INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN.....157.

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN …157
Dr K Prabhakar Rao


(Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen at Naubat Pahad near secretariat in the city of Hyderabad. All of them are in high spirits. They are seen singing Raghpathi Raaghav rajarram….. Pateetha Pavana seethe Ram.. Some times Gandhi is getting over excited and also doing Jig on the road)

Gandhi, Patel. The evening is very pleasant. I am feeling like visiting Balaji temple on top of this hill. I am getting motivated.

( In ecstacy he dances throwing his hands in air. The large stick held by Gandhi hits Nehrus head and he shrieks loudly and he falls down)

Patel. Ohfo. Bapu What you have done. Any how I shall see what happened to this .
guy. This guy is hurt.

( Patel keeps his finger at the nose of Nehru and feels air and breathing. He nods his head)

Patel. Thanks god. This character is not dead. He shall wake up shortly. I am confused why this guy came in your path. Shaaa,,,All problems with this nut.

Gandhi. Relax. These things do happen. Wise men are stable at such times.

Patel. OK Bapu.

Gandhi. Jawaharlal. Am sorry. You were hurt. I did not mean it.

Nehru. Bapu. It is OK.I am fine now.

Gandhi. Now let us go to Balaji Temple at Naubat Pahad.

( the trio slowly go up the steep hill while Gandhi sings Ramdhun and Nehru and patel clap. On the way they find few guys coming in opposite directions. They are Ramu, Tiwari and Narang)

Narang, Look Ramu and Tiwari have you noticed these three bald guys in front of us. They. are dressed exactly like Gandhi, Nehru and patel.I hope they are in facy dress.

Narang. Hey old man. Stop. Where are you going?. This is very steep.

Ramu. Good dress for begging

Gandhi. Come opn guys. We are not beggars.

Patel. Are we looking like beggars?

Nehru. Please behave you guys. You must learn to be have with elders

Narang. OK . OK. Do not get annoyed. ( Looks at Ramu) Ramu.Let us go. Why waste time with such nuts?

( Gandhi and his friendskeep going up when the come to a statue and stop. Gandhi looks at the statue. )

Gandhi. Is this the statue of Balaji? Apperas a bit strange. This is not the usual one.

Patel. Let us have a close look.

( They go close to the statue. It is a life size one, The trio have a close look at the statue)

Patel. Bapu. Have you seen.? .The statue has all ornaments and weapons like the usual statue. He has also the conch and the sudershan chakra. But some thing appears strange. Statue does not look the same. There is some difference.

Gandhi. What could it be? I also feel so i.Please have a close look.

Patel. Bapu. Now I found. The face is not that of usual balaji. The face is different. See the face is fluffy and is that of an old man. Who could it be>

Gandhi.. It looks that of Rosaih.

Nehru. Yeah. True . Bapu. You are great.

Patel. Bapu. You are very correct. Now Rosaih has been shown as Lord Balaji. How shameful it is ?

Nehru, Bapu. Hinduism believes that every human being has god in him.

Gandhi, But this is ridicualous. Peole are crazy.

( In the mean time a crowd collects there. They are very angry at the statue. They shout slogans .)

Yadiah. Down with Rosiah. Is he Balaji. Pull him out

Govinda. Down with jokers who made this statue. Down with jokers. Kick them hard never to get up

Yadiah. Chee,,,chee.. Who made this statue with Rosaihs face..They are worthless nuts. They can not differentiate between a human and a God. Let us put some cow dung to his face. Builders of statue will learan a lesson.

Govinda. We will do that after taking away the marks of the lord Balaji from the statue.


(. Yadiah and Govinda and some other guys strip away the markings of the lord and statue is almost naked. It is bare. Now Yadiah brings a bucket of cow dung and pours on statue and take away all the ornaments of Balaji.)

Gandhi.Thank god. The statue has been removed.I feel disgussted after seeing all this nonsense. Although I was called a Mahatma no one depicted me as Rama or Vishnu. I was only Gandhi with bald head, half naked with specks and a stick and looking famished and a moving skeleton..

Patel. Bapu. That is why you were a Mahatma. These small time leaders sit on chair for few years and want to become Gods. Some guys and flunkies want to get Rosaihs favours in this way. Rosaih by himself is not bad. It is fine, he was a yes master to all the CM in the state and played safe all these years. His flunkies are bad.He has the record of being yes master all these years and playing safe. After all some one has to be like that.

Gandhi. Haa..haaa.. well said Patel.

( In the mean time a police van arrives and from it some constables and an Inspector get down. They go to Gandhi/

Inspector. Who are you guys? What are you up to. We got a call that some guys have destroyed Balajis statue here which had Rosiahs face.

Patel. Yes we saw the statue. But we did not do any thing. Some other guys went away after changing the statue. Any how it is unfair to depict Balaji as Rosiah. What is this Tamasha going on here?.

Inspector. You have no business to comment. It was Rosaihs statue in the form of Balaji. Thousands of statues are being made now. A corporation has been set up to
manufacture and set up these statues all over in temples of Andhra Pradesh. Do you know that?

Patel. How do we know that. Do we dream it?. Any how we are least bothered.

Inspector. Why ? Are you something great. Are you not from AP.

Inspector. Even if we belong to this state, we are least bothered. Better relax

Inspector. How dare you talk like that?

Gandhi. It is up us. How you are concerned. About it?

Inspector. I am sure you are the guys who disfigured it. I shall teach you a lesson.

Patel. You can not do that.

Inspector. How and why?

You shall know it soon.

( Inspector orders constables to catch the trioand theu rush at them but fail to catch them. They grope like fools while the trio laughs loudly and walk away. The police men helplessly look at them


CURTAIN FALLS .