From Modi, Reliance, Adani: Khullam Khulla pyaar karenge hum dono
Saeed Naqvi
02 Mar 2021
Mun tora haji bagoyam
Tu mara haji bago
The subtlety in this Persian couplet, which roughly means “I scratch your back, you scratch mine,” would be misplaced if applied to the affairs surrounding the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. What was once billed as the Sardar Patel Stadium has, in contemporary fashion, been renamed after Narendra Modi. Just as some deities are depicted with their Guardian Angels, the Modi stadium is flanked by Adani and Reliance enclosures.
The brazenness of the trio in one Motera package is more aptly expressed in the song: