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Baat hai 14th August ki….(nahi, apne padosi desh ke independence ki kahani nahi hai yeh!)
Indo-Pak ka neverending war shuru hone se do saal pehle ek war khatam hua tha- the Second World War….yeh uski baat hai!
Toh 14th August 1945 ko Imperial Japan ne kiya surrender, aur isse New York me aayi khushi ki leher!
Khushi khushi me log nikal aaye Times Square ki sadkon par… Wahin se aayi ek tasveer pe bana hai yeh putla called ‘The Unconditional Surrender’. Ab aage rhyming sujh nahi raha, toh focus karte hain story par!

U.S. Army ka tha wo Sailor, War me Allies ka saath dene ke baad ab aaya tha New York wo kuch dinon ki leave par, On hearing the news of Japan’s surrender, he was glad the war was finally over!
Par yeh ladki kaun hai? Naam tha uska Greta Zimmer, Austria se bhaag wo aayi thi America ki dharti par (Kyun bhaagi thi yeh na pucho, tab Austria pe rule jo karta tha Hitler!)
Nurse jaise kapde pehne nikli wo daftar se, Jaanna chahti thi wo achanak itne log raaston par nikle kis wajah se…. (I don’t know why I can’t stop with this rhyming!)
Thoda nasha, thodi zyada khushi mein, he ended up kissing her, Captured by Eisenstaedt, this image published by Life Magazine, became really popular!
Dekho zara, is tasveer me aapko kya dikhta hai? Pyaar dikhta hai?

Pyaar nahi, gratitude sahi, jataana chahta tha Sailor, Kyunki usne dekha tha war nurses ko, Okinawa ki ladaai mein, helping save the survivor(s)! (Yeh bekaar laga? Bollywood ke rap sune hain?)
Ab aata hai plot twist, she says it wasn’t her choice to be kissed! She wasn’t a war nurse either, wo toh thi bas ek dental hygienist!
Date par nikla tha wo kisi aur ke sang us din, She became his future wife, Oh, she’s also present in the picture, There she is, right above his shoulder, you can see her grin!
None of them was much affected by the picture; For years, they didn’t even know they were captured!
Cut to present day, The picture has became an icon of the V-J Day (V-J =Victory over Japan!). Greta ki kahaani saamne aayi bhi usi waqt, jab har jagah the #MeToo ke charche!
When, George Mendonsa, the sailor, died at the age of 92, Someone in Sarasota, spray painted on the statue, the words written were ‘#MeToo’!
Ab dekho tasveer me AAPKO kya dikhta hai? Ab bhi pyaar dikhta hai?

The ending was such an eye opener.. amazingly penned down..
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The twist was such an eye opener.. amazingly penned down..
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Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed reading it!
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