June 8, 1998

Dilip Bobb

Now that everybody's singing praises of the BJP and its underground activities, Indian pop stars are busy trying to jump onto the bullock cart in the hope that the current hysteria will result in a smash hit. In a secret recording studio, invisible to American music industry spies, here's one with explosive potential. Composed by wonderboy Abdul Kalam and sung by the pop group Shakti, it goes like this:

No one expected a poor Third World country to announce to the world that the deed was done and now that it's produced a fait accompli everyone's saying thanks a megaton

The Americans just love the opportunity of seeing their sphere of influence increase by helping China with her missile technology all in the name of promoting world peace

Meanwhile, Pakistan's going to get one too they are pretty close to reaching critical mass They need it to counter you know who and are even prepared to eat grass

The European Union is delighted at the strictures it can safely make noises about an arms race but with American MNCs out of the picture it gets to sell more goods in the Indian marketplace

In Baghdad, Jerusalem and Pyongyang their leaders are preparing to celebrate
like Pakistan, they too can tell Uncle Sam give us more F-16s or we'll calibrate

At the United Nations, they are doing the jive after years of duplicity and deceit
it now has a chance to tell the Big Five they can now fill that vacant Security Council seat

Back home, Atom Bihari Vajpayee has gained a place in history The BJP wave now resembles the Niagara And all he did was seek to reverse his political impotency by taking a little blue pill called Viagra.

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