INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...173

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN….173
Dr K Prabhakar Rao

(Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen in Benares city at the ghat. They are singing Ramdhun as usual. On lookers are looking at them strangely and nodding their head occasionally. Some Sadhus are among them)

Sadhu Gobind. Bhai, Chidanand. Look at these three guys. Do they look familiar. I saw the lean and old and bald man singing Rambhajan continuously. He is already about 80 years. We must accept that he is much devoted Ram Bhakta ( devotee)

Chidanand. You may be true. Just by singing one does not become Rambhakt. He neither gets salvation easily .

Gobind. But in scriptures it is said in Kaliyuga by just chanting the name of lord one would be getting deliverance easily

Chidanand. You may be true. We have been doing that since many years. Do we get salvation.

Gobind. We may get it. Who knows. We are performing the Karma. Why worry worry for the fruits there of

Chidanad. You are teaching Karma Yoga.

Gobind. Then what should I teach?

Chidanand. Hee…hee. Shall we ask them who they are?

Gobind. That is good. Let us ask them.

( They go to Gandhi)

Gobind. Mere Bhai, Mere Dost. Zara batao kiap kaun hai aur kahanse aaye hai?

Gandhi. Look brother. I am Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, The father of this nation. These two men are my good friends and followers, they are Jawaharlal, Patel. They are great guys.

Gobind. We heard such names. They were great past leaders. It is good you have their names.

Patel. What do you mean by saying we have their names. We are actually they only. These are our own names

Gobind. Hee..hee.. Bhai. They were dead long ago. You are alive

Patel. This you shall never understand. This is the usual problem with guys on earth.

Goud. Sir. What do you mean by saying men on earth? Are you not from earth?

Patel. Now we are on earth. But infact we are not from earth.

Chidanand. What is this going on? Some time you say we are from earth and immediately you say you are not from earth. I am confused much

Patel. Better stay confused.

Nehru. Hee..heee. It is amusing.

Gobind. Plesae tell us who are you. We are confused really. Youa re also singing Ram Bhajan very well

Patel. Singing Ram Bhajan is our hobby. We do it well. In fcat Bapu is master in this art.

Gobind. Now who is this Bapu?

Patel. MK Gandhi is popularly called Bapu.

Gobind. Oh! I see

Nehru. What is there to see around?

Chidanand. Relax. Let us sit for some time. We have to take some bhang and Ganja. It is time for us.

Gandhi, Bhai. What is this Bhang?

Gobind. We shall show. These are narcotics and give us kick

Patel. This is bad. Why do you use these things

Gobind. We enjoy. We get high soon.

Nehru. Must be enjoying much.

Gobind. True. How about joining us?

Gandhi. Plesae leave us. We feel high by singing Ram nam.

Gobind. Come on sir. Plesae do not act great. We have been chanting for several years and nothing happened to us.

Gandhi. Then you must not be sincere in your efforts.

Chidanand. Are you sincere? Do not act?

Gandhi. Are we acting? Behave yourself

Gobind. Relax Bapu. Plesae do not get annoyed. Why do you loose cool. On one side you say you are accomplished man and devotee of Ram. Then why you are loosing temper>

Gandhi. There is a limit for everything. OK we shall sit with you. But we shall not take ganja and Bhang

Gobind. Ok ,that is fine.

( They sit down making a small circle and looking at them some more Sadhus also join them and they consume ganja. Soon they are high up in spirits. They chant Ram.. Ram. Gandhi gets inspired)

Gandhi. Hare rama . Hare Rama.. Rama.. rama. Hare hare

All. Hare Krishna.. Hare Krishna.. Krishna , krishna, Hare Hare..

( They clap loudly and sing. Bapu gets excited and dances singing)

Ram naam Japna… Haa.. ram nam Japna

Gobind.. Ho ram nam Japna..

Chidanand. Ho ram nam japna

Patel. Ha ram nam japna

Nehru. Ha ram nam Japna

Some one in crowd. Ho Parya maal apna

( Unintentionally all sing.. Ho paraya maal apna)

Gandhi ( suddenly realizes) Oh shit. Who sang this line? Who is he? Please stand up and own up.

( no one notices the guy who sang the offensive line)

Gandhi. this is bad. How can some one sing like this. I am sure he is anti national

Patel. True. He could be a Pakistani or terrorist

Gobind. No.. No. One need not be a Pakistan or terrorist for singing this. They got better things to do. They have many plans to make to trouble India.

Patel. What he says is true. We have any no. of guys within ourselves in nation who abet another partition and they are anti national too.

Nehru. Plesae say clearly patel. Hope you are not targeting me and my successors

Patel. Why should I do that. They know it better what they are dong.

Gobind. Look brothers. We had so many scams in this country. Every time the guys who are ruling were involved in these scams. In the latest scam Raja the Telecom central minister from Tamil nadu is involved in the worlds greatest scam..hee..

Chidanand. Yeah.. This guy must have surely gone to Rajghat along with other leaders on Bapus birth day and sang Raghupathi raghava raja.. Rammm. Patheetha Pawana Seetha Ram.. sitting on white cloth spread on ground, putting on Gandhi cap and posing as Mr .clean. Hee..heee.. They are all big nuts of highest order. Great hypocrites indeed. Such guys are available in great strength in all parties.

Patel. Surely that character must have gone and sung too like others do. It is routine.

Chidanand. Soon he must have sung ….Paraya mal apna..Ho paraya maal apna..( He does jig while singing while Gnadhi cl;aps loudly)

Nehru. Surely he must have sung. During my time too every minister used to sing like that. Even Krishnamachari used to sing although he was involved in Mundra affair at a later date.

Chidanand. Singing Ram dhun is different, Scams are different.

Patel But that is bad. But all these guys treat Parya mal apna ( Meaning others property is mine). This Raj ex minister has felt so and duped the nation of its revenue amounting to 1 76000 crores of Rupees.. He really felt that nations property is his own. Therefore paray mal loot liya. Heee…heee

Nehru..haaa..haaa

Gandhi.. Hey…hey…hey..Let us sing loudly

( Gandhi, Nehru, Patel hold hands and sing Ram nam japna while others sing… Ram nam japna paraya mal apna..Ho paraya mal apna……)

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