INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN.....139

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..139

Dr K Prabhakar Rao

(It is the parliament and Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen sitting in public gallery. They are keenly watching at others.)

Gandhi. Jawaharlal. You are the expert in these tricks of the house. You were PM for nearly 16 years.

Nehru. Yes Bapu. I was the PM of this great nation for such a long period.

Patel. Heee…heeee. I am happy that I died in 1950 immediately after India was declared a republic.

Gandhi. Why are you so happy Patel? You were a true soldier of freedom fighting.

Patel. By this time Bapu, You must have learnt the lesson.

Gandhi. What is there to learn for me? I am a simple soul.

Patel. You will soon know it.

(Below, proceedings are being conducted. There are many Members of parliament in the hall. There is a great commotion all of a sudden. Every one is standing and many are shouting. Some are seen running around. Marshalls too are running around. Two guys are seen gesticulating at each other, biting teeth with rolled up sleeves ferociously. In the gallery also every one is standing and making efforts to have a glimpse of the show going on. All theonlookers in gallery are clapping and laughing)

Gandhi. Patel. What is happening? Few minutes ago all was quiet.

Patel. We do not know when things go bad here. Tensions are high. Tempers are also high. Personal scores are also settled here.

Gandhi. That is OK. Find out what is the problem. Look down and try to know.

(Patel goes to the front and peeps down and returns.)

Patel. Bapu. Two guys are fighting. They a re holding collars of each other and are at blows. Their shirts are torn too.

Gandhi. Are the guys who are fighting some security personnel?

Patel. No Bapu. They are the elected representatives of people. They are like boxers. One guy lost two teeth.

Gandhi. How about the other one?

Patel. He broke his hand

( On the floor still there is no peace. All are shouting)

Gandhi. Patel. Shall we go down and try to help them?

Patel. No bapu. We have no access to them. Only security guys can go there.

Gandhi. Then we must turn into security guys. Let us go.

(The trio immediately turn into dress of security and land up in the hall. They go near the MsP who are still exchanging blows)

Gandhi ( Catching one MP at the waist) Bhai. Please control yourself. Why are you fighting?

MP1. Leave me. Us kaa khoon peejawunga ( I shall drink his blood) Kya samajh ta hai. Badmaash kainka.. suwwar kaa bacha. ( What is he thinking? Rascal…)( son of a pig)

Gandhi. Please cool down sir. This is not proper for you. You are an MP. All are looking at you.

MP1. h kya hua ( so what)? Kya my chudiyaa pahen ke bhaittoo ( should I wear bangles and sit down?) Wo badmash mujhe gaali detahai.( That rascal is abusing me)

Security. Sir ,please have control on self.

( Patel in the mean time holds the other MP who is struggling to free himself)

MP2. Leave me (chod do). My us ka haddi passli kardoonga. ( I shall break his bones and shall pundthemtodust) Use tare dikha doonga( I shall show him stars)

Patel. No sir. You should not use such language. You are all respected MP.

MP2. Bhaad me jaiye sab( Let al these be washed away in flood) Us lafange ne ganda gaali deta hai aur sunte rahhoon ( that guy has abused me in foul language and should I listen? ).Kya samajha tha hai mujhe.( What hethinks ofme) Kya mai uska naukar hoon ( Am I his servent?). Uska sar kuchal doonga. ( I shall smash his headunder my fot) Usse mer baaremein patha naheen ( He does not know about me). My mera area mein bada khoonkar goonda hoon.( I am a big criminal in my area).

Patel. All this is oK sir. Yet you must not fight. Whole world is watching us. They shall laugh at us.

( In the mean time the MP1 loosens himself and falls on MP2. Both exchange blows violently and roll on ground. Speaker, PM and other senior MPs gather around them. MO1 bites off ear of MP 2. He screams loudly

MP2. Haye. Maardiya mujhe is harramine ( I am killed b this rascal)

PM. Ohfo. What type of guys are there in parliament?

Speaker .As we sow so we reap. You got the ready answer sir.

PM. I do not know how these guys got party tickets? They appear to be just street fighters.

Speaker. Sir you have seen only a small show today.
Luckily you are present here today. Now imagine my fate in this hall every time I am here. I keep my fingers crossed.

PM. Some thing is required to be done. Send these characters out from the hall and ask them to resign. They are not fit for this post.

Speaker. I will try that. It may be difficult. Very soon they will tender apology.

PM . I am going. Do something. Whole world is laughing at us.

(The two MPs are taken away by Marshalls and they are suspended for the entire session of the year, The marshals see some new security guys in the hall ( these are Gandhi, Nehru and Patel. They go to the trio)

Marshal. Who are you. Areyou real security guys. You appear to be new. I have not seen you earlier.

Patel. We are newly posted.

Marshal. By whom?

Patel. That is beyond your comprehension.

Marshal. What does this mean? Show your Identity cards.

Gandhi. we do not have. Wedo not needalso.

Marshal. Why? How do we know who you are.

Gandhi. We are they and they are we.

Marshal. What does this mean?

Patel. Things are very clear. We are they what you think. They are also we, what should be.Do you want to see them or we, or we or they. Tell us soon.

Marshal. . eee….eee….ee….. Iam done. Some thing is happening in my brain.

Patel. Take it easy.

(Suddenly the trio turns into Gandhi, Patel and Nehru. The Marshals are shocked. They pounce on the trio to catch them. They are unable to catch them as they do not have physical bodies. Seeing this confusion some senior leaders and speaker arrive along with PM who just returns)

PM. Who are you guys? Why you are dressed as our national leaders. Who gave permission to enter parliament hall?

Gandhi. Look PM sahib. We do not need any permission from any quarters.

PM. Why? How can you enter without permission into parliament hall? Is it a street assembly and show?

Gandhi. Then what? Have you seen what was going on here? Howit cn bedifferent from a street show?

Speaker. Such things are nothing to do with you.

Patel. Why? Are you not accountable to people? Have not people elected you guys to parliament in good faith? Are people not paying taxes?

Nehru. Look . speaker sahib. Today’s tamasha is great national a shame. It is greater shame that defeat at the hands of Chinese army in 1962. and attack on Bombay 26/11.

PM. Sh. Shut up. You are exceeding limits. First tell me who you are? Why are you dressed in Nehru’s dress? Whom you are trying to fool?

Gandhi. look Mr. PM. Kindly note that you represent peoples aspirations. That is why you are here. If you can not control your MPs in the parliament how they can be controlled in their places? In the history of Indian parliament this is the first time that MPs physically came to blows on the floor of the house. Wehat type of dignified conduct is this? What answer you can give.

PM. I need not answer you. You are a fake Gandhi. Even if real Gandhi comes here , he can not do any thing. This is a change world. Gandhis days were over long ago. Even Nehrus days are over.


Patel.. You are puppets of some one. You sing to tunes kept ready from time to time. You have no power of our own. Heee…heeee..haaa…haaa..hooo..hooo

Gandhi. How sad! Look Mr. PM. Know that I am real Gandhi. We have come to watch you guys on the floor. It is disgusting and causing great shame that we got you guys freedom. Even sir Winston Churchill former PM of UK warned that India would be in the hands of shady characters and nuts. How true it is today!

( Suddenly Churchill with hat appears and dances singing. Clouds of smoke emanates from his pipe)

Churchill (sings)

I warned you guys long ago
That your country would become a joke
Nasty guys would rule your land
Better get out and drink a adulterated Indian coke

Criminals are being given party tickets
They win by money and land up here
They fight each other as if in a slum
Growling at each other as a wild bear

( Churchill vanishes when Marshals try to catch him)

Speaker. You guys are misbehaving here. Better I put you behind bars for violating security at parliament.

Patel. Better do that fast before we vanish.

PM. How dare you challenge us! Now count bars behind locked doors.

Gandhi. Heee..heee

Patel. Haaa… haaa. Come and catch us( He raises hands and dances and sings)

Come come and catch us
Catch us oh nuts if you can
You will lie flat on the mat
And roll like a dirty broken can

Speaker. Come on Marshals
catch these guys. These are mere tricksters claiming to be real Gandhi,
Nehru and Patel. They breached our security.

Patel. Look Gentlemen . this is not first time that your
security was breached. Some time ago Pak terrorists breached your security and
came into Parliament complex in a
car. You could not settle the case till today.
How can you look after the country when you can not look after the
parliament security. You have seen what happened in Bomaby on 26 september.
Handful of pak terrorists butchered guys
on streets and created mayhem. They were
no doubt killed. But how it could take place? Then you wanted Pak ISI chief to fly to India and
bow to you and say sorry. In which world you are living? How did you
expect that the guy would fly to you. You guys
have made a joke of yourselves.
Any how you are cooking your own goose.
Better learn atlesat now before it is too late.

Speaker. Is it enough and over? Now take from us. Marshals go.

( All the Marshals
fall on the trio with great speed
from behind. They stumble on them as they have no bodies and fall flat on the ground amidst the furniture
breaking their teeth, noses arms
and legs. They shout Mar Gaya, Bacho,
Bacho. They take speaker and PM
also with them. Suddenly lights go off
and sky gets dark. No one knows where he is. Some cats also that were hiding
jump over them in confusion. Every where
shouts and shrieks are there.)

Patel. Bapu. Come on let us go. Enough for today

Nehru. OK Bapu. Let us go. Army may be called in.

Gandhi. Let us go.

( the trio vanishes singing Ramdhun )

CURTAIN FALLS