Saturday, June 23, 2012

The Towering Inferno


In the Mahabharata the kaurava Princes along wth ther wily maternal uncle shakuni hatched a sinister  plot to get rid of their nearest contenders to the throne and very own cousins, the ever popular Pandavas by trying to burn them in a palace made of- lac a highly combustible substance.
A similar plan was hatched by our modern day kauravas i.e our wily politicians who collected all the important documents and made a bonfire of them by triggering a man made inferno.  
The fire that broke out within the precincts of the secretariat has reportedly burnt down crucial records.
The records which are presumed to be lost consisted of the controversial Adarsh Land scam, the lavasa land scam and many other illegal activities ever pursued by the bureaucrats running our country, which could have implicated the whole lot of them in the long run.
The arson was crafted to precision and perfected to make it look like an accident. It looks like the fire brigade personnel were instructed to delay the salvage operations so that the important documents were eliminated by the forces of nature.
One of the most laughable quotes doing the rounds was: Sharad Pawar was heard asking his Personal assistant over the Phone--- Mera File usme daala naa???(meaning- Have you ensured that my file too has gone?????.
Even a layman knew that this was a stage managed conspiracy to get rid of the proof and who the master mind was, behind all this rancid stuff.
An enquiry would be set up and by the time the report comes out (say a decade later) a swanky new building with all the high end amenities for the tainted ministers would be re- built with the tax payers money.
The politicians can stoop to the lowest possible ebb in our country and most of our mature and responsible citizens openly say that the Country hasn’t gone to the ‘’dogs’’ it has gone to the ‘’hyenas’’. The British rule has been reenacted in this showcased democracy of ours- any one taking on the politicians have been charged of  treason, some have to cope with Income tax raids, some with FEMA and all sort of harassment practices is on the anvil to put them on a tight leash.
The last resort, perhaps is a military coup which should throw all these politicians to languish in prison for all their misdeeds. The law of the land is primarily responsible for them to get away with any kind of infringement knowing that the Judges and Judgement can be brought at a price.
I profoundly prayed and wished that the fire shouldn’t have devoured the precious documents instead it should have engulfed some of the ever growing, shameless, scam tainted ,wily and dirty breed of homo sapiens.