Scene 2: Coffee Shop
Mr. Xi is Sipping Mocha Grande. Mr. Modi Enters &
Joins him.
Mr. Xi: ‘Look NaMo! If it’s about any J.V.; then Science has no Motherland; but, Scientists do!’
Mr. Modi: ‘I ain’t here for any J.V.. Tell me, departing from Populated Market, who guided You?’
Mr. Xi: ‘In the beginning, there maybe a deal to split Capitalism-Communism; World into Two!’
Mr. Modi: ‘So that cheap labour would originate from East in name of equality, & sail through?’
Mr. Xi: ‘Then maybe, maybe, stepped beyond the territories that was being assigned, to rule,’
Mr. Modi: ‘Indeed! In name of Debt-Trap Diplomacy, Expansionism; going back to old school?'
Mr. Xi: ‘Then why you’re going, meet Zelenskyy? Ain’t you, your opponents, too part of global plan?’
Mr. Modi: ‘Look, in the inclusive politics, one has to sway b/w one notion, or take another stand!’
Mr. Xi: ‘I’ve no other option too, but to forge the ties with the ones, I opposed the most in life!’
Mr. Modi: ‘I know! Despite Gulags, you’ve to choose the same clans, in a double-edged knife!’
Mr. Xi: ‘A sin? As I’ve evolved, and I want to have it all, big or small, within territories or beyond?’
Mr. Modi: ‘In that case, I end conversation; saying, let we play our cards; whilst I take Mocha Tall.’ 😊
© Pranav Chaturvedi 2024