AN entire genre of absurdist literature exists, wrapped in poetry and nursery rhymes, which has regaled the world for centuries. Occasionally, the humour and satire they spawn assume the form of an inscrutable poker-faced dilettante relishing a faux involvement in the morose world of politics. Take the Quad foreign ministers under the dilettante’s watch. They plan to meet in Delhi on Tuesday (today) as part of America’s long-expired Obama-era ‘pivot to the east’ policy.