INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...107

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..107

Dr K Prabhakar Rao

(Gandhi is lying in a cot with bandage on his head. He is coughing occasionally and Nehru is seen attending him. Gandhi is half awake and some times murmuring Ram..ram… Hare ram.. hare ram.. Nehru gets up and offers Gandhi a glass of water. Gandhi slowly gets up in bed and gulps water, sighs and again lies down )

Nehru.. Bapu. How do you feel now. It is time you bother for yourself. You can not change India now. Why spoil your health worrying for these nuts?

Gandhi. Ee..eee…..eeee… Is Jawaharlal saying these words?

Nehru. Yes. I am Jawaharlal saying these words very much Do you have any doubt?

Gandhi. ( sings lying in bed)

The Indian states are ruled by great mischief makers
Who rule making money without any shame
Tons of money from dumb animal grass and fodder
Are eaten by the crooks who get instant fame

Oh my India how you are fooled by these rustics
Who pose as leaders and freedom fighters
Goons and crooks get away with their dirty antics
As blood of mother India flows down the Indian rivers

Nehru. Bapu. Very well said. There is no parallel to you. Now a days political leaders have no shame. Theya re unscrupulous crooked and down right mischief makers . Now we repent for getting them independence. We do not deserve it. We are fit for slavery only.

(In the mean time Jaya Prakash narain walks in. He says Namaste to Gandhi and wishes
Nehru

Gandhi. Hello Lok Nayakji. How come you are here? We were poles apart all these days

Jay Prakash. Bapu, after more than a half century of own rule we are same. We all have faltered. Our successors have let us down. They have cheated us. First congress misrule was there for years and years. Nehruji ruled for 19 years from 1947 to 1964. then Indira ruled for another total 16 years. In between Shastri was there for two years, PV for 5 years, Rajiv for some time. Almost half a century congress guys mishandled the nation. They have to take maximum blame.

Nehru. Come on Narainji. Please do not be so harsh. All of us have fought for freedom. Some mistakes do occur. At least my rule was OK. I did not accumulate wealth. I gave everything to the nation.

Jayaprakash. But you left a dynastic rule. Is it not sufficient? That is worst than making Tonnes of money and kept in Swiss banks. A new type of dynasty is at Delhi now under the garb of democracy. It is worst than Mughal dynasty.

The Indian nation has become property of Nehru dynasty
After the Mughals who were reduced to ashes and kicked out
The kith and kin of Nehru are enjoying with ecstasy
As Indians have developed ulcers cancers and dirty rashes

Nehru. Your total revolution was also a failure.

Jayaprakash. I agree. Whatever we proposed even if they were good has been spoiled by the crooks. My janata govt failed miserably. The biggest tragedy in India is that every one wants to become the PM even if he is a worthless ass.

Nehru. Why not? This is democracy. Even an ass can become PM if it can muster support. (Sings)

Please do not insult an ass
We are also among them
All are made by the God
Many asses are also like a gem


Jayaprakash. Hee…hee..Very true. So let us describe that The nation is for the asses, by the asses and of the asses. Hee..heee. What democracy of asses and mules (sings and does fast jig)


The asses are fond of loudly braying
And there are asses and asses in this great nation
These asses are found throughout the country
And to become a PM for the asses is today’s ambition

Gandhi. Please do not denigrate the asses. They are far superior to our present leaders. They are humble, do not protest and work. The present leaders want to only enjoy , make money, run after power and positions, involve in scams, create nuisance in various houses, and also involve in land scams, stamp scams, Fodder scams, scams in defense deals. You name any criminal activity, one can always find some political leaders getting involved in it. Asses are after all animals and do not know any scam. Personally I feel Asses are the best to govern this country because they are good.
Nehru. What else we can expect him from the present nuts at various levels. Travel is unsafe in Bihar. Reservations in trains have no meaning there. Goondas are thriving there. At some point of time courts were directing administration to work. Sings)

Gandhi. (Sings and does jig)

Great was Churchill who foresaw the down fall
And claimed that India would be handed over to crooks
How true he was the nation is down the water fall
As Goondas rule at every nook

Indian laws copied from the British laws
Has been fooled by the criminals due to many flaws
The cases in courts are lying for many years
While criminals enjoy bail and money from fodder

It was my mistake that I brought them freedom
Who do not deserve it except mighty shoe kicks
All are busy making money without any reluctance
While I and Nehru stare as we are shown sticks

Nehru. Bapu. Plesae control yourself

Gandhi. Eee…eeee.. Mera Bharat.. Mera Bharat… Jawaharlal. Look we have sacrificed so much for the nation and I was shot dead without any mercy. Look you died a broken man. What is the use? Look all these guys have become millionaires. We have remained paupers finally (He beats his chest and swoons).

(In the distance great singer actor Surendra nath BA LL B sings)

Tera jaha aabaad hai
Mera jaha barbad hai
Faryad hai,, faryad hai
Hai aasmaan faryad hai
Tera jaha
Too kush ke tere bagh ke
Sab phool aakhir khil gaye
Jin ki tamanna thee mujhe
Akhir wo tujh ko mil gaye
Mere muqadar me fakat
Gam aur kisi ki yaad hai
Tera jaha.. ( From film Elan 1948)

( Nehru consoles Gandhi and wipes his tears)

CURTAIN FALLS