One Bow Was Keen, One Unseen Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

His bow to the monarch was no mean,
To dragon’s might as mute as unseen;
And signal came unfurled
To the bi-polar world,
There’s reason for us to see nigh green.
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President Obama’s bow to the Japanese Emperor was
rather too deep; excessive, many might think. There were
no such apparent bows in China, his next stop. But he
returned home almost empty-handed, offering too many
concessions: Visit of Dalai Lama postponed; Tibet declared
as part of China; China’s role in Indo-Pak dispute conceded;
and many on the economic and trade fronts. And all this
while India kept getting homilies and lip-service!
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-Happenings | 05.11.09 |