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Shivaji goes surfing

By: Santosh :+: Under: Humor, It Happens Only in India, Politics
On: ⋅ June 3, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment
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Speaking of making extravagant promises to get elected, the Congress party promised the people of Maharashtra a 300-foot high statue of the Maratha king, Shivaji. (no relation to Tamil superstar, Rajnikant) [Rediff] [via Browsekid]

Shivaji surfs the waves
img: photoshop courtesy Über Desi

Apparently, the Congress party decided this was one promise they could afford to keep, and why not? It’s all taxpayer money anyway.

The clearance came when the Maharashtra government on Monday reviewed the implementation of the electoral promises made by the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party coalition in 2004. The statue was one of the promises made in the manifesto.

So good news for Shivaji fans, the promise will be fulfilled.

A 300-feet high statue of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji will be erected in the Arabian Sea, facing the Marine Drive, in south Mumbai.

And just for good measure, this project will be compared to a similar structure in the Western world, even though we’re brainwashed to believe that anything influenced by Western culture is against “Indian culture”.

Soon after clearing the proposal, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that global tenders will be invited for the ambitious project, which will be constructed along the lines of the Statue of Liberty in New York. “The site for the statue has been finalised, a kilometer in the Arabian Sea, between Malabar Hill and Nariman Point,” Deshmukh said.

But exceptions will be made where convenient. Who knows, we may even have cheerleaderscheergirls for the opening ceremony.

As a Mumbaikar my chest swells up, no it’s not from pride, it’s just heartburn from the samosa wraps I had today, but I digress. Everything in Mumbai has already been named after Shivaji. Resourceful folks that we are, we’ve now decided to encroach the sea, and name spots on there after Shivaji. I’ve another brilliant suggestion, why not rename the Arabian sea? “Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahasagar” sure has a nice ring to it. Tutaris, please.

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