Kerry arrives....

Here in Pakistan Mango is considered to be the king of fruits.its a seasonal fruit Pakistani's wait anxiously all year for the mangoes to arrive during the summer/spring.the Overseas Pakistani's usually envy and tell tale to their children how they used to consume this fruit.About a month ago I was talking to my Uncle in the US on Skype as I usually do on weekends.that day he seemed excessively overjoyed and the reason was that he was holding in his hand a reddish green Mango about the size of a tennis ball maybe bigger that he found in his local super store.With his smiling  face he showed it to me in a very victorious manner.The mangoes in my tree were in a very initial state which suggests that it was a mango from some other region most probably Mexico.The Mangoes have not yet fully hit the fruit markets yet but they are ready.

When the Mango is in an unripe immature state it is called "Kerry" it may be very interesting to note that just as the fully ripe sweet and juicy pulpy fruit is so popular Kerry is not adored any less.The sour tasting unripe fruit is used in pickles and sauce which are made and preserved not just for the season but for the whole year.Most farmers and growers harvest this unripe and sell to get the much needed hard cash and do not wait for the fruit to ripe on the tree or use other chemical methods to speed up the process it is when this cliche' is used "badshah ki neiat theek nahein" (King's intention is  questionable...)
Senator Kerry is now the fourth most popular US politician in Pakistan after Mr Bush,Mr Obama and Sec Clinton . and this time he has arrived in Pakistan when most of the Pakistan is expecting Mangoes so you can imagine how they might be feeling...Indeed I need to say no more on the kerry culture that the US government and CIA is trying to promote here in Pakistan by creating him as the link between the Administrations and officials and the politicians and the leadership of Pakistan.Its a very tough job for senator on the pinnacle having failed in the US Presidential election race and Heinz ketchup which also failed here in Pakistan .The People of Pakistan are not interested at all how the US senate feels about them they are not interested in the findings and briefings of the US senates foreign relations committee they are not interested in the infamous Kerry-lugar bill.They know that all these are political gimmicks just to impress the US media and public opinion.What is more important for the ordinary poor hard working people of Pakistan is that Whitehouse says "THANKYOU" and Islamabad says "NO"