Friday, April 17, 2009

To do a Nehru


During clashes with Pakistan, India secretly asked Israel for weapons. It sought mortars and mortar bombs without Israeli markings, got them, and publicly continued to condemn Israel

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To do a Nehru :
Idiom. Involves the following sequence of events -
1. Oppose creation of Israel
2. Ask Israel for help in '62,'65 and '71 wars.
3. Israel sends ammunition
4. Tell them to remove Israeli markings from ammunition (presumably because Muslim brothers in India will be offended otherwise.)
5. Condemn Israel in public; support Palestinian cause


Example: I helped him so much, still he did a Nehru on me.

8 comments:

JK said...

LOL! Thanks for taking it one step ahead.

gomu said...

awww man!! :P

Wanderer said...

@Jk,
:) thanks for commenting. I also noticed you sent a lot of traffic my way via your Twitter post. :D

Heathcliffs Girl said...

That was funny
do u like gandhi by any chance?

Wanderer said...

Nah. From what I've heard and read about him, he confused a personal philosophy (ahimsa, non-violence etc) with Raj Dharma (duty of the ruler).

I noticed you didn't call him Mahatma.

:P

Heathcliffs Girl said...

So You have rightly sensed d tone,:)

There is a nice article on his racial prejudices,which i shall hunt n deliver.

soon

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punk reincarnated said...

hmm.......diplomatic double talk , my friend.
it's the art which benefited a lot of sciences......:)