Backward and Forward

  

 

Context :

2014 : A Tale of Two Views

 

My Take :

 

2014 : A Tale of Two Blogs

 

Ø  A NARCO Test ?  … ……………………………………….. 28  Feb  2014

 

Extract :

To bring out " truth " from a suspected criminal , police deliver a NARCO test , by

administering , what is popularly known as TRUTH SERUM

It reveals a person's innermost thoughts and feelings

Occasionally , his feelings about others . Feelings that have so far , remained

suppressed in his subconscious

Of late , we have heard our politicians refer to their political opponents , as :

>   Maut Ka Saudagar

>   Khooni Panja

>   Shehzada

>   Chor ( Thief  )

>   Criminal

>   Mendhak  (  Frog  )

>   Bandar  (  Monkey  )

>   Napunsak  (  Impotent  )...........etc


Those that failed to receive the full prescribed doze of the Truth Serum , just call

their opponents :

>   Corrupt

>   Indecisive

>  Incompetent

>  Insecure

>  Spineless

>  Confused..................etc

I wonder whether , once in five years , our good doctor EC ( Election

Commissioner ) , administers a NARCO test to our politicians , by announcing

elections  !

What I never knew is that this NARCO test also brings to the surface , all those

wonderful / sympathetic   feelings that our political bosses harbored for us - the

poor public - always , but were too busy to express all along  ! 

Here is how they describe us - the poor people of Mother India  :

>  Suppressed

>  Oppressed

>  Tortured

>  Maligned

>  Neglected

>  Miserable

>  Starving

>  Suffocated

>  Deprived ..............etc


Such  a glorious show of empathy  !


I almost wish , we had National Elections , every alternate year  !


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  >   Pied Piper of Gujarat !  ………………………..  14  Nov  2013

 

Extract :

 

Naresh Agrawal ( Samajwadi Party ) says,

 

"  Any Madaari can attract crowds  /  A tea-vendor cannot have perspective of

  national issues  / Even if a Sipahi becomes a Kaptan , his thinking will continue

  to be that of a Sipahi "

  

May be Agrawal does not consider Tea-Vendor  /  Madaari  /  Sipahi to be

respectable professions  !

 

 Apparently , he believes that a tea-vendor's son must continue with his father's

 profession only  !

 

 How dare he aspire to become  the Prime Minister of India ?

 

 But Narendra Modi is playing a haunting tune

 

 "  Congress hatao , Surajya lao  "

 

 And millions of voters are coming out of their homes to listen to him , making the

likes of Agrawal squirm

 

 There is a good chance that voters will follow NaMo to the polling booths and kiss

 the lotus  !

 

 Why should that happen ?

 

 >   People attending the rallies of NaMo belong to hundreds of " respectable "

      professions such as :

     

       *   Welder  /  Carpenter  /  Mason  / Electrician  /  Plumber

 

       *   Vegetable vendor  /  Dudhwala  /  Paperwala  /  Courier-boy

  

      *   Delivery boy  /  Bus Conductor  /  Sales Girl /  Receptionist

 

       *   Panbidi shop owner  /  Tyre Repairer  /  Boot-polish boy

 

 

      Endless others . And all earning an honest livelihood

 

  

>    These professionals feel terribly offended / insulted by Agrawal running down

      their trades / skills / vocations

       

>    They are all fed-up of corrupt / criminal / power hungry politicians

  

>    Forthcoming elections ( State / National ) are their only chance to prove

      Agrawal wrong and re-write their own future

 

     Obviously , likes of Agrawal feel haunted by the tune of the Pied Piper of

     Gujarat and feel doomed to oblivion  !

 

 

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.HemenParekh.ai  /  29  March  2024