I could not believe my eyes. 14th August is the Independence Day for Pakistan - because their forefathers in 1947 thought that they could put one over India, if they were declared as free one day before us.
Ever since, the worthy sons of Pakistan have been attempting to put one over India, and failing miserably. Instead, as a GF quipped, ‘it is India who have been consistent in putting one over Pakistan - through the India born Presidents: from Iskander Mirza (Murshidabad), through Zia-ul-Haq (Jalandar), and Pervez Musharraf (Delhi), to Mamnoon Hussain (Agra).’
LOL!
Equally hilarious was the way Google put one over the faithful of Pakistan, in the Pakistan Independence Day Google Doodle. The bad neighbours, however, failed to see the derision, but are waxing eloquent in the blogosphere and elsewhere.
Just Google ‘Pakistan Independence Day Google Doodle’ and see for yourself. One popular blog even counts the event wrong - saying it is 66th Independence Day instead of the actual 67th.
To get back to the Doodle itself, it features snow covered peaks and a goat standing in front, gazing at us. A digital read out spells the word Google, but the letter ‘L’ is made up of the goat’s horns. Between the horns appear the crescent and the star of Pakistan.
The Pakistani interpretation is the peaks are K2 (Godwin Austen) and/or Nanga Parbat, and the goat is their National Animal, the Markhor, and the others are some religious gobbledygook.
To me:
ROFLMA.
Ever since, the worthy sons of Pakistan have been attempting to put one over India, and failing miserably. Instead, as a GF quipped, ‘it is India who have been consistent in putting one over Pakistan - through the India born Presidents: from Iskander Mirza (Murshidabad), through Zia-ul-Haq (Jalandar), and Pervez Musharraf (Delhi), to Mamnoon Hussain (Agra).’
LOL!
Equally hilarious was the way Google put one over the faithful of Pakistan, in the Pakistan Independence Day Google Doodle. The bad neighbours, however, failed to see the derision, but are waxing eloquent in the blogosphere and elsewhere.
Just Google ‘Pakistan Independence Day Google Doodle’ and see for yourself. One popular blog even counts the event wrong - saying it is 66th Independence Day instead of the actual 67th.
To get back to the Doodle itself, it features snow covered peaks and a goat standing in front, gazing at us. A digital read out spells the word Google, but the letter ‘L’ is made up of the goat’s horns. Between the horns appear the crescent and the star of Pakistan.
The Pakistani interpretation is the peaks are K2 (Godwin Austen) and/or Nanga Parbat, and the goat is their National Animal, the Markhor, and the others are some religious gobbledygook.
To me:
- the peaks signify the threat from Afghanistan which is on the other side of Hindu Kush range;
- the goat is a typical sacrificial lamb - bali ka bakra - with a garland around its neck and turmeric and kumkum on its forehead, which Pakistan currently is;
- the horns represent a batwing drone-strike slamming down on the Pakistani goat; and,
- the crescent and the star is the typical cartoonist’s depiction of the disoriented goat after drone-strike.
ROFLMA.
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