THE traditional u2018 pohau2019 was pi** ed off. He puffed up his yellow chest to its full size and explodedu2014u2018 Iu2019m having a grain... sorry brain fade! How can I possibly be called Bangladeshi? That minister is crazy referring to us as immigrants? I have been on the breakfast table of millions of Indians for years. In fact, I am as much a common manu2019s food in Maharashtra as the vada pao... my relatives are scattered all over the country. Now, Iu2019m accused of belonging to another country! I fully protest.u201d A quick convention was called, comprising the five- member committee called NPRu2014 National Poha & Riceu2014 to understand this major issue that Poha was raising.
Ask the kid here.u201d The kid in the group, Gadanche Poha ( beaten rice with jaggery), said nothing, just put up his protest banneru2014u2018 Poha! Be u2018 wokeu2019 ya!u2019, it proclaimed.
u201c Not anymore, Uncle. My Gen has a new abbreviation, # PoHa, which stands for the Power in our Hands. Too late to lecture us anymore, the young have spoken. Got it, Uncle?u201d Doondache ( milk) Poha said weakly, u201c Let us vote to decide if Poha should be sent to Bangladesh or allowed to live in India.u201d Poha was appalled. u201c You all are true frenemies. Iu2019m taking this issue to a world forum, to GRAIN ( Global Rice Asian & International Nations) to ask their opinion.u201d And so, they came from all over, the head of every conceivable form of Oryza Sativa gathered to decide Pohau2019s fate.
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