[nukkad] The flag that refused to burn

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Is this some sort of omen ???
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The flag that refused to burn

By Renu Mittal

AGRA: Like the obstinate and ziddi General Pervez Musharraf, even the
Pakistani national flag refused to oblige much to the disappointment of
angry Shiv Sainiks who assembled in Agra. Outside the Mughal Sheraton Hotel,
where the Media Centre had been put up, Shiv Sainiks staged a demonstration
against the visit of the Pakistani President and the discussions on Kashmir.

With a battery of video cameras and photographers waiting to roll and click,
it was a fiasco from beginning to end. The Shiv Sainiks had made a crude
Pakistani flag which they tried to burn, but despite their best efforts the
flag refused to catch fire. A second attempt was made but this too failed
much to the disgust of all those present including the media which was
urging the Sainiks to try again.

Then an enterprising photographer advised the demonstrators to bring
kerosene and light the flag. This too failed. The waiting policemen told
them that if in the next attempt it doesn't work, they and the flag would be
packed off.

In desperation the Sainiks caught hold of a passing scooterist, made him get
off despite his protests, took petrol from his vehicle, sprinkled it, lit
the match... and wonder of wonders the flag still didn't catch fire.

In disgust the camera teams abandoned the shooting and as promised the
police packed the Sainiks off the premises. Speculation has been on that
maybe there is a message in this somewhere but people are still trying to
figure it out.





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