A Bolshevik with
absolutely
positively
no
sense of humour
This could be discerned from the music, operas and songs which is consistently sombre and with a patriotic theme. I have yet to see a picture of Lenin or Trotsky smiling. But I am absolutely convinced that they have a fine sense of humour waiting to run wild. There's a Groucho in every Russian.Thanks Mj
I tried to look at it from all angles, from the first Tsar; Ivan IV or The Terrible till recently, the country had been through continuous wars, anarchy, serfdom, autocracy and everything that brought great suffering to the people without end. Hardly a recipe for a sense of humour. To be cont'd
Thank you so much, Loke. Actually, Russian humour can be both downright hilarious and inspiring...I have a collection of Russian joke books somewhere. You remind that it's time to dig them out.
Someone said, I wonder when I see a young man who is not a communist, I again wonder when I see an old man who is a communist. In a communist society an individual is its unit, in a normal society family is its unit. Perhaps, that's why a bolshevik has no sense of humor.
Akhtar, you remind me of what Churchill once said. I paraphrase, but the gist is- Show me a conservative at the age of 20, and I'll show you someone without a heart. Show me a socialist at age 60, and I'll show you someone without a brain.
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Red Square is a city in Muscow, Russia which separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and now the official residance of the President of Russia. Bolshevik is a communist party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The rest words.....absolutely positively, no sense of humour.....how to understand is on readers. Beautifully penned. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Kumarmani. I must admit those final words were partially inspired by Marx (Groucho, that is) . Thanks again.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
You spill some words on historical event, with aroma of past that still linger on present air. All in simplicity but enough words to understand what it could mean..The Red Square now is in memorial that mentioned here by every readers words and eyes.