Our friend Satya
Sagar
sagarnama@...
forwarded this
amusing letter of
Indian intellectuals
to President Bush as
he comes to India.
India
is not your Cat's
name!
To
George Bush Jr.
Would-be Emperor
(Former Clown
Prince)
Currently US
President
Dear George 'WMD'
Bush,
It is with both
great happiness and
grave apprehension
that we the people
of India
await your arrival
in our country.
Happiness because in
the few hours you
will be engaged in
shaking hands with
our country's
leaders your fingers
will be - at least
for a little while -
away from the
nuclear doomsday
button. Happiness
also in the hope
that the grease you
put on the palms of
your political
underlings here will
make the many
triggers all of you
control that much
more slippery.
There is a lot of
apprehension too as
your visit could
become the
latest source of
pollution in our
ancient land already
poisoned over
the years by your
country's various
multinationals- from
Union Carbide
of Bhopal gas
notoriety to
Monsanto of GM seeds
infamy. Your own
crimes against
humanity in Iraq,
Afghanistan and
Guantanamo are of
course far worse
than that of these
corporations and if
the Ganges were not
already as
contaminated as it
is unfortunately
today - we would
have happily
recommended a long
dip in its holy
waters.
We know you have
friends- or shall we
call them loyal
subjects- in
very high places in
our country. Shri
Manmohan Singh,
misleadingly
called 'Prime
Minister of India'
when he is really a
CEO of your
subsidiary company-
will be there
constantly at your
beck and call.
But then for this
former civil savant
turned international
servant-
whose soul and spine
were stolen many
moons ago by the IMF,
World Bank
and other dark
forces you represent
- it seems to make
little
difference what
master he serves.
You will also find
the Congress that
rules India
even more pliant
than
the US Congress you
control back home.
Having buried Gandhi
and Nehru
in both body and
spirit long, long
ago this political
party that once
fought the British
Empire has become
the Trojan horse of
American
Imperialism in
India.
There are others too
from our country
that will welcome
you ? captains
of industry,
merchants,
bureaucrats and
sections of the
Indian media-
who already think of
themselves as junior
partners in your
vile
Empire. Truth is
they are as much in
awe of the weapons
of war you so
wantonly wield as
they are mesmerized
by the petty
commercial carrots
you dangle before
their eyes.
But make no mistake
'Mr Wannabe
President of the
World' - India
is far
more than the name
of your pet cat on
the lawns of the
White House.
And though our
leaders lovingly wag
their tails at you
it is not a
domesticated dog
either.
Instead it is a
full-blooded country
of over a billion
people who have
seen through many
tyrants of your type
several times over
in their
long history. We
packed off the
British Raj just
over half a century
ago and have no
intentions of
letting its
illegitimate
American
offspring sit on our
heads instead.
And we are not alone
in our struggle
against Imperialism
on this globe
either. From
Vietnam to Venezuela and Iraq to Indonesia
we have had
and continue to have
deep ties with
people everywhere
from around the
world who have stood
up in defence of
their national
dignity,
sovereignty and the
right to conduct
their affairs in
whatever manner
they see fit. We
have long historical
memories too of the
US
establishment's
atrocities and
massacres around the
globe ?Hiroshima,
Haiti,
Greece,
Guatemala.
Cambodia,
Chile - the
sacrifices of
countless brave
citizens will not go
in vain.
Your regime's latest
attempts to bully or
bribe the Indian
government
to join your
machinations against
Iran will also
go nowhere because
the people of this
country will forever
resist your immoral
attempts
to capture the
assets of weaker
nations by force. By
tempting the
foolish Indian
government with a
dubious nuclear pact
you have
attempted to divide
and rule the
developing world but
we can see
through your
imperial politics
and have the means
to unravel it too.
Your concern for the
`national interest'
of India
in striking a
nuclear deal is
going to make our
country powerful to
the point of
extinction.
Mr 'Emperor' not
only do you not have
no clothes on you
are trying to
pull some
non-existent textile
over our eyes too!
So Mr 'Emperor' when
you soon land in
India remember
- irrespective of
what your weather
'experts' tell you-
the temperature on
the ground
will be several
degrees hotter than
anybody can predict.
True, this
will be partly due
to the general rise
in global
temperatures your
regime has so
wantonly contributed
to plus the hot air
you have such a
talent for - but
much of the heat
will really be due
to the burning
anger aroused by
your presence in our
midst.
Believe us we
promise a very warm
welcome to you and
all in your
entourage and hope
to make your trip as
memorable as
possible. This
collection of films
on the crimes of
your country's
various regimes we
are showing the
Indian public around
the country is just
the first of
many salvoes we are
firing.
It is still not too
late to turn your
jets back to
Washington
where
Uncle Dick 'Shotgun'
Cheney eagerly
awaits your presence
on a long and
exciting safari
somewhere. Happy
hunting and watch
your back.
Yours very, very
warmly
Films for Peace,
India
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