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Ulta pulta America!

It is the ultimate insult to an American. There was a time when the US government used to issue travel advisories to its citizens not to travel to India due to a pandemic or riot or act of terrorism. We in India used to get hot under the collar—unrelated to the summer heat—for what we perceived as an insult to our country.

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But how things are changing? The Indian government has issued a travel advisory advising Indians not to travel to the U.S on account of the pandemic of swine flu.

A month back the American media was full of praise for Indian bankers for deftly dodging attempts by American bankers to permit into India , the Harvard/ M.I. T inspired fancy financial instruments that may have been one of the causes for the crisis that banks in the U.S now face.

Columbia University invited a former RBI governor to address a distinguished audience on how India had managed its banking system better than the U.S had. The U.N too invited the same RBI Governor to tell them what the US did not seem to know.

Increasingly the U.S government is veering around to ideas, ideologies and policies that were last heard in the India of the late sixties and seventies, like handouts, bailouts, nationalization, subsidies, floor crossings, etc. This does not mean that Obama is eager to meet Prakash Karat. Nor does Michelle Osama’s flair for fine attire mean that she will speak to Brinda Karat for sartorial tips.

I had promised in an earlier blog to tell you about a conference of world ‘leaders’ called by the first dog of America ‘ bo’ to discuss how the canine species can help man in the current world crisis. I am afraid the plan has been caught in red tape. The Indian Pehla Kutta has refused to travel to the U.S in deference to the travel advisory.

Besides he says that since India has the largest population of dogs and has the distinction of recording the maximum number of deaths due to rabies it is but in the fitness of things that India play host to the first ever summit of First Dogs. India may also object to the presence of Pakistan’s first dog whose bite is worse than its bark.

My detective friend Alphonso says that Obama dialed his hotline to speak to Germen leader Markel. By a quirk of fate he reached Mayawati. ‘Madam what else should I do to improve the economy? Any tips on how to put more money into the economy, asked Obama. Replied Mayawati, You are son of an American dalit. I am daughter of an Indian dalit. I suggest you tell your government to develop a million parks called Obama park’. Each park must have three Obama statues.

Obama turned pale in the face. He is now recovering from Swine flu. He has sworn never to travel to India .The U.S. government plans to issue a travel advisory to its citizens not to travel to U.P.