A few months ago, singer singer-songwriter Meesha Shafi was celebrated for her flamboyant take on Pakistani classism in her single, Hot Mango Chutney Sauce. She got satire artist, Swineryy, to collaborate with her. Swineryy is famous for her satire about burger culture through her animoji character, Lina Aunty, who is a burger aunty. We talk more about Swineryy in our satire category. According to an Express Tribune article, Shafi said:

“Ultimately, the song pokes fun at our collective identity crisis, which is only worsened by our colonial hangover as many of us have begun to realize. Even within the race, we’ve come to attach a higher value to aspects of pop culture that have no roots in Pakistan or the wider South Asian community. So, whether it was cultural references in the lyrics or the visual translation of the track into a music video, I aspired to create something uniquely us – desi and proud”

The song begins with Shafi rapping a famous Pakistani idiom/tongue twister, Chandu ke chacha, except, Shafi adds her own twist to the tongue twister with her commentary on classism. The lyrics are: “Chandu ke chacha ne/ Chandu kee chachi ko/ Chandni raat mein/ Chandni Chowk pe/ Chandi ke chamach se/ Jimmy Choo ki chutney chatayee” according to a Dawn article, the lyrics translate to [Chandu’s uncle/ Got Chandu’s aunt/ Under a moonlit night/ At Chandni Chowk/ With a silver spoon/ To taste Jimmy Choo’s sauce]