The Royal Dancing

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Charles Philip Arthur George,

heir apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms, Defender of the Faith and the future Monarch of England and Wales was seen dancing with an ordinary choir of the Indian folk artistes to the tunes of Jodhpuri music in the accompaniment of Dhols and Surnaees. Did His Royal Highness do something unbecoming the royalty by dancing in public with the lowly? No, not at all. On the contrary it was gracious of him to honour the troupe by “becoming” a part of them. Such martial tradition of casting away the social barriers by dancing with the ordinary are quite common in the armed forces and Hamid Meer should not drive some contemptuous pleasure by showing Musharraf doing the same on stage. But I suppose – it is beyond people like Hamid Meer to grasp such magnanimities and nicities.

 Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)