INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...204

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN…204

Dr K Prabhakar Rao


(Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen at a park in Delhi and are seen discussing some issues. They appear to be tense.)

Gandhi. Patel. There appears to be some trouble to the Delhi govt.

Patel. Why Bapu? What happened?

Gandhi. A guy called Anna Hazaare of Maharashtra has become a problem to them

Patel. I also heard about this.

Gandhi. This shows that Gandhism is still being practiced in India.

Patel. Yes, occasionally of course.

Gandhi. Why so.

Patel. There are not many Anna Hazare in the country. He commands very great respect in public. He is a selfless social worker and Gandhian too. Poor guy has to take struggle on his head

Gandhi. What to do. All these days people thought that the govt will do something to eradicate corruption.

Patel. But Bapu, How long such struggle by lone Hazare will last? Every Indian has to rise like a Hazare.

Gandhi. But average Indian has no time. There is no proper leader in the country to lead people. There are many so called leaders everywhere in India. But all these men are opportunists and shady men. They are after making money and swindle nation to the maximum. Recent scams in Dr Manmohansinghs govt speak all this. He has no apparent courage to remove them and expose them. He acted only when inevitable and became a compulsion. He also accepted that he had to adjust at times. Thus there have been great failings at highest authority. He acts as if he has no responsibility for the crimes committed by his men. Here the leadership has failed to act. Sadly people forgot what is leadership is.

Patel. Bapu. You were a great leader.

Gandhi. You too were.

Nehru. Was I not a leader?

Gandhi. You too were there. Who said you were not a leader?

Nehru. You guys are praising each other. It is like you scratch my back and I shall do for you.

Gandhi. Come on Jawaharlal; please do not get cut up. Now Hazare is acting with firmness. He should not loosen the grip and also should not trust the leaders who some how want to end his fast. They will do some tricks to satisfy him and see that he ends his fast.

Patel. True. These political leaders can do any thing for their glory.

Gandhi. Can Hazare alone fight such large scale corruption and chors (Thieves) who go around? Some one can catch a thief if he is like a normal thief like chain snatcher; pick pocket, house breaker, vehicle lifter, bank robber, wayside robber etc. How can some one can catch a thief within the house? There is a saying that even god can not catch a thief if he is within house.

Patel. Very true Bapu. That means we have more of thieves from within.

Gandhi. Very correctly said. What do all these scams mean? All these scamsters who have been exposed from time to time were thieves within house and all these years were not detected. Even after detection there were many efforts to save them. Some guys who were their stooges also probably would be done to death to erase evidence. Telecom Raja is in Jail now. Recently his stooge committed suicide as I learnt. Many have suspicions on this account. Guys from Bofors scams escaped all punishments. Who will recover lost money? From whom it will be recovered? Once the scam becomes old guys loose interest as new scam will be discovered. India is a nation for scams, by the scams and by the scams.

Nehru. Hee..hee , You guys have nothing to talk concrete except blaming others.

Patel. Why? Is this talk not concrete? Is this not relevant?

Nehru. Did I say that it is irrelevant?

Gnadhi. Hazare wants a committee in which General public also will be members.

Patel. That minister Sibbal says why people should be included?

Gandhi. I feel sorry for that man. He feels ministers and other members can be fully trusted and general public are not important. That guy has forgotten that he is there to serve people a nd he was elected by them.

Patel. That is the sad part of it. These characters feel that once elected they can shoe people. They forget that the same people will kick them into dark pages of history. He has forgotten many guys who were kicked out by people at polls.

Gandhi. He thinks too much of himself and very clever too.

Patel. Recently he was trying to justify that there was no telecom scam and there was no loss. He was critical of CAG report.

Gandhi. He thinks very clever about himself and wants to draw some sympathy from top guys.

Patel. Hee..hee.. hoo..hoo

Gandhi. Any how Mr. Hazare started something to tame the horses. It should be taken ahead by others.

Patel. Mr Sharad Pawar resigned from the committee of ministers to monitor corruption.

Gandhi. That was another joke. What can happen if he resigns? He has not resigned from cabinet for the cabinet failings to curb corruption. These are just tamasha going on. If ministers form the group to monitor corruption , it will be a joke. It will be like Chor being a Kotwal. How can they do justice to the job. These are jokes and Tamasha.

Patel. Hazare said the same thing. He ridiculed Pawars actions. He said these are no meaning to him. Will Hazare be able to turn the tide as done by Jaya Prakash Narain past? Indira Gandhi imposed emergency then. The present govt has been exposed so badly about their ineffectiveness to curb scams and corruption and the way the scams are exposed, who world is laughing at us. The time is rip for action taken by Jaiprakash Narainji. Hazaree should do similar thing to wash this govt thoroughly like a washerman who washes the dirty clothes by banging on a stone. Similar treatment is required now.

Gandhi. Hee..hee.. Very well said and I wish your words would come out true.

Patel. Thanks Bapu.( sings)

The leaders are now like germs in dirty clothes
And they are to be treated in the befitting way
The clothes are hammered on a stone at riverside
Then only through the noses the leaders have to pay

Gandhi. Very good Patel. I am impressed with your song

Patel. Thanks Bapu

Gandhi. Patel. Let us go now. It is getting dark. It is not safe to say here after darkness.

Patel. Let us go Bapu. Iam with you.

( the trio walks away singing Ramdhun)

CURTAIN FALLS