[Assam] The Curse of the Dutch Master?

[Barua25]

>"Anything that can go wrong, does go wrong; everyone interferes with everyone else; the people are a darn nuisance; >the climate is hell; the city a garbage dump." He also said, "New Delhi is the most miserable place I have ever lived >in." 

Well, he may be saying the truth. I think these are very intelligent comments if you think about it.

>Anything that can go wrong, does go wrong; (I don't see anything wrong in generalizing Murphy's law to Delhi in general. May be he has not seen other parts of India.)
>everyone interferes with everyone else; (How true of India in general.)
>the people are a darn nuisance; (May be a bit strong. He should have used the adjective 'some' to be on the safe side).
> the climate is hell (He must mean the summer. Babur also complained about the weather of Delhi. In summer it is really hell.)
>the city a garbage dump (I can vouch for that. You cannot find any public garbage can anywhere so everybody dump garbage everywhere.)

In summary, I think the Dutch diplomat have not seen Calcutta or other cities. Otherwise he would have picked on Delhi.

Rajen Barua




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: umesh sharma 
  To: Ram Sarangapani ; AssamNet 
  Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:49 PM
  Subject: Re: [Assam] The Curse of the Dutch Master?


  Well he was finally telling the truth -- the way he was treated and felt about the place. He was finally NOT being diplomatic.

  Umesh

  Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
    No, no, I wasn't talking about Van Gogh, but of this diplomat in Delhi.

    From the HT - read on

    Dutch diplomat drops mask, curses Delhi
     
    The Dutch cannot seem to stay away from the Indian spotlight even if it is for all the wrong reasons. Just weeks after they created turbulence by suspecting some fidgety garment exporters as terrorists, a Dutch diplomat touched the nether regions of diplomacy as he shot his mouth off on New Delhi - "a garbage dump" where "people are a darn nuisance". 
    Arnold Parzer, the most senior diplomat after the ambassador and his deputy at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in New Delhi, recently told Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad about the Capital: "Anything that can go wrong, does go wrong; everyone interferes with everyone else; the people are a darn nuisance; the climate is hell; the city a garbage dump." He also said, "New Delhi is the most miserable place I have ever lived in." 
    Parzer, 63, who has been the counsellor for agriculture for the past three years, is reportedly in the doghouse for his comments. Shashi U Tripathi, secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said the remarks were "in bad taste". Another official said, "You do not trash your host country in the press." 
    After the interview appeared on September 9, the Indian embassy in The Hague sent its translated copy to the MEA, seeking redress. When the joint secretary (Europe-West) summoned Dutch Ambassador Eric Niehe to the South Block, the latter said he had "taken the officer to task". 
    Hans Schutte, a spokesman for the Dutch Embassy, told HT on Thursday, "The statements in question do not in any way reflect the opinion of the Netherlands government."
    Since Parzer completes his tenure next month, the MEA has decided not to issue a démarche.
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