Getting "Served" at the India-Pakistan Border

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

When I visited India a few years ago, I did not visit Pakistan, so I did not cross the India-Pakistan border, where this ceremony occurs each evening:

It’s one part The Man Who Would Be King, one part Ministry of Silly Walks — even without Michael Palin’s narration — and one part You Got Served.

It’s also a reminder that combat is often more about posturing than killing.

(Hat tip à mon père.)

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