Adil Najam
This is absolutely hilarious; and in a thoughtful and thought-provoking way.
Even if you are one of those people who never click on these YouTube clips, make this one an exception. It is really worth a listen. Take my word for it.
Aao bacho sair karaiN tum ko Pakistan ki
Jiss ki khatir hum nay dee qurbani laakhouN jaan ki
I was immediately taken by both the visuals and the words. Using young school kids to convey the satirical message is powerful, and the words cut deep and hit hard. Here are some examples:
On Punjab:
Yahan police aur Qaf-Leauge nay har leader ko ghaira hai
Dour dour tak thakh baithi hai siyasi bradraan ki
Jiss ki khatir hum nay dee qurbani lakhouN jaan ki
On Sindh:
Daikho yeh hai Sindh, yahaN Arbab kay danka bajta hai
Laikin yahaN pay Adar (Order) aur kisi ka chalta hai…
Yahan pay taqat daikhi hum nay dahi say zada paan ki
Jiss ki khatir hum nay dee qurbani lakhouN jaan kiOn Balochistan:
Paani hai na biji hai na hai hifazat jaan ki
Jiss ki khatir hum nay dee qurbani lakhouN jaan kiOn NWFP:
Yeh Sarhad hai iss may MMA ka kaafi zor hai
Mousiqi pay pabandi hai, bass Hasba Bill ka shor hai…
Yahan pay klashinkov bhi milti hai qeemat meiN naan ki
Jiss ki khatir hum nay dee qurbani lakhouN jaan ki
As the kids say at the end, Pakistani Zindabad! :-)
Arjun:
I don’t think you guys should stop participating.
However, I repeat, if you feel that Pakistanis tend to be over sensitive, then you can try to understand the reasons for it with an open mind, that will certainly help you in learning more about Pakistan.
Well disciple, this requires a detailed discussion, and I certainly don’t have a lot of answers. But for a start, we need to avoid letting the present situation (frustration with the military and Mullahs) colour our analysis of the early years by conveniently blaming it all on them if we are looking for honest answers.
I think there were several factors that contributed to our problems. For a start, there were three different groups in Pakistan (the indiginous people of west Pakistan, the East Pakistanis and the immigrants from Hindu majority areas). The elites belonging to these groups had competing interests, and the resulting friction in the absence of strong institutions and a politically conscious middle class took us off the democratic track. The bulk of our middle class at the time of partition comprised mostly of immigrants from India. This group did not have political constituencies in west Pakistan, where the political scene was dominated largely by feudals. As a result, it did not see democracy very enthusiastically. The masses in west Pakistan were generally not very politically active either, and understandably so considering the largely feudal political scene at that time. So overall, we ended up with a situation where we lacked a large constituency for democracy.
Over time, the desire for democracy has increased, but it has also been repeatedly undermined by the fact that the political leadership has always disappointed the people, which has kept them largely indifferent to whether we are ruled by the military or politicians.
[quote comment=”40022″] so we need to look elsewhere to see where things started to go wrong.[/quote]
Care to elaborate?
Dear Arjun as several of my brothers have kindly suggested “Let it go”. Let the learning process begin right here…
quote comment=”39954″]But do you really believe that on an Indian site people woudl just have laughed and moved on? Really?[/quote]
If the comments of the people pointing out the Pakistani version were in the same tone as here (read Bhupinder’s or my comment), simply pointing out that this looked like a parody of an old Indian song without knowing about any Pakistani version, I doubt there would’ve been any reaction on Indian websites, not even hawk sites. There’s no triumphalism or accusations of plagiarism in our comments; but yet some people read that in them, which is what I found educational. WE all know both music industries take “inspiration” from all over the world. I frankly don’t see what the big deal is about it; all I care about is listening to fun music.
But anyway, the site is about Pakistan, not India, so let’s get on with it..
I’m going to withhold comment from now, because it seems to muddy the discussion and hinders “observation in a natural state” ;).