Boot Polish, Ego Maalish1

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. ______________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________ Happenings | 07.02.11 |