Hindi rusi bhai bhai

Hindi rusi bhai bhai (Hindi: हिंदी रूसी भाई भाई; Russian: Хинди руси бхай бхай, the latter words may be also erroneously spelled as пхай пхай ("phai phai")—"Indians and Russians are brothers") is an USSR time political slogan also used in India in 1950—1980s[1][2][3] that was officially advocated in both countries. It was declared by Nikita Khrushchev at a meeting in Bangalore on November 26, 1955.[4]

Previously there was also an alike slogan in India: "hindi chini bhai bhai" (Hindi: हिंदी चीनी भाई भाई)[5] declaring brotherhood between Indians and Chinese during the peaceful period of 2-country relationship in 1954—1962 ("pancha shila"); the period ended with Sino-Indian War. In USSR there was a slogan "Russians and Chinese are brothers forever" from the 1949 song "Moscow—Beijing" that also expired during Khrushchev's ruling.[6]

The slogan was used in Soviet literature, particularly in the book "Old Man Hottabych" by Lazar Lagin and the corresponding movie.[7] Also it is mentioned in a book "Be prepared, Your Majesty" by Lev Kassil. The usage also continued in post-Soviet time, particularly in 1991 movie Promised Heaven by Eldar Ryazanov.

The word bhai in Hindi language means "brother" and etymologically corresponds to Russian word брат ("brat", and both are derived from Sanskrit word bhrā́tṛ(भ्रातृ)).[8] There are also cognates in other Indo-European languages: brother in English, frāter in Latin, φράτηρ in Greek.

References

  1. ↑ Anand, Aanchal (19 August 2011). "Hindi-Russi Bhai Bhai: Celebrating 40 years of the Friendship Treaty".
  2. ↑ "In India- Formed, the National Preparatory Committee for the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students in Russia – BRICS International Forum". www.bricsforum.in.
  3. ↑ "r/PropagandaPosters - Soviet Poster in Russian and Hindi Saying "Hindi rusi bhai bhai" Translation- "Russians and Indians are brothers" Post 1962". reddit.
  4. ↑ (in Russian) Давно.ру
  5. ↑ Bakshi, S. R. (1 January 1994). "Indian Freedom Fighters: Struggle for Independence". Anmol – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ (in Russian) Серов, Вадим. Энциклопедический словарь крылатых слов и выражений. «Локид-Пресс», 2003.
  7. ↑ (in Russian) Л. Лагин. Старик Хоттабыч
  8. ↑ "भ्रातृ - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org.
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