Shivaji goes surfing
By Santosh at 3 June, 2008, 12:01 am 
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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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“Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahasagar”
Hahaha that’s hilarious. Don’t give them any ideas though…
I think u r inserting shivaji
let be clear about that…….
Dude,
That would be weird even if I was into that stuff.
*** I would like to start off saying that I’m a moron so please excuse my inability to engage in an intellectual conversation. My dumb rant commences ***
Hey you bloody shameless refugees in Maharashtra, dont forget that you people are here because your (redacted)father couldn’t feed your hungry mouths where you born and sent you to eat marathi (slang for excretion) here in maharashtra. What is your(random cuss word) problem when we pray to Shivaji Maharaj? Do we say anything when you ppl pray to your gaon ka jameendar (or local RJD corporator) who keeps your ( filthy sexual reference) when you are running for bread in mumbai? You have come here to earn money only. So do that. Don’t poke ur shameless nose in our local matters. You are here to serve us and pay taxes to us and not to argue with us. Don’t think like narrow mind. (random filthy insult). Right now you people have no other option but (another pointless insult) here til laloo and nitish kunar get killed by any Rahul raj. Don’t forget Agar shivaji nahi hota toh (unececessary and incorrect anatomical reference). You bloody ghar se door rahene wale shameless ( unnecessary perjorative sexual term)
Moderator’s note: We had to remove all the offensive language from this comment. We let the comment itself remain to show the brilliant level of intellectual debate
Santosh, I do like this edited version better.
Thanks Ravi. In full disclosure, my work is only limited to the first sentence.