Beautiful English

Beautiful English
26th Aug. 2008
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/08/26/forum-beautiful-english.html

When I read the letter from the Press Attach* at the Russian Embassy in Jakarta (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 19), I realized how the English language is blossoming into a rich and flexible (and, at times, incomprehensible) language wherein an invader means a peacekeeper or a saboteur means a freedom fighter.
Talking about saboteurs/freedom fighters, I remembered a Sanskrit proverb saying a good Guru is the one who hopes to be defeated by his pupils (shishyaat ichchhet paraajayam).
In other words, a good Guru teaches his pupils so well, making them so proficient that they can defeat their own teacher who trained them.
Looking at how the saboteurs/freedom fighters who were basically trained to wreak havoc in the neighboring countries have turned around to wreak havoc with all sorts of terroristic activities in their own domestic arena, I realize how good this Guru was.
K. B. KALE, Jakarta