INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..120

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..120

Dr K Prabhakar Rao


(Gandhi, Nehru and Pate are seen at a road side in Karimnagar. They are standing at a way side tea shop and sipping tea.Gandhi occasionally saying Hare Rama .Hare rama. Rama Rama hare hare. Patel sees some Samosas displayed at the counter.)

Patel. Bhai. Kya ye samosa hai? Itna chota!Asli samosa se ye charguna kam hai. ( What is this samosa. This is four times smaller than the actual one)

Vendor. Yes sir. It is called mini Irani samosa It is only one rupee. Chai ke sath maza aajayega khanese. Ye Telnagana ka special hai heee..heee

Patel. OK, give us three

Gandhi, (eats samosa and sips tea) Bhai. Is chai made out of goats milk?

Vendor ( looks at him strangely).Please do not call names. Sir, how any one can make chai with goats milk?

Gandhi. I used to make. It was called bakri chai. All these guys used to drink.

Vendor. Poor guys chee..cheee..cheee. Must be cursing you. By the by who are you sir. You do not have even a shirt. You appear to be a strange man. I have many shirts. Kindly take one and wear. Please do not go around like this half naked. Many women customers will object.

Patel. Shocking. He is Gandhi. Mk Gandhi, father of nation. (Crazily does jig and sings)

He is the Bapu the great Bapu
And he is known to be always naked by half
He was like this from ages that passed by
He is also fond of cows and a calf

It is not that he can not put on a suit
On his bald head he also can wear English hat
But he wants to be always like this
And goes around with a stick like naked bat

Vendor. heee…heee. OK. Ok Let him drape a shawl whenever he comes here to my shop. The ladies have stopped coming here. I am loosing business

Gandhi. Ok bhai. Give me two more samosa. Maza agaya.

Patel. Bapu. Do not eat more. You will get dysentery.

Vendor. Sir. Please do not say these things. If you do not want to eeat just go away. Please do not spoil my business

Patel. It is Ok.


( In the mean time a convoy of cars approaches them. There are self styled leaders, chamchas, goons, ruffians, stray guys, time pass guys, and an youngster is atop a open vehicle and raises his hands in salutation every now and then )

Gandhi. I have seen this guy somewhere. Where it could be?

Pate Bapu. He is Jagan. The son of late Raj Sakhar Reddy the former CM of AP state

Gandhi. What is he up to?

Patel. Poor guy wanted to become CM immediately after his father’s death. It did not work. Some how he became a MP. He has not lost ambition. Trying all tricks to destabilize the system.

Gandhi. But he has many people with him

Patel. They are all without jobs. Some how want to be in lime light So they play these tricks.They are calling this as Odarpu yatra.. an act ofconsoling him

Nehru. I see..In democracies these things are common.

Gandhi. Why he should go around?

Patel. He wants some publicity He has lost base in AP at present. His mother has become the MLA as usual that happens in democracy , rather dynatic democracy.As an MP he can not play tricks.

Gandhi. I read I s news paper that he was not permitted by Sonia Gandhi to take up yatra in Telangana areas. Already there is a lot of trouble.

Pate. Who bothers Bapu. This is all clumsy administration. We call it democracy. But it is a shit pot democracy

Gandhi. haa..haa.heee…heee

( In the mean time the roadside urchins rush to shake hansd with Jagan and he again raises hands in salutation. Camera men click photos.)

One old lad approached jagan and cries too. She is Narsamma)

Narsamma. Enta kashtamochindi Bidda neeku. ( What difficulties have befallen you my son) Papam, Devudi lanti mee nayan poindu ( God like our father has gone) . Edwaku ( do not cry)bidda ( son). Demudu sallaga soostadu naina ninnu ( God willbe merciful to you). Nakereke. Nuwwu CM outawau ( I know you will become CM one day). Aa musilodu potadu ( That old guy will go away). Inkenni Rozulu Edawaku bidda. ( Not many days ,Do not cry my son)

( Jagan gets down and embraces Narsamma and wipes her tears. Video guys concentrate on the scene)

Gandhi. What a tamasha in Odarpu Yatra….hee..heee

(Suddenly ten women gather and start crying beating their chests and heads)

Women. (Wail in typical Telangana style)

Oh naina.. Enta kashtamochhindiro ( Oh my son how great difficulty has come over you)
Oh Naina..Amma..Oh Naina...naina (Oh my son, Oh mother, Oh father, oh son)
Papam mee naina poindu gade.( poor your father died)
O Naina.enta kashta mohhindira ( oh son how great difficulty has come over you
Oh naina( Oh son)
Aa mayadaari helicopter yadikelli wochhindiro (from where the wretched chopper came?)
Oh Naina ( oh son)
Danla mee ayyakookowalna ( Why your father has to sit in that chopper )
Oh Naina( Oh son)
Sakkaga pokundah oh Naina ( Instead of travelling well Oh son)
Adivila koolindira ( It crashed in jungle )
Oh Naina( Oh son)
Koolte koolindi ga ( Let it crash )
Oh Naina( oh son)
Mee nayana powalna ( Why your father should die )
Oh naina( Oh son
Enta kashtamochhindiro( how much difficulty has come over you my son)
Bidda..
oh naina( oh son)
Nuwwu CM gaka bothiviro( You could not become CM )
Oh Naina( Oh son)
Dhyryanga undu bidda( Be brave son )
Oh naina( Oh son)
Demudu ninnu sallaga soostadu Godshal take care of you)
Oh naina,( oh son )
Musilodu ekwa undadu bidda( Old man shall not stay long)
Oh Naina( oh son)
Neeke rajya mostadi bidda ( you wll get kingdom)
Oh Naina( oh son )
Maa maata nammu ( Believe our words)
Oh Naina( oh son )
Kanneellu tudsuko( wipe tears )
Oh nayana( oh son)

(Some elders come and take them away to a side. Suddenly crying stops. All are seen smiling)

Gandhi. Patel. What is this? They are smiling now. A fraction of second ago they were wailing.

Patel. Bapu. This is all tricks of the trade. Every women has been paid Rs 200 for wailing and a bottle of country liquor. This is odarpu yatra. Publicity stunt. Nothing else

( In the mean time some youths arrive in lorries and they shout Jai Telangana. Jai jai Telangana. They clash with supporters of Jagan. It is free for all now, Lathis are being whirled. heads are cracking Blood is flowing. One Jeep of Jagan is put on fire. In the mean time police force arrives. They resort to lathi charge. There is a great commotion. Police people arrest hundreds of trouble makers and drive them away. Jagan is taken away in police jeep. The are looks like a battle field. Everything is quiet now)

Gnadhi. Haa..haa What a tamasha. Look Patel. These women who wailed now are drinking country liquor and cutting jokes too. What a democracy!.

Patel. Hee..heee

Nehru. True Bapu

Gandhi. Nice show we had to day. Let us relax here today in the close by park

Nehru and Patel. OK Bapu. We are always with you. Did we ever say no to you?( Both sing and do jig)

Bapu we are your servants and slaves
Can not open our mouths even for a while
You may play football with us all the time
Yet we accept all with great smile

(Gandhi looks other way as if he has not heard anything)


CURTAIN FALLS

NOTE...ALL IN HUMOUR