INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..146

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN……….146

Dr K Prabhakar Rao

(Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen seated in a Park at Hyderabad. They appear relaxed. )

Patel. Bapu,. you appear much relaxed to day. I am happy to see you in this condition.

Gandhi. True. One has to be happy also at times. What is the use crying every minute like a cry baby. Am I looking kicking to day?

Patel. True Bapu.

Nehru. Very true. Bapu you struggled so much for this thankless nation till the last minute. What is the use? In the end all has gone waste. You were bowled out in just a second by Godse. Soon every one forgot you. They erected your statues all over only to be neglected soon.

Gandhi. That happens some times. Many great men were done to death. Don’t you remember Abraham Lincoln of USA? Poor guy was killed in a theater while watching a show.

Patel. Very true.

(Suddenly there is a huge flash and Abraham Lincoln appears. He looks strange in his typical ancient American dress with long coat and typical American hat.)

Lincoln. Hellow Guys. Some one has remembered me here. I am the Abraham Lincoln.

Patel. Good morning sir. We are honored to see you.

Lincoln. Look friends, In fact we lived in different time periods.

Gandhi. Hello sir, I am Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, I am also called father of nation. I am also known as Mahatma meaning great soul.

Patel. Sir, you must have heard about him. Every one calls him the architect of Indian freedom struggle.

Gandhi. I am not that great. Some how people made me great.

Lincoln. Are you not happy for it?

Gandhi. Who will not be?

Lincoln. I also learnt that you struggled for upliftment of poor and uncared men in society. I also fought for the black African Americans. Now they are not called Negros.
They are black Americans. My efforts have shown the results. See Obama became the president of great America.. haa…haaa..haaa

Gandhi. Good sir. It has been a great achievement. But he is of a mixed race.

Lincoln. That is OK. Ok Mr Gandhi. Though he looks fair complexioned his features are completely that of a Negro. We both have similar ends too. Both of us lost to assassin’s bullets. Both of us were shot dead by pistols like sitting duck at a swamp.

Gandhi. True. How sad? But one way it is also good. We were at the pinnacle of our popularity. Any thing going high has to come down. That will not last very long. Once people get used to us for very long, slowly they start to hate too. Look, at India where my memory is dwindling. People say Majboori kaa naam hai Mahatma Gandhi meaning helplessness is Mahatma Gandhi. Look, We were not given any chance and were shot dead in few seconds. eee…eee.. my wounds are paining much..aaa…aaa…..eee…..eeeee.

Patel. In India, many people cried a lot when Gandhi was shot dead and many might be happy too without showing externally.

Lincoln. Such people are in abundance everywhere.

Patel. True.

Lincoln. I learnt about your country. You claim it as a world’s second greatest democracy.

Nehru. Heee….heee…heeee… Very true. There is no doubt in that.

Lincoln. Then why only Nehru family members are in power all the time? Why this family succession? Are there no worthy guys in India apart from members of Nehru family?

Patel. Sir. This is called Indian democracy. Competent guys are many far superior to what we had till date In these parties of dynastic succession, there is no inner democracy and there is one man or one woman dictatorship. Guys blindly fall at the feet of party dictator to brush shoes and also lick boots. Each and Every minister has to wag his tail obediently and vigorously like mongrels do awaiting pieces of bread. heee..heee..What happens in USA does not happen with us. That is why we are No. 2 democracy in the world.

Lincoln. How sad it is! More over the guy can remain as Prime minister, year after year till he becomes physically unfit or dead or even killed. They wants to be in the seat even if he can not walk and has to be carried in wheel chair or on a stretcher. Most of the times he will continue till he lives even if he is on oxygen and breathing through a mask.. What a democracy! Hotch potch type.

Nehru. What can I say sir? It happens in our country. People in India are happy as slaves because we have developed that culture after years of subjugation and slavery at the hands of Muslims and Europeans. We can never come out of it. We are slavery oriented. We exist for slavery, of slavery and by slavery. Most of the Indians believe in feudal rule. Same thing continues in all elections. Generations after generation were born in slavery. Therefore it has gone into blood of all to the last drop. Our DNA too would show slavery genes. Hee.hee..heee. Mr Lincoln. It is not only for Nehru and Gandhi party. In each party things are same. local congress leaders have taken a cue from Gandhi ( Not MK Gandhi) family. In AP state after YSRajsekhsr Reddys’ death his son Jagan is crying all over the world that he should be made the CM removing the poor old horse Rosiah who is shit scared of him.Rustic Lalu Prasad in Bihar is grooming his son to be the next CM. Sindhias, Pilots are on same line. On the other hand Owaissis are also on same line. Sons succeeded father in the party. There is no end. ( sings and does jig)


Look Mr Lincoln with long coat
We are bunch of great nuts and fools
Devoid of ethics we work well when kicked hard
Know that we are happy to swim in shit pools


Lincoln. That was nicely sung and you told truth. You guys were given freedom as a gesture. You never fought and won war against the enemies as we did. I know about Subhas Chandra Bose of INA who was the only real man of guts like a swan among millions of Ravens and crows. Look, freedom given as a mercy as given to you is never respected. It is true in your case . Look , most of your politicians are involved in scams, corruption cases, loot and even criminal cases such as murders, kidnappings, rapes and many more. They talk high of patriotism. But most of the guys are unpatriotic and get busy in all crap and corrupt activities.

Gandhi. We might differ with you. Criminals are there in all countries. How John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed? It must be a big story. Some say it was a Russian conspiracy after Cuban missile crisis. Others confirm it was the handwork of Mafia gangs. How Robert Kennedy was killed? Same is the case with Martin Luther king. We in India believe in non violence.

Lincoln. Americans do not believe in that non sense. Our hands keep itching over the triggers of rifles and hand guns. What is this cock and bull belief? You do it because you have no guts. You are not dynamic. You believe in fate theory. You are shit scared for every thing. If George W Bush chose your path and went on hunger strike after 9/11 as you do, Laden would have come to stay in New York or in Washington. Hee..hee..Heee. Look. Americans have broken the back of Laden and his men. See, How Taliban are running like rats and lizards in the mountains of Afghanistan? You guys swallowed everything after 26/11 Bombay attack. No guts at all. Like ants you ran into the holes. Your PM demanded Pakistani ISI chief to bow at his feet in Delhi clumsily looking into a prepared text over the TV without looking into eyes of the nation. What an inspiration? Could he inspire any one. How could he believe that ISI Chief would come and lick your boots? Will he ever do? Till date Pakistan has fooled you. You lost the initiative. You have no plan. Only thing is that you replaced the Home minister Patil who spent more time in oiling and grooming his receding hair. The next guys was no better. He was more concerned about his white shirt and Lungi and his Harvard Eglish.Whole world was laughing at your PM. You waved your rusty and blunt swords devoid of blades holding only hilts like comedians do in your Telugu films. Can you stop terrorism with such lukewarm response? Why you guys make a joke of yourself? Hee…heee..heee. That is why world considers you as big nuts. Can’t you learn some thing from Israel with whom you rub your shoulders every second and yet pretend as if you do not know him?

Gandhi. That is your philosophy sir. We have our own philosophy.( sings)

We are great mad men going around
And I think you are no different
Let us do some jig and dance together
And prove we are very efficient


Lincoln. Horrible singing dear Mr. Gandhi. Please stop it. Cockeyed of course and philosophy of inaction, dilly dallying and incompetence.

Patel. I could take some actions very boldly like action against Hyderabad in 1948.How can you call us men of inaction?

Lincoln. That must be of some rare one. You were a man of some action. But others were just nuts.

Patel. Thanks sir.. haa.haaa. I am happy that you have appreciated me atleast.

Gandhi. OK Mr. Lincoln. Thanks for visiting us. We shall meet again. We have some other work. Kindly excuse us.

Lincoln. That is fine Mr. Gandhi. Bye.
.
(Lincoln disappears while American national anthem is played)

Gandhi. Patel. Shall we go around and see what is happening?

Patel. Not today Bapu. Police is there every where in the city. I heard that High court at Lucknow is delivering the judgment to day on Babri Maszid land dispute. There is great tension in the city. It is better to stay at home. Let us not get into trouble for nothing.

Nehru. Very true.

Gandhi. OK. Let us go.

(The trio walks away singing Ramdhun)

CURTAIN FALLS