words & symbols

Authors Note : With all due respect to my Grand Uncle, Late K C S Panicker, this blog has nothing to do with his Series of Modern Contemporary Paintings titled Words & Symbols ( a picture below  of which is self explanatory - for those not conversant with Modern Indian Contemporary art and artists of the famous Madras School)

The Words and Symbols in my Blog are evidently based on recent Political events back home in India, more specifically, the result of the results of the New Delhi Elections - 

words & symbols
Words & Symbols that wont be welcome at Congress HQ or No 1. Race Course Road, till the next Elections at least :

• -  Aap :  Sonia has requested all juniors,  including her son, daughter and son-in-law to do away with the respectful word and may now call her using Tu or tum or you.
  
• -  Baapu :  Mahatma Gandhi can no longer be referred to as Baapu.
  
• -  Nazia Hassans hit from the 70s, "Aap jaisa koi" has been declared seditious
  
• -  Rajesh Khannas hit film "Aap ki Kasam" has been recalled by the censor board
  
• -  R K Laxmans cartoons have also been declared Anti Poor and thus banned from all schools and public libraries! ( However sources not wanting to be revealed have said that the old guard of the BJP have adopted R K Laxmans Common Man due to a strange resemblance to one of their stalwarts. We also hear that the BJPs Presidential Candidate has thrashed these rumours. )
  

  

  R K Laxmans "Common Man"

  
  
• -  Mangoes are no longer Indias National Fruit and can only be referred to as "Mangifera Indica".  The Hindi word for Mangoes may no longer be used. The fruit has been banned from being served at home and at office. We hear a visiting MPs Driver has been dismissed for suggesting he loved Aam(Mangoes).
  
• -  Note: An attempt was made to nominate 'Parthenium Hysterophorus' to replace the Royal Mango as Indias vegetative symbol, but that was soon scuttled, and the paper torn up by Rahul at a Press Conference.
  

  

  PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS (Commonly known as Congress Grass)

  
  
• -  Aaplause, Claaping, Aapreciation,,,,,Aapathy, Chaapathi,,,  And other words that may remind the electorate of, and promote the "flash in the pan" political party AAP, that Rahul so very much wants to now emulate, can hereby no longer be used in their presence.
  
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• -  Ravinder Jadeja has unceremoniously been dropped from the Indian Cricket team when No. 1 Race Course Road heard that his nickname was Jhaadu!!
  
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• -  The City Sweepers Association were ecstatic as everyone of them had been given a vacuum cleaner each.  All their earlier implements were destroyed.  
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• -  Rahul had gone one step further and  passed a new promulgation calling it the Access to Cleaner Technology for The Urban and Rural Poor Bill where everyone in the country would have access to a Vacuum cleaner if they agreed to destroy their jhaadus (brooms).  India HAS to set a modern example, he had said.

- However, we hear the Sweepers have since gone on strike realising that these modern implements need electricity, something they haven't had,  to run. 

• -  And Breaking news, We just hear Rahul has attended another Press Conference and torn up the proclamation and has vowed to find a solution to provide an alternate to the Broom in the near future ( before the 2014 elections). We hear that it may be an Act to Provide Electricity to all Sweepers - before 2014 May!!
  
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• -  He added that All Congress leaders have been banned from making Sweeping remarks. ...…..
  
• The story continues....
  
  Ram
  Engrossed watching the Memorial Service For Tata Madiba Nelson Mandela… 
  Banjul 10th December, 2014