Chintoo and Pintoo analysing the geopolitical implications of the Chinese incursion across the LAC in Ladakh.
Chintoo: When I first read in the newspaper that people were getting all worked up about the Chinese crossing the LAC I was a bit confused.
Pintoo: So was I. I thought they were referring to a lakh, which is the number of different things, from cellphones, to cars, to 5G technology, that China exports to us, not to mention this coronavirus which it has exported not just to us but to the whole wide world.
Chintoo: But it turned out that the LAC everyone was talking about was something totally different, being the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.
Pintoo: An understandable LAC of understanding. Anyway, our PM has said we’ll give the Chinese a ‘befitting reply’, unlike 1962 when they gave us a buffeting reply.
Chintoo: Right. This isn’t 1962, and any buffeting that’s to be done will be done by us. But why are the Chinese again taking panga with us?
Pintoo: I guess there are a whole lot of reasons. China doesn’t like us getting so pally with America, with which it’s having a trade war. And it doesn’t like us emerging as a regional superpower, more so since we’ve become part of the UNSC, despite all of its efforts to keep us out of it.
Chintoo: Right. And China keeps supporting Pakistan, which is waging a proxy war against us through cross-border terrorism. And now Beijing’s winding up Nepal to also get funny with us and start claiming our territory.
Pintoo: So what do you think we should do to hit back at China? Boycott all Chinese goods?
Chintoo: Can’t. If we do, apart from anything else we’ll have to boycott Diwali, because all our Diwali lights and puja images of Laxmi and Ganesh are made in China. But not to worry. We’ve already hit back at the Chinese through creating our own LAC.
Pintoo: Our own LAC? What’s that?
Chintoo: Lagao Apna Chinjabi khana.
Chintoo and Pintoo in unison: Veg Manchurian zindabad!
Courtesy - The Times of India.
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