From left to right, that’s Zardari, Singh and Ahmadinejad at the BRIC summit in Russia. This photo is just begging for a caption, word bubbles, or both.
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on June 16, 2009 11:54 PM · Direct link
Don't think it's a BRIC summit (feel free to delete).
on June 16, 2009 11:57 PM · Direct link
Singh: So they kicked out Brazil, added you two and out now we're freakin' PRIIC???!!
on June 17, 2009 12:06 AM · Direct link
"Hindus to the back of the bus!"
(That would be Zardari and the Iranian thug speaking; Singh remains quiet.)
on June 17, 2009 12:10 AM · Direct link
Manju--LOL, my hat is off to you!! Brilliant beyond anything I can bring!
on June 17, 2009 12:10 AM · Direct link
"Howz your moustache bushier than mine ?"
on June 17, 2009 12:16 AM · Direct link
Rogaine can't hide our nuclear arsenal.
on June 17, 2009 12:40 AM · Direct link
Sorry, I just can't believe Singh would actually agree to meet and legitimize someone like Ahmadinejad right now. Zardari, Medvedev, I understand. Neither country has a strong tradition of democratic rule. India? That's what we're all about.
That stupid fucking Iranian tyrant.
on June 17, 2009 12:44 AM · Direct link
I just can't believe Singh would actually agree to meet and legitimize someone like Ahmadinejad right now
That's why so many of us live in exile--can't stand Indian politics once you know anything!
on June 17, 2009 12:46 AM · Direct link
Ahmadinejad: "Do we tell him that India is out of T20 WC!!"
Zardari: "No, we tell him after Pakistan is out too. Can't be such a bad neighbor, after 26/11"
on June 17, 2009 12:49 AM · Direct link
Sorry, I just can't believe Singh would actually agree to meet and legitimize someone like Ahmadinejad right now
(a) That statement speaks of an inflated sense of Indian importance, which isn't really justified by world politics, and certainly not by Asian geopolitics, with China's huge influence in these countries. The pragmatic option for India is to engage, not indulge in showboating.
(b) Oil and trade are powerful forces. See American and China, or American and Saudi Arabia, the home of most of the 9-11 hijackers, for example.
on June 17, 2009 1:08 AM · Direct link
Ahmedinejad to Zardari about Singh: Uska dhaadi mere dhaadi se safed kaise?
(Translation: How is his beard whiter than mine? - a reference to an iconic Indian ad)
on June 17, 2009 1:11 AM · Direct link
10 · Rahul That statement speaks of an inflated sense of Indian importance, which isn't really justified by world politics, and certainly not by Asian geopolitics, with China's huge influence in these countries.
Rahul, I think India is worth a lot more than that; its weakness is mostly due to Gandhi family feudalism; I don't know why Indians give homage to that horrible family; of course, my family has voted with its feet and we live in the USA.
on June 17, 2009 1:38 AM · Direct link
Rahul,
I'll be more impressed when you speak Tamil--thanks. :-p
on June 17, 2009 1:42 AM · Direct link
Zardari: Calm down already Mahmoud! I was just admirng Manmohan's turban when I said: "love the blue," not...
on June 17, 2009 1:54 AM · Direct link
A: Check this out, imma steal the limelight next.
on June 17, 2009 1:59 AM · Direct link
Rob said:Rahul, I think India is worth a lot more than that; its weakness is mostly due to Gandhi family feudalism; I don't know why Indians give homage to that horrible family; of course, my family has voted with its feet and we live in the USA
Modi is begging you to come home.Gujarat is shining...Not.
on June 17, 2009 2:05 AM · Direct link
"My parents taught me not to touch or befriend Muslims, now I am stuck in the middle of two Muslims.Yuck"
(That would be Sardarji Singh speaking .) - just a twist to #3 .
on June 17, 2009 2:08 AM · Direct link
16 · Rd Modi is begging you to come home.Gujarat is shining...Not
I'm not a big Modi-ite; not sure why you think anyone who doesn't support the hypocrites of Congress party supports Modi. I do think that the textbooks need to be re-written, to reflect reality, rather than left-wing BS.
on June 17, 2009 2:19 AM · Direct link
MS: Zardari bhai, your backbrush looks chic!
ZAR: Thanks, Manu! Its just one step towards my war against dandruff.
AMD: Which shampoo do you use Zardari bhai? My beard is almost white with dandruff.
ZAR: The one I import from India.
MS: I use the one given to me by my Madamji. I don't know whether it works or not; but Madamji says it does...so I use it.
on June 17, 2009 5:22 AM · Direct link
I'll be more impressed when you speak Tamil--thanks. :-pActually, where I come from it is LOL funny. (but it should be uski not uska)
on June 17, 2009 5:23 AM · Direct link
its weakness is mostly due to Gandhi family feudalism
i think this is a gross overstatement and a reductionist view of the system. the real lost years were under the tyrannical rule of indira gandhi who sacrificed domestic development to corruption and accumulation of power, although she displayed immense pr and military savvy in important aspects of pakistan relations, especially the bangladesh independence war. i think nehru's decisions in the 50s were very rational given the national situation at the time, and the general attitude to business and risk in india (read naipaul's "india: a wounded civilization" to get an unflinching but reasonably accurate portrayal of the indian psyche, this was in the years before he became a batshit insane bigot).
I don't know why Indians give homage to that horrible family
everything said, and paradoxical as it is, rahul gandhi is talking a good game today about democratizing the congress party, and has made some attempts at it, especially in picking good local leaders and strengthening the grassroots of the party, if he actually continues in this vein, i have some hope that the congress ossification brought upon by the valuing of loyalty over competence, will be reversed and there will be more good governance from the ground up. however, unquestioning fealty to the lineage is clearly stupid, as is dogmatic opposition based on distant history.
on June 17, 2009 7:48 AM · Direct link
MA is there because Iran has long been a member of this movement, he didn't start it. Plus, he had to fly back to Iran mere hours after his arrival at the conference, because of the election troubles, he didn't even have a press conference while he was there.
My caption:
Mahmoud "Zardari, make Manmohan say hello to me, I Am So a legitimate ruler of my country!"
Manmohan thinks "If I wanted to be stuck between two Muslims I'd have stayed at home in India"
on June 17, 2009 8:44 AM · Direct link
"My parents taught me not to touch or befriend Muslims, now I am stuck in the middle of two Muslims.Yuck" (That would be Sardarji Singh speaking .)
Sardarji Singh was born in Pakistan and left at partition. He has sent money back to his home village there to build it up. He most certainly does not think like that, no matter what racist bigots like you are brainwashed to believe.
on June 17, 2009 8:56 AM · Direct link
Zardari: 10% and you have yourselves a pipeline.
Ahmedinejad: How about 5% and I can throw in some election rigging tricks I learned from Musharraf?
Singh: (Silent, registers no evil. Didn't register 1984 either.)
on June 17, 2009 9:08 AM · Direct link
Ahmedinijad:
Asif, you're going bald. Maybe you should start wearing a turban like the Prime Minister.
Zardari:
Shaddap. At least my people aren't walking the streets to hunt me down, at least I am loved by my people.
Ahmedinijad:
Yeah. They love you so much they explode cars near your home in your honor.
Zardari:
Watch your mouth.
Ahmedinijad:
At least my wife is still alive.
Zardari:
Look, lets cut this petty arguing. Lets gang up on the Indian. Two against one.
Ahmedinijad:
Why should I? He seems like a nice guy. We like Indians in Iran, we like their Bollywood movies, we like their Prime Ministers who wear turbans. And we too are a turban wearing people. Jai Ho dudes, Jai Ho.
Singh:
What am I, chopped liver? I'm just standing here, and you're talking across me, like I don't exist? And you don't have a copyright on turbans you know.
Ahmedinijad:
I know, I know, alright, alright. Enough already. I'm just saying, you know, I was just breaking the ice. All I said to Asif here was, you know, you're going bald, fix it up by wearing a turban.
Singh:
Yeah but he's got a complex about that, you should never suggest to a Pakistani that their appearence could be improved by reference to an Indian, its complex, they have some kind of complex about it. Let it go. I'll explain to you later.
Ahmedinijad:
OK, I get it, I understand, its complex. What do I know? Come on Asif stop sulking.
Zardari:
I wasn't going to mention the holocaust, but you're pushing me Mahmoud, you're pushing me.
Singh:
Alright, come on, calm down both of you. You're both members of the Islamic community, I want you to calm down, and be friends.
Ahmedinijad:
Opened any Swiss bank accounts lately?
Zardari:
What the f**k, you cheeky bastard....
Singh:
OK guys the cameraman is about to take a picture, just smile and pretend we're all friends.
*Smile* *Click* *Smile* *Snap*
Ahmedinijad (whispering):
Death to twitter!
on June 17, 2009 9:13 AM · Direct link
Ahmadinejad: "What the f^&% do you mean I am a puppet president and the mullahs have the real power. You wanna talk about yourself and the Pakistani military?"
Manmohan:" Hmmm.... let me keep out of this discussion lest someone bring up Soniaji".
on June 17, 2009 9:51 AM · Direct link
Ahmedinijad to Zardari: Dude, what the hell are you talking about? The biryani in Iran is way better than in Pakistan
MS (thinking to himself): The fools. They know nothing about the Biryani at Karim's
on June 17, 2009 10:03 AM · Direct link
Ahmedinijad: Twitter? Never heard of it.
on June 17, 2009 10:19 AM · Direct link
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.
Or
All the shit that you two pulled... and people hate turbans?!
on June 17, 2009 10:26 AM · Direct link
Iranian to Pakistani: Try not to talk about OBL or AQ in front of the Indian.
on June 17, 2009 10:44 AM · Direct link
And now, The Three Tenors 2.0, coming soon to PBS.
on June 17, 2009 11:13 AM · Direct link
Ahmadinajad: "Oh, I'm so-very sorry, Agha Zardari. I thought that you knew how to configure this device."
on June 17, 2009 11:27 AM · Direct link
Ahmadinajad to Zardari: "I've pissed him off big time! It's noon, and I've asked him what the time was."
on June 17, 2009 12:05 PM · Direct link
Can you two please tell Obama to stop being mean to me? For God sake, he is treating me like I got a turban on my head or something(No offense Moni).
on June 17, 2009 12:25 PM · Direct link
Ahmadinjad: "Why was he doing that rustic dance with his arms in the air like that?"
Zardari: "Ohhh...your Farsi word for 'yes' is 'ballay', and that's the cue to start dancing in this part of the world."
Singh: (thinks to himself) " The term 'Bhangra Blowout' around these nuclear-armed countries means something totally different than what I had originally thought."
on June 17, 2009 1:46 PM · Direct link
Ahmadinejad: "Hey, I might be in trouble, but at least I am more famous than my wife, unlike you browns."
on June 17, 2009 1:58 PM · Direct link
Ahmadinejad: "And our balls are bigger than your balls -- big boys don't play small balls." [link]
on June 17, 2009 2:53 PM · Direct link
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What Terrorism?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What Holocaust?"
Singh: "Morons."
on June 17, 2009 3:13 PM · Direct link
I'll be more impressed when you speak Tamil--thanks. :-pYou should see this Hindi movie, Dev D. There is beautifully shot scene where a lovely hooker* in Delhi (the actor who plays this woman is of French origin, but raised in Pondicherry perhaps) is having phone sex with a customer. She is requested to switch to Tamil, and she duly complies with practiced ease; all the while, her face reflects a combination of boredom, amusement, and impatience. I'm not sure how good her accent is, but Tamil has never ever sounded that mellifluous to me. *now that we know how you roll :)
on June 17, 2009 3:22 PM · Direct link
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What Terrorism?" Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What Holocaust?" Singh: "Morons."
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What Terrorism?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What Holocaust?"
Singh: "What Operation Blue Star?"
on June 17, 2009 3:38 PM · Direct link
Ahmedinijad- I have won democratically, honestly
Singh- No I won Democratically
Zadari- You will find you are a dictator, I know we just got rid of Musharif, and you will find you only got in cos Sonia Gandhi is white
Singh- Not this time..you're hardly a democracy
Zadari- Really and India is? Your not Pakistani, what do you understand of our..
Singh- I think you will find I am Pakistani..I was born there you know
Ahmedinijad- Whatever...You Sikhs stole our Flag's symbol and wear the Turban like its yours,,Its Iranian I tell you..and we have the best democracy..Anti American, Anti any thing not Wahabbi, and anti Commom Sense..See how my people demonstrate their love for me..
Singh- That is love? I'd hate to see their Hatred
Ahmeddinijad- Khamosh! I am the new Shah!
Zadari - We know what happened to him
Singh- Shush, that white person is about to take a picture of us..
Zadari- I'm going to turn the other way
on June 17, 2009 5:03 PM · Direct link
Ahmadinjad: Woah..where did you get that stylish blue turban?? Does it make you the Supreme Leader?? I need one of those!
on June 17, 2009 5:08 PM · Direct link
Manmohan to Ahmadinejad: "This is what a REAL electoral landslide looks like!"
on June 17, 2009 5:26 PM · Direct link
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What cash fraud?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What vote fraud?"
Singh: "Morons."
on June 18, 2009 4:17 PM · Direct link
Ahmedijenad: So, in an election, you actually count the votes?
on June 19, 2009 9:38 AM · Direct link
Z: "We get dibs on India!!"
a: "You suck! What ever happened to sharing?"
S: "Morons!!"
on June 19, 2009 10:22 AM · Direct link
correction to my last post
a should have said "What about the idea of sharing?"
(I was inspired by Manan's posts!) Seriously, Singh doesn't look too thrilled to be in the presence of Ahmedinejad. Or maybe he always has that expression?
on June 19, 2009 11:28 AM · Direct link
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What Terrorism?" Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What Holocaust?" Singh: "Morons."
ha ha. The best among the list, I think.....
on June 19, 2009 11:42 AM · Direct link
Parth, I Loved that most excellent use of the song lyric, put a Big smile on my face.
Singh: I'm glad I grew this snazzy beard, they can't tell I'm holding back laughter at merely being in their presence. They call themselves their country's Leaders! Oh, it is all too much. Next time we'll say we only have space for one of them, and the one with the best "Death to America" speech gets in. Youtube will crash with all the traffic!
on June 20, 2009 11:14 AM · Direct link
on June 20, 2009 12:15 PM · Direct link
38 · Manan on June 17, 2009 02:53 PM · Direct link
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What Terrorism?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What Holocaust?"
Singh: "Morons."
Even though I contributed quite a bit to this thread, I believe that Manan's is the best. Very witty. However, it doesn't capture their expressions precisely. This caption could have been for *ANY* picture which has all three of these leaders (even if the picture involved Ahmadinejad lap dancing on Singh).
on June 22, 2009 6:01 PM · Direct link
Peace Pipeline
on June 22, 2009 9:12 PM · Direct link
Ahmadinejad: Yo Zardari! How the fuck do you win elections, influence people and still remain popular?
Zardari: Aadmi hai ya pajama? how would I know? Let us ask Manmohan bhai... He is the election boy.
Manmohan: Earth calling Sonia ji...come in Sonia ji...
on June 26, 2009 5:32 AM · Direct link
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