W(h)ither England...Whither Polska... Whither Conrad ..Whither Hussain...Wither Pakland

At one time, the English went to war over Poland. Now they are a emotional state of  war (read raw)  over the same. The only difference being it is rather civil ,as opposed to the one in which Churchill droned on... and on... and on, The gripe: the  flood of Polish workers inundating their island paradise. Leaving aside the benefits of turning German Shepard (Stay calm and drive your VW), and the relative ability of  a Bull Dog to change colors after the Victorian sunset, it is relevant to recall Conrad who created , well, some cool English Literature in the Polish strain.

Curiosity of the day:  Brando played the lead in both Coppola's version of "Apocalypse Now" as well as the Polish American angry young man (read Amitabh Bachan in Hindustan)

In our very own land, the chief river is drying up, according to Napier due to our sins (or those of our master)  -Dǎng shuō tíngzhǐ fànzuì. So is it just a coincidence that madrassah al ali al arabia are "springing" in the land of the Bhit?

 So how do we fight the "barbarianisational"  effects of  scarcity
well by  ...immigrating .... well... yeahh... again...

Ye ajab burg i sukhun ki kahani hai doston
zeenat i zahur i mehfil  pe hijrat furz hui

That leads me to my own story (read apocryphal). An ex- sailor told me that the land of the asylum seekers have given official orders to the Royal Navy  to treat any boat containing desperadoes (in another sense of the word) as  enemy combatants  and take necessary action!!
That sailor today is begging today in the streets of Coventry for his daily quota of  rum. ...rummmy aint it.

BTW this week is also the anniversary of the Bhopal tragedy, the precursor of the dehumanizing aspects of Multinational apathy in failing states.

The Germans as they are apologetic for Hitler. But wasnt Hitler more akin to the rabid Mullah that got out of control of the Wehrmacht  -- the origins of which lay in the Junker class (any similarities Punjab heartland?!!) created by Frederick the "Great". So much for the goodness of enlightened despots  ...leading us to the ultimate question where has the decade of enlightened moderation led us to ?
 Aside: So Voltaire right about Fritz? ... .. lil Frtiz was right about the 'blaspheming' Voltaire as well?... Will the French apologize or should 'we' remain apologetic.

Will we our very own 1971.... which the calculator tells me has turned 44... but still the rear view mirrors remain misty ... with a fungal green tinge.. .
"Mirror on the wall, who is the greenest of  them all?"

"our sincere regrets' specially to the second generation Biharis


But the Easterners after some does seem  , (the textile industry seem meaningful compensation for some old debts)  and ......the cold war with our own Goliath  that threatens us with extinction keeps slowly simmering.............ala Balkans...... just a century back....
 No wonder it is time to  we seek refuge with the Creator?

And marrying those thoughts to our own religious my(th?)sticism (read dogma) about Chehlum, how do we civilize our Yezid before he butchers our Hussain??

M.F. Hussain on Hussain

or in the immortal words of Anees ....

ننھے مجاہد رن میں جا کر تم نہیں آئےشاہ تو آئے جان مادر تم نہیں آئےکب سے کھڑی ہوں خیمے کے در پرآنکھوں میں لے کر اشکوں کے ساگرپیش کروں آجائو اصغرتم نہیں آئ 

reading The Heart of Darkness, or for the non-nerds, watching the Coppola's version on screen in Colonel Kurtz's haunting soliloquy is very relevant to the menace labeled very convenient as the Taliban.

The "Taliban" butchering the "Taliban".... just the sign of the times ....

"Because it's judgment that defeats us."

BTW: Happy Birthday Conrad.. .rather 'Korzeniowski' from the very abysmal darkness of our hearts


Photo Credits: 'Creative Communism'