chores and I was a trifle late in getting ready. After breakfast, Lekha had gone across to the supermarkets to buy grocery and vegetables.

Thankamani gave us the slip and did not fetch up as promised. Did she find the work a bit too much for her? 

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