INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..127

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN…127
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
(Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen sitting in a park in Rajasthan. They are dressed as usual and Gandhi appears relaxed and singing Ramdhun while Nehru and Patel are seen clapping to the tune. Suddenly some animals come to them running. At first the trio are worried and try to get up to run fearing that the animals are trying to attack them. But soon realize that there was no harm. They stay put)

Gandhi. ( Looking at the animals ) What is the problem? Why all of you re here?

Black buck. Sir, I am black buck. We learnt that youa re here to day. So we came running to see you and pay respects to you.

Gandhi.. Thanks dear. I am happy that you animals are loving us.

Buck. Bapu. How long we have to suffer at the hands of these horrible humans. Bapu.Mere Bapu. Mujhe marke maza kia Salman Khan ne. Usko kutch nahee hua.. Kya . Hehi hai nya is desh mein ( Salman kahan has enjoyed killing us. Nothing has happened to him. Is this the justice in this country?)

Gandhi. Dekho Buck. Mera haal dekho. Mujhe tho Goli mardiay aazadi milte hee. Mere se chutkara paaliya.. mai kiske pas rowu ( Look buck. Look at my fate. I have been shot dead after they got independence. Where I should go and cry?) ( Sings)]

Rowu main saagar ke kinaare
Saaagr hasseudaye..ye.... eeee..
eee...eeee.. Jaag mere chanchal lahare..
eee... ( Song by CH Atma from old film Nagina ..1951)

Buck. Bapu.. Bas karo. I am fed up. Kya nyaya nahee milgaa ( Stop Bapu. I am fed up.Shall I not get Justice?)

Gandhi. Kaisa milga.. Useke pas tho paias bahut hai. So he manges bail and court cases a re defered. Finally all forget about them ( How you will get? He has plenty of money. So he manages bail and courts cases and these are deferred. At last all will forget everything)

Buck.. eee...eee..aaa..

Gandhi. Better keep crying till you again die ( sings)
Is duniyaa mein hai chor chor
Koyee andda chor koi murgee chor
eee..eee...aaaa...aaa

( In this world all are thieves
Some are egg thieves
And many are chicken thieves)

Buck. Bapu. In this way all of of my clan will be eaten away by the film actors. The local people protect us. But Bombay film stars are crazy after us.

Patel. What to do buck? World is like that. There is no respect to life here.

Buck. Cries..eee…eeee…aaa…aaa..

Gandhi. Mr Buck. I shall see what I can do for you. Plesea go safe from here.

( The animals thank Bapu and others and go away)

Patel. Bapu. You gave them some assurance. How can you stop this?

Gandhi. Look. I have the weapon of fasting, Dharna and non co operation.

Nehru. Heee..heee

Gandhi. Wjhjat si there to laugh?

Nehru. Bapu. Where you will do fasting? Every one knows that you are already dead. You can not die again. So no one will bother.

Gandhi. That is also true. .

Patel. These film stars like Salman khan do poaching here because some locals must be surely helping them including from Forest department. All can be bought by money. They do it clandestinely. He was caught now. But we do not know how many times he did earlier. There could be many others who did these thinks like killing wild animals.

Gandhi. Bhai. You may be correct.

Patel. It is not may be. It is correct Bapu.

Gandhi. Then what we will do?

Nehru. We go to the President and hand over a memorandum

Patel. That will be surely put in a dust bin the moment we leave that place. Who has tome to see these silly papers

Gandhi. Do you call these as silly papers when given by Bapu, great Bapu, Maha Bapu. I am the father of nation.
Nehru. That is only on paper.

Patel. It is for winning elections. Rest of the time you are dumped in dust bin by these leaders. Only on your death day and birth day, they sing song for you and act as if praying.

Gandhi. So you say we can not do anything?

Patel. Surely.

Gandhi. Then let us relax. Why boil our blood.

( The trio relaxes in the benches singing Ramdhun)

CURTAIN FALLS