All ages down history have had their spectacles. If it was the gladiators of Rome then today it must be the Indian politician. Hopefully the comic spectacle of two of our senior politicians in Karnataka heading to the famous temple of Dharmasthala, to duel, has ended and we can get back to more serious stuff. The news papers too, can get back to being less of comics. ( A few days ago much of the front page of a national daily was covered by the build up to Dharmasthala and that Aiswariya Rai was to be a mom!!!!)
The jamboree was apparently spurred as charges of corruption were levelled by each against the other in fits of self righteousness, following which a duel in the form of taking an oath like a truth serum was arranged at the temple.Why not a polygraph at NIMHANS?
Many years ago I was caught in a terrible storm, on the west coast of India. The ship was battered and bruised. Many thought we would sink and that was the end of that. Well, we survived and secured ourselves in the port of Kandla, which had in turn been pounded out of shape and the destruction was humongous. As all of us tried to pick the pieces up and get on with life, we heard, much to our collective dismay that the then Prime Minister A.B.Vajpayee was visiting Kandla to comfort the beaten population. There was chagrin & dismay because the politicos visit would only serve as a distraction to struggling state machinery in Kandla. I’m afraid the circus in Karnataka is one such distraction where time could be spent in dealing with more pressing issues rather than troubling devotees heading to Dharmasthala to get succour for their overflowing woes.
The Roman emperor Nero is said to have fiddled while Rome burnt itself to cinders. While most historians have discounted this as untrue the piece of trivia refuses to leave Nero and whatever good he might have done is forgotten.
A similar fate lies in wait for our ‘leaders’ unless they address real world issues rather than duelling in a virtual world.
4 comments:
Its new fad now a days to enter into a sector alien for one self. first we saw a baba Ramdev jump into the political arena touting who's who of the government, with 4 of the top ministers begging to stop his fast only to be booted out by the Delhi police who suddenly at middle of the night had an epiphany that baba was protesting. after the entire midnight drama baba ended up in his stronghold only to vow revenge on the state. and now we have 2 politicians trying to cross over to divinity. which indecently makes more money than politics. on the lighter side i read the killer of midday journalist was caught while on pilgrimage which he had taken to avoid getting caught.
Nice one Ramnath........particularly the irony of Dey's killers being caught in temple towns!!!!!!!
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this kind of act by our politicians would fetch shame on the entire country....it shows how much they are concerned about subjects welfare...
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