kudos to the home minstry for changing the guard at the border. it is fun to watch. also it is reducing the importance to bakis as mentioned earlier.
a few points worth noting---
1) poll on wagah border ceremony started by Shiv on feb 26 ended on 13 march-
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... f=1&t=5434
majority (out of 102 votes) voted for Get rid of the ceremony. Get pot bellied pan spitter to close gate while scratching crotch and Just close the gate with no ceremony (39% and 40%)
2) Shiv pointed that
3) colonel Dr Anil Athale(retd) wrote this rediff column-- looks like straight from BRF on march 5 2010.http://news.rediff.com/column/2010/mar/ ... wagah1.htmWell frankly - those men who lift their feet to head level and then band them down are young and fit, but the fact is that kind of repeated banging will cause damage to the bones and joints of the foot and knee which will reflect after two decades or more. Training for sports or for the armed forces is one thing. But getting men to do this just because Pakis want to be equal equal with India is silly.
4) Neela commented
Overall home minstry looks likely to have done its home work. (Open a bar , employ full-bosomed female bartenders, subsidize drinks, play reggae music!


