anna hazare, went bizzare. khaye na peeye, bas lagaye naare
One of the commercials that airs on a radio station in my city goes something like this:
Anna jee, corruption se utne log nahi marte jitne malaria se. (the voice becoming a little sarcastic now) Aap mein toh poore desh ka viswas hai. Logon se kahiye ki ek bhi machar dangerous hai. Unhe bhagaye nahi balki kaala Hit se maare. (Anna jee, there isin't that many people dying of corruption as many from malaria. The entire nation has faith in you so tell them that even one mosquito is dangerous. So do not just get rid of them but kill them with Black Hit). This may not seem funny but you will be rolling on the floor with unabated laughter when you hear it for yourself. Who knows who else will monetize on the great social reformer while the power monger desperately strives to be in news for something or other (of course for the country's well being). Well I am not that great admirer of him but the comprehensive publicity our news channels is giving him that it is becoming really hard to avoid him. And why shouldn't be this the case. After all he's such a creative artist and he knows the art of "remaining in focus so well". After the great nautanki he performed at Ramlila Maidan, I hear that Ramu uncle is planning to sign him for his next movie. The drama reached its zenith when Mr. Hazare broke his fast. Dry fruits and fruit juice from the hands of a Harijan kid and a Muslim kid. What a drama, what a script! Definitely a National Award winning performance. And with the explicit publicity OUR nation's media provided to this play of the millenium, millions of hearts were touched and double that number of kids went to their dad and asked "Papa, who is a Harijan? Who is a Muslim? Why are they different from us?" I agree to Arundhati Roy and a friend of mine when they said "Who does he think he is? Gandhi?" I echoed my friend's feeling when he said "What crap was that?". Really, what crap was that? Now if you really believe in equality and do not judge someone based on his caste, religion or color then how does it matter who gave you the food. But all that said his efforts to get Lokpals in place is really appreciable. But to what cause? What if the top Lokpals choose to be corrupt, will it be really that hard to hide it? Ramalinga Raju cooked Satyam's book and fooled the entire world for two decades before being caught. Of course he was caught but where did the money of the retail investors go? Even majority of Satyam employees were unaware of all the cooking being done above their head.
Watch out for the next issues been raised by Team Anna as I hear Anna ji is also unhappy with the way elections are conducted in the country and its results. Who knows after Ralegaon Siddhi, the anti-democratic preacher plans to liberate our nation from the vicious claws of democracy.
Anna jee, corruption se utne log nahi marte jitne malaria se. (the voice becoming a little sarcastic now) Aap mein toh poore desh ka viswas hai. Logon se kahiye ki ek bhi machar dangerous hai. Unhe bhagaye nahi balki kaala Hit se maare. (Anna jee, there isin't that many people dying of corruption as many from malaria. The entire nation has faith in you so tell them that even one mosquito is dangerous. So do not just get rid of them but kill them with Black Hit). This may not seem funny but you will be rolling on the floor with unabated laughter when you hear it for yourself. Who knows who else will monetize on the great social reformer while the power monger desperately strives to be in news for something or other (of course for the country's well being). Well I am not that great admirer of him but the comprehensive publicity our news channels is giving him that it is becoming really hard to avoid him. And why shouldn't be this the case. After all he's such a creative artist and he knows the art of "remaining in focus so well". After the great nautanki he performed at Ramlila Maidan, I hear that Ramu uncle is planning to sign him for his next movie. The drama reached its zenith when Mr. Hazare broke his fast. Dry fruits and fruit juice from the hands of a Harijan kid and a Muslim kid. What a drama, what a script! Definitely a National Award winning performance. And with the explicit publicity OUR nation's media provided to this play of the millenium, millions of hearts were touched and double that number of kids went to their dad and asked "Papa, who is a Harijan? Who is a Muslim? Why are they different from us?" I agree to Arundhati Roy and a friend of mine when they said "Who does he think he is? Gandhi?" I echoed my friend's feeling when he said "What crap was that?". Really, what crap was that? Now if you really believe in equality and do not judge someone based on his caste, religion or color then how does it matter who gave you the food. But all that said his efforts to get Lokpals in place is really appreciable. But to what cause? What if the top Lokpals choose to be corrupt, will it be really that hard to hide it? Ramalinga Raju cooked Satyam's book and fooled the entire world for two decades before being caught. Of course he was caught but where did the money of the retail investors go? Even majority of Satyam employees were unaware of all the cooking being done above their head.
Watch out for the next issues been raised by Team Anna as I hear Anna ji is also unhappy with the way elections are conducted in the country and its results. Who knows after Ralegaon Siddhi, the anti-democratic preacher plans to liberate our nation from the vicious claws of democracy.
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