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A dancing
Farooq Abdullah on Facebook video
Saturday April 23, 2011 11:04:09 AM,
Sarwar
Kashani, IANS
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New Delhi: A wide
grin on his face, clapping and throwing his hands in the air and
moving his thickset figure to a hit Kashmiri folk number. The
undated Facebook video of Farooq Abdullah is already a hit on the
social networking site, but with some critical comments on the
union minister who has thrice been chief minister of the
trouble-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Soon after being posted by Facebook user Aila Nazar, the video
received some comments from other users, mostly Kashmiris. Nazar
in his info says he is a Kashmiri-born Greece-based businessman.
"O(h) w(ha)t a serious (a)nd mature leader......," wrote Kashmir
Wings, sarcastically though.
In the one-minute-long poorly audible video, Abdullah is seen
attending a cultural function apparently organised by the state's
information department.
As traditionally-dressed folk singers break into the "gham chhum
yaar ma raavay (I am worried if I lose my lover)" song, Abdullah
on a mike joins the chorus and gets right into the spirit of
things. At times he sounds louder than the orginal vocalists.
Enthusiasm then gets the better of the former chief minister who
shakes a leg or two in Punjabi bhangra style.
Abdullah, who is known to have once loved the company of Bollywood
actresses, is a trained physician. He loves to dance and is known
to often break into spontaneous singing.
The 74-year-old politician has been an heir apparent to his father
late Sheikh Abdullah's political legacy.
A great crowd puller with good oratorical skills, Abdullah, who
may be loved or hated by the media, has never been ignored for
whatever he does on and off the political stage.
In the short video, the father of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is
wearing a long overcoat and black karakul cap - suggesting that
the poor quality video may have been shot in winter. He then
dances his way to his seat and is seen being patted by the
participants including National Conference MP Mehboob Beg.
(Sarwar Kashani
can be contacted at s.kashani@ians.in)
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