Mango diplomacy ku Pakistan

Ndi August, pakati pa chilimwe "nyengo yopusa" pamene pali kusowa kwa nkhani ndi ndale ambiri ndi olemba nkhani omwe ali patchuthi, kotero atolankhani ku London adalandira chithandizo chosowa. Adayitanidwa ndi a High Commission ku Pakistan ku chikondwerero cha mango monga gawo la zochitika zokondwerera Tsiku la Ufulu wa 62. Atolankhani omwe anasonkhana ku Asia House ku London adapatsidwa zosankha zochititsa chidwi za mango kuti alawe: saladi ya nkhuku ndi mango, msuzi wa mango wothira zokometsera, keke ya mango yopepuka, mango mousse ndi mbale zodzaza mango a mango atsopano.

Monga mkulu wa Commissioner waku Pakistan, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, adanenanso za mango, "Ndi chipatso chomwe chimakhazikika paphwando lililonse - la olemera, osauka chimodzimodzi. M'zaka za m'ma 19, wolemba ndakatulo wamkulu wa Chiurdu/Perisiya, Mirza Ghalib, poyamika mikhalidwe yake yokoma, fungo lake lachilendo, kutsekemera kwake kwa uchi kunapangitsa kuti isafe m'mavesi ake okongola. Iye anafotokoza kuti ndi Mfumu ya zipatso.”

Ku Pakistan kuli mitundu 1,300 ya mango. Chiduleni kapena chiyamweni - mwanjira iliyonse mango amakoma kwambiri. Kudya ndi paratha, kumapanga chakudya chathunthu. Mango lassi (kugwedeza kwa curd) m'mawa kumakupatsani mphamvu kuti muthe kukuwonani tsiku lonse. Saladi ya mango pa nkhomaliro ndi galasi lina la mango kugwedezeka m'malo mwa tiyi wamadzulo zidzakusangalatsani. Pa malonda mango amagwiritsidwa ntchito kupanga ayisikilimu, sikwashi, timadziti, chutneys, pickles, mango puree ndi kugulitsidwa mu magawo mu manyuchi. Ndipo simuyenera kupita ku Pakistan kuti mukasangalale ndi zakudya izi, zimapezeka mosavuta m'masitolo ambiri ku UK.

Malinga ndi a Hasan, mango amakonda kwambiri Mfumukazi, zomwe amagawana ndi mwana wake wamwamuna, Prince Charles. Atamva za tsankho la Akuluakulu ku chipatsocho, Commissioner wamkulu adatumiza mango ku Nyumba yachifumu komanso kwa olemekezeka ena. Masiku angapo pambuyo pake, High Commissioner adachita nawo Phwando la Garden ku Buckingham Palace.

"Nditadziwitsidwa kwa Mfumukazi, Akuluakulu ake adandisangalatsa pomwe adanena kuti amakonda mango kwambiri ndipo adakondwera kudziwa - kwa nthawi yoyamba - kuti Pakistan imapanga mango apamwamba kwambiri. Royal Highness Prince Charles adawululanso kuti adachotsa zamkati, kuziunda ndikupangira ayisikilimu kwa ana ake. Uku kunali kuyamba kwa zokambirana za mango ku Pakistan. "

Bambo Hasan anakumbukira chochitika china atangosankhidwa kumene kukhala Commissioner kwa nthaŵi yoyamba mu 1994. “Ndinalandira foni kuchokera kwa Prime Minister wanga amene anafera chikhulupiriro Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto ali pa ulendo wopita ku Ireland kundifunsa chimene angandipezereko kuchokera ku Pakistan. Popeza kuti kunali kuchiyambi kwa nyengo ndinati ‘mango.’ Pokhala wokonda kwambiri chipatsocho iyemwini, pamene ndege yake inaima mu London inali ndi mabokosi 200 a mango abwino koposa a ku Pakistani.”

Atolankhani angapo, kuphatikiza inenso, ndi omwe adapindula ndi kuwolowa manja kwa Ms Bhutto ali moyo. Chilimwe chilichonse, malinga ndi malangizo ake, bokosi la mango okoma ochokera ku Pakistan linkaperekedwa pakhomo pathu - chitsanzo china cha zokambirana za mango zikugwira ntchito.

Osakhumudwitsidwa ndi zovuta zomwe Pakistan ikukumana nazo lero - nkhondo yolimbana ndi a Taleban, mikangano yandale ndi zotsatira za kufinya kwachuma padziko lonse lapansi - boma likuchotsa njira zonse kuti likondwerere chikondwerero cha Ufulu ku London chaka chino. Kupatula chikondwerero cha mango, oimba angapo odziwika bwino aku Pakistan adachita nawo konsati yapadera pabwalo la Wembley Lamlungu madzulo. Pakistan TV idayendetsa Peace Telethon ndikupereka kwa ola limodzi kuchokera ku London ndi aphungu aku Britain ndi aluntha akutenga nawo mbali.

Pakati pa zikondwererozo panali uthenga wodetsa nkhawa wochokera ku bungwe la achinyamata achisilamu ku UK, Ramadhan Foundation. Chief Executive wawo, a Mohammed Shafiq, adalimbikitsa Pakistan kuti iganizire zolephera zake komanso kukondwerera Tsiku la Ufulu. Koma kwa atolankhani ndi ena omwe adasonkhana ku Asia House kulawa kwa zokambirana za mango ku Pakistan kunapereka mpumulo wotsitsimula ku zovuta za moyo watsiku ndi tsiku komanso ndale mdziko muno.

Rita Payne ndiye wapampando wapano, Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK). Akhoza kufikiridwa kudzera pa ma adilesi a imelo: [imelo ndiotetezedwa]