Wednesday, December 30, 2015
PAINTINGS BY DR K PRABHAKAR RAO
PAINTINGS BY Dr K PrABHAKAR RAO
Saturday, December 26, 2015
INTO PAST WITH PAIN..324
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN … 324
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
(Gandhi, Patel and Nehru are
seen strolling on the streets of heavens in the evening hours. They are
near a park.. They see a person walking
towards them.)
Gandhi. Look , some one is approaching us. I can not see him
clearly. I am not putting on my spectacles.
Patel. The figure is hazy.
It is not clear.
Nehru. I am also unable to make out.
( In the mean time , a
person comes close to them. He says
Namaste to Bapu and hello to Patel and Nehru. His figure is not yet
clear)
Gandhi. Namaste Bhai. Who are you? I am unable to make out. Who are you?
Stranger. Bapu. Did you not recognize me.
Gandhi. No ( Scatches is
bald head )
Nehru. I am also unable to make out. Jawaharlal , can you?.
Nehru. Oh . No
Stranger. Come on
sir. I am subhas. Your subhas.
Gandhi. Oh subhas. How are you? Why are you concealed in
form? Why you are not showing up? Your figure is hazy.
Subhas. Bapu. I am neither dead or alive till today. So I am
like this. If I was alive, I would have full form active and busy. If I am
already dead I shall have ghost form
like you guys. I am neither this nor that. So I am like this.
Gandhi. I am very sorry to hear this. I Was
told that you
died in an air crash in Japan while trying
to go to some un known
destination. I felt very sad when I heard the news.
Subhas. But in India there is a hue and cry that I did not
die in air crash and it was a fake news.
There was no convincing evidence.
Gandhi. I did not live long after that. WW was over in 1945. I was killed in 1948 immediately after
freedom was granted to India.I can not say much about it.
Patel. I also did not
last long. I died in 1951 within three
years of gaining freedom. God has taken us soon away. Nehru however lived long.
Nehru. True. I lived long and I also suffered long
particularly at the end.
Subhas. What suffering
you went through. You had nice
time as PM for 1 long years with none to
oppose.
Nehru. I only know the sufferings.
Subhas. You suffered due to your own deeds. No one caused
your suffering.
Gandhi. Subhas. Cool down please. You
have not yet cooled down although decades have passed.
Subhas. How I
shall cool down. I was a burning volcano all these years. I was declared dead
after WW II in plane crash. But some doubt always existed even in the minds of the English men.
They tried INA officers and men in the
famous Red fort trial. It is a different thing that they were acquitted and set
free. Thanks to Jawaharlal for pleading. But INA soldiers were not accommodated
in Indian army and they were discharged. Most of the INA soldiers were Indian army soldiers earlier. They were
captured by Japanese and Germans at
various fronts.Of course it is funny to note that some men and officers of
Nizams army were taken into Indian army
after police action in 1948 on Hyderabad . In fact
these Nizams army fought Indian army to achieve third Pakistan during police action. Strange things
happened.
Gandhi. What I can say? Probably Indian govt has not pardoned
the INA men for leaving Indian army and
joining INA under you. It was a betrayal as per the govt. I feel so.
Subhas. These are old things. There was none to bother for these INA men who fought for the
freedom of India. Both of us fought for freedom. But ways were
different
Gandhi True. Our ways were poles apart. I was an ahimsa wadi. You were a military man waging war against the English men.
Subhas. Acharya Chanakya stated long ago that your enemy has to be my friend in strategies. I followed it. It
is not new.If we had succeeded we would have been glorified greatly. It is just
a destiny. In war victory and loss are not in our hands.
Gandhi. Very true. But I am not still clear why your figure is
hazy.
Subhas. Bapu. It because It is still not clear whether I am
alive or no more. The records here also are not clear. Whenever a person leaves
earth record is made here. My file is missing here too.
Gandhi.. I
thought administration in India was onlty bad. Here also is same.
Subhas. Never mind Bapu. One day things will come out
correctly.How long truth will be hidden
.
Gandhi. Subhas now tell me
what really happened to you in plane crash after WW II
Subhas. I can not
reveal.
Gandhi. If you did not die you can tell us where you stayed
all these years.. Even by normal standards You have to die. You were born in
1897. Now it is 2015. If you are alive you would be 118 years. By all standards your time would
have been up.Even if we count 80 years of age
you could have died in 1977.if you had survived crash of the plane. So I
see no reason why your figure should be hazy.
Subhas. Good argument. But
the entire mystery must be solved and facts declared open if I have to assume normal form. Therefore I
am in this state.
Patel. That means you know what happened to you.
Subhas . Sure. But I shall not tell you.
Patel. Why?
Subhas. Indians have to establish and expose every culprit.
Gandhi. You therefore see some fishy thing
Subhas. Yeah Bapu.
Gandhi. Why some one will be against you? What he would gain?
Subhas. Only they will know. I learnt that recently CM of
West Bengal mamta benarjee declared some
secret files in the state after declassification. It has come to light
that My family members were under surveillance
of intelligence agencies for many decades. Why it was necessary.?If I was dead
really in air crash why it was required? Of Whom did they were scared of after gaining independence.
Gandhi. That means
there was something surely fishy and some guys in power knew about you.
How bad it is.
Subhas. So bapu. Let
truth come out. If all files with the PM
and files in Russia and UK are
revealed, the reality will come out. That
could be very embarrassing for some persons.
Gandhi. Truth must come out and villains must be made accountable. I am with you.
Subhas. Thanks Bapu.
Nehru. Bapu. I am feeling sleepy. We shall talk some other
time. OK Subhas. Nice that you came. Please come again.
Subhas. I shall surely come. bye Bapu and Patelji. Jai hind.
Bapuand Patel. Jai hind
( Subhas walks away goose stepping while in back ground INA music Kadam kadam badhaye jaa is heard.)
( Nehru is seen walking away)
Patel. Bapu. Let us go. I am sure we are in for some great
surprise in future.
Gandhi. Let it be. Let us go. It is already late
(Both walk away)
Friday, December 25, 2015
MYSTERY OF NETAJIS DISAPPERENCE
MYSTERY OF NETAJIS DISAPPERENCE
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
Disappearance
of the great patriot and leader whose
where abouts afterWW II has been a great mystery. From our child hood we have
been studying in history books that he was killed in a plane crash after WWII
and his ashes were preserved at a temple in japan. Butt scores of Indians do
not believe this And are of the opinion that he was alive after WW II .Modi
govt is not willing to part with secret files pertaining to Netaji. He is
keeping mum and is indifferent too.. However some files from west Bengal state
were made public by the CM mamta benarjee. It is learnt that Netajis close
relatives were spied up on by the govt of India agencies for decades . This no
doubt has caused up roar. What was the need to do it?. Obviously there is some
thing fishy about Netajis disappearance. It is claimed that our relations with
some of the foreign powers would be Damaged if the secrets are revealed.This
naturally poses a question..I f he died in air crash after the war what is there
to be scared of? The problem arises only when Netaji escaped from Japan and was
the prisoner in some country where he was killed in prison and the govt knew
about it? Who are the people in our country who could have conspired to
eliminate him in some foreign country? Who will be benefitted by it? Netaji was
a very charismatic leader of I ndia and Indians adore him Very greatly. He was
the stiff competitor to Jawahar lal Nehru. If he was among us In 1947 he would
have become the PM surely and this nation would not have been in such dire
straits. Some people believe that Netaji lived as an hermit called Gumnami Baba i.e mysterious saint at
faizabad in the state of Uttar Pradeshand passed away in 1985. the hermit lived
mysterious life and kept aloof. If it was true , what were the compulsions for
Netaji to live such secluded life and why he did not surface? All these are
mysteries indeed. For aman of Netajis caliber
and status where was the necessity to
live as a mysterious hermit? Many commissions
were setup to investigate the
mystery of disappearance of Netaji and nothing fruitful has come out all these years .
Some
claim that It would be better to leave some secrets without
unearthing them since real "real truth" is of no practical value at
this juncture. All players are dead long ago and the country has several agenda items
that would benefit then common man. The truth - whatever it may be, when
unearthed will only result in disgusting panel discussions on National TV
channels and probably occupy entire time of parliament. It is time to move on.
Leaving past behind us.
Is it not necessary that the persons who conspired against Netaji our most beloved
patriot of freedom struggle even if already dead need to be punished
posthumously at least. If truth is un earthed if the guilty are identified who
would have been our past leaders occupying important positions in govt although
Dead now, they must be castigated and their memory is erased from history if
glorified . Their statues if erected must be pulled down from pedestals and
dumped in roadside dust bins. Russians did it for Lenin. All institutions named
after such people must be renamed. Al projects, airports, roads, highways, Institutions,
named after them and memorials of such persons should be reverted. We shall
move on. But injustice done to the great man must be judged and guilty punished
even if dead.
Some argue, “ we know, the aim of punishment is to reform. Dead people can neither be punished nor reformed. Even the post- WW 2 Nuremberg trial was confined to surviving Nazi's only. When contemporary criminals - terrorists and rapists are not being punished, why bother about the dead ones? . We are witnessing a society with confused priorities. Why adding more to the confusion?”
It is agreed that punishment is for reformation. But nathuram godse. and Narayan apte ( gandhis elimination), Afzal guru,( Attack on parliament) Kasab ( attack on Bombay taj) Indira and Gen vaidyas killers, Punjab CM Pratap singh kairons killers, and many more since 1947 were hanged in this country for various crimes. What reformation can be expected after death. Therefore reformation logic would be applicable for smaller offences where the guy has further time to breath in the world. The conspirators against Netaji ,if proved ,need not be pardoned even if they have already died. Their image in history needs to be punished with no further glorification..In history books and truth must be written about netaji and the deeds of conspirators against him. This is a must so that his soul would be at peace.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
NATION OF NUTS BY THE NUTS AND FOR THE NUTS
NATION OF NUTS BY
THE NUTS AND FOR. THE NUTS
Col
DR Kuntamukkala Prabhakar Rao Retd
Indira gandhi's slogan
was GaribI Hatao ( Eradicate poverty) but she failed to accomplish. So she switched Over to ameeri
hatao ( Eradicate the rich ).She abolished privy purses of former kings and rulers, perks, gunsalutes,
Titles etc that were granted to them at the time of accession in 1947 and over night they became common men.She nationalized banks. After independence ,govt slogans were Merit
hatao ( Eradiacte merit)..Reservations based on castes went on for decade
after decade while merit was overlooked. The nation Promoted duds and nuts
In all walks of life and in govt organizations and we have achieved it and
going strong. Reservations that were to go in 10 years have become permanent in
India. Second rate or even third rare stuff are promoted in all walks of life
in all cadres, all services except defense services. Defense services are not
attracting talented persons as material of quality are opting for foreign jobs,
foreign studies and in IT industry. Left out stuff compete at SSB. As it is.
Services do not need Highly intelligent people as they could be misfit. They
need average guys who can fit in and manage jobs. Thus defense services too are Down graded in
quality and thanks to the govt policies of down grading The uniformed defense
services. Thus. Entire nation is a pack of useless nuts in all walks of life
particularly in govt services and
politics. Industry recruit only quality material. India as a nation thus
has come to stay a third rate stuff although we claim very high and effective
in administration In state and centre , govt offices, schools, colleges,
universities, govt industries, corporations and of course politics where
reservations are effective at all levels.in fact reservations are insult to the
community which they do not understand. Vested interests have taken over the
country .
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
A NATION IN SPIN
A NATION IN SPIN
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
I think parliamentary democracy does not suit India with the type of people we have. The society has de gendered beyond repairs or rectification.During MK gandhis time. Some morals were there. But they vanished immediately after freedom was granted to Indians.All started craving for power. All zamindars, kings , chieftains of erstwhile princely states stood and won elections.Money played great role in elections. Dynastic slavery helped them. even today situation is same. Street rowdies rise to political power through ballot. people are coerced, threatened, bribed by money and lured by liquor etc by leaders. An MLA spends nearly 10 crores or more to win elections. Will he keep quiet after winning. He will try to make up his money many folds now. Next time , he may not win. make hay while sun shines is the motto. We may try presidential form of govt or atleast two party system like in England. this was mooted By Dr KALAM When he was president. the result was that Congress did not support for his second term.IndiansWant as manyParties as possible.Morals in society have vanished. therefore nothing would succeed. What we need is a rule of stick by a dictator. Netaji Bose declared before our independence that What India needed was a dictatorship for twenty years.obviously congress did not allow him to be the congress president? Gandhiji played his own politics and due to his non co operationNetaji resigned. he left the country soon and raised INA. Rest is history.
what we need today is A leader of Subhas qualities and vision at this hour to transform and discipline the society. Some say public revolution is the answer to transform I ndia from this dirty situation.Public revolution? how it will come? When revolution took place in Russia against king tzar, it was led by Lenin the great.In china against nationalist forces it was led by Mao and Chou en Lai. In viet nam it was ho hi Minh, In Cuba it was led by great leader Fidel Castro.In India after Subhas we have not produced such leader. All the guys are selfish And ran after power and positions.At present Modiji Has emerged As a strong leader. But his future depends on vote politics. Strong measures by him will make him unpopular. But he is in the grip of useless guys like jetley , parikar, and few others. they are misguiding him on various issues. That will erode the personality of Modi. Sort of French Revolution probably is the answer to rebuild India. adult franchise in a society divided on caste, creed, religion, money, language, region can not build a strong unified nation and in India every one is pulling in different direction? A section of minorities are trying to break the nation.see how the shady congress leaders like Rahuland Sonia are holding up Rajya sabha because they are facing herald case.They have become a shouting brigade. How long Modi has to bear with such idiotic leaders. it is time to throw them out of the house and set things on order.The mother and son have become Virus in society and it is time to discipline them.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
NATION OF NUTS BY THE NUTS
AND FOR. THE NUTS
Col DR Kuntamukkala Prabhakar Rao Retd
Indira gandhis slogan was GaribI Hatao but she failed to accomplish. So she switched Over to ameeri hatao. She abolished privy purses of former prices and kings in India. After independence ,govt slogans were Merit hatao at all costs..The nation Promoted duds and nuts In all walks of life and in govt organizations and we have achieved it and going strong. Reservations that were to go in 10 years have become permanent in India. Second rate or even third rare stuff are promoted in all walks of life in all cadres, all services except defense services. Defence services are not attracting talented persons as material of quality are opting for foreign jobs, foreign studies and in IT industry, IAS, IPS and Other central services and state services. Some of the engineering students discontinued studies and joined police as constables while some join as attenders in Postal dept. They prefer it as it was a govt job. Left out useless stuff compete at SSB and services have to draw for them. As it is. Services do not need. Highly intelligent people as they could be misfit. They need just average guys who can fit in. Thus defense services too are down graded in quality and thanks to the govt policies of down grading the uniformed defense services. Thus, Entire nation is a pack of useless nuts in all walks of life particularly in govt services and politics. Industry recruit only quality material. India as a nation thus has come to stay a third rate stuff although we claim very high and effective in administration In state and centre , govt offices, schools, colleges, universities, govt industries, corporations and of course politics where reservations are effective at all levels.
ONLY VISITING TEMPLES DO NOT PLEASE THE GOD
ONLY VISITING TEMPLES DO NOT PLEASE THE GOD
Col Kuntamukkala Prabhakar Rao
Running around temples and conducting rituals do not bring changes or make gods happy while the inner souls are corrupt and crooked. In politics a simple and honest person can not survive.They have to be crooked and know the art of survival. Or one will be left out. You can see the leaders of one party Jumping into TRS without any shame before and after elections. How gods will be pleased with such characters who do not possess any loyalties and virtues like honesty, truthfulness , integrity and simplicity. people get what they deserve. People vote based on Caste creed, language, religion etc , sex and in turn we get fraudulent people on top.In Every election process , this is repeated. I am aware of a big ritual that was conducted to bring rains by appeasing gods so that a big reservoir that is at a distance of 30 km from Hyderabad on Nagarjun sagar road could be filled. the lake was already dry as there were no rains. Some top leaders of political parties participated in the ritual and there was heavy lunch too for all the people. hundreds of people were brought to the ritual by leaders in buses and trucks.The result was a big zero. There were no rains and even after four years ,the tank remains dry. How gods will be pleased ?. the persons who conducted the rituals and arranged everything had no integrity. They were mere opportunists and they were there because they were crazy of power and craved for some quick buck. In fact , catchment Areas Of lakes have bee n badly destroyed by land occupation, construction, quarrying, digging for earth and sand and blocking the small streams by constructing illegal buildings. All such streams of the tank were blocked as I know. There is no single drop of water in that lake even today. the same lake I saw in 1965. It was full of water water touching the near by town, at that time a village and was looking like a sea.One could fetch water from the tank by going two or three feet down the bund. Unless integrity is there , state can not grow and poor will become poorer while thieves , crooks, cheats and thugs will become billionaires within no time while honest guys will be suffering for a piece of bread in this land.
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...323
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..323
DR K Prabhakar rao
Gandhi, Nehru and
patel are seen sitting at a park
at lower tank bund in Hyderabad.. Weather is cool and light breeze is
seen blowing
Gandhi. Patel climate
has changed in Hyderabad. Otherwise it was so much oppressing.
Patel. Bapu People
are also much oppressed here in Hyderabad.
Gandhi. What is that?.
What do you mean by that?
Patel. Bapu, the city
was a bit tense with police patrolling Osmania University area. There was too much of vehicle checking
Gandhi. Why the fear?
Patel. Bapu, The
students belonging to a section from Osmania university decided to conduct a fest of beef which every year they conduct
Gandhi. Why this
university is always in news? During
Telangana agitation the students of this University created great law and order problems. There was
no academic environment.It earned very
bad name in 1968 and its degrees were not recognized.
Patel. Yes This
university is famous for that. Guys hardly study. The university is
managing by virtue of past name.
Gandhi. Is it so bad?
Patel. Yeah Bapu. All
troubles start from here only. There has been
big controversy on Beef eating. You know in north India, a guy was beaten to death because he
ate beef. It was a big news. It became a communal problem . Some how the situation was controlled. Here in
Hyderabad the BJP guys have taken up
the cause and said they would prevent the beef fest at Osmania university
while students were adamant. The court also
gave directive that it should not be not
held till further orders. Tension built up rapidly as students were bent on
violating court orders.
Gandhi. Then what
happened?
Patel. Police
has deployed more than 1500police men at
university and the concerned MLA of BJP was also not allowed to take a rally.
The crisis was averted. But tensions are there. Police resorted to too much
of checking and innocents were harassed.
Life has become oppressive
.
Gandhi, I know that
police guys need little scope to trouble
guys although they have to do duty. But
they also over react and become repressive.
Patel. Bapu in all
countries police is used for repression of society. It is a govt tool for
coercion, oppression and state terrorism.
Gandhi. It will have
its own repercussions. However in what way we are bothered.
Nehru. Why Bapu? Are
you not bothered if people are suffering?
Gandhi. Yet it has
not grown to that level. Any how the beef trouble is over for time being.
Patel. Partly. Hotels
in posh areas who serve beef are
displaying that they are serving buffalo meat and not cow meat or bullock meet.
Gandhi. In what way meat differs
between a buffalo and cow meat
Patel. I can not say
as I never ate them.
Gandhi. Both are
domestic animals used widely in India
Patel. Cow is
considered an holy animal. It is loved
by lord Krishna.
Gandhi. Is buffalo a bad animal? Maximum guys drink buffalo milk. He
Buffalo is the vehicle for Lord yama.
Patel. Every animal
is in fact a mount for some god. There are thousands of
gods and need variety of animals.
Gandhi. In fact all
animals are good. We have goats, sheep,
pigs, that are reared, But our guys kill them in large numbers for
eating.
Patel. Now what is going to happen? In fact peole are
divided on the issue of beef. Many are of the opinion that people have the right to eat what they choose
Gnadhi. But they can
not fellow humans . They can not be cannibals.
Patel. Bapu. This is
too much
Gandhi.For muslims it
is a regular diet. A section of Hindus also devour beef regularly. But BJPguys want
beef eating to be banned. They want ban on killing cows.
Patel. India is
wasting time on such issues and such issues are causing disruption in progress
Gandhi.Patel, India
declared peacock as national bird. One can not kill and eat it.
Patel. Does it mean
one can eat it alive?
Gandhi. No jokes please.
We are discussing serious matter
Patel. Sorry babpu.
Gandhi. It is OK
Gandhi. Jawahar. You keep
away from discussion. Why?
Nehru. There is
nothing to discuss. Does our discussion make any impact on the issue. We are
dead.
Gandhi. What is wrong
in it?
Nehru. These issues are raised by political
parties to create tension in society and
they try to take advanatage for self glorification.
Gandhi. You are true to some extent. Every society has
certain norms. We created India as a secular country.
Patel. What goes on
is false secularism. In the name of secularism Hindus are suppressed in
India by the govt.The govt has interfred
in temple affairs while they turn heads
for mosques. Minorities have started
feeling that they have special status in India while majority community is the
sucker.
Gandhi.Patel. You may
not be correct.
Patel. I am hundred
percent correct.Jawaharlal was practicing false secularism in fact. He was
against military action against Nizam of
Hyderabad in 1948. The nizam wanted to
be independent creating a third Pakistan.
Nehru. Patel. Your
views are not accepted.
Patel. Your
acceptanace has no meaning for me.
Gandhi Come on guys.
You are getting personal.I have come to conclusion that India is a mismanaged country fot for a foreign rule as stated by W Churchill long ago.
Patel. True. Shall we
go back to UK and request the queen to take over again.
Gandhi. I am sure they
will run away after seeing us and hearing our proposal. Haaa..haa
( Gandhi throws hands
in to air and bursts into laughter. He calms down and sings)
India is now
of no interest to English men
Who are happy
eating meat and chicken
They are happy that
we have many vows
And sure to go back
to era of arrows and bows
Patel. Yeah… well
sung bapu.
Gandhi. Friends. It
is getting dark. Let us go.This is not a safe place. Let us go
The trio walks away
slowly
CURTAIN FALLS
Thursday, December 10, 2015
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...322
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN ….322
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
Gandhi, patel and Nehru are seen sitting on Tank bund on a long old model Cast
Iron sofa facing the lake… The
water appears to be fresh although filthy smell is noticed.
Gandhi. This s lake
must be very old.
Patel. Yes Bapu. This
is vey old, built during the rule of kutub shahi kings of Golconda. It
is surprising it has survived so long.
Gandhi, Where lake
will go. People need it. So it has stayed. But I am sure it is
not same today.
Patel. True
Bapu. Every where land prices have gone
up very high and people are craving for
every inch of land.People are migrating to cities from villages as
agriculture has failed of late,
Bapu. True. There is
no employment opportunity in villages. All industries are at cities. So people migrate to cities.
Patel. How sad. Our people
neglected your vision of village
industries in India.
Bapu. More over ,the
society has been badly corrupted. What
we can do.
Patel. You wanted
congress to be disbanded . But your most favourite Nehru did not listen. He
wanted power at all costs.
Gandhi. Why say these
things now? Did you not take up deputy
PM post ? Why
you have not stayed out of
cabinet?
Patel. It was a
mistake no doubt. But we were discussing about the lake.
Gandhi. Yeah.This
lake survived because during the rule of
past kings and sultans
like Nizams, people could not play mischief. King had the
absolute power. No one dared to occupy lands clandestinely or by fraud. He would have been sent to gallows.
Patel. True Bapu.
Some discipline was there although freedom was not there and it was an
autocratic rule. But was better I am sure.
Gandhi. Say in low tone. Some guys may listen and tell
police.
Patel. Let them. What
they can do? We are dead already. They can not get a rupee from us.
Gandhi. We have
deviated from topic. Lake survival we were discussing.
Patel. Yes Bapu. After
we got freedom , it has become free for all. All useless guys have become leaders. Cheats, Thugs, criminals
, goondas, Gangsters, land grabbers,
fake educationalists and rapists
are the leaders now and are wielding power.
Gandhi. I learnt that
only such guys get party tickets.Haa..ha…
Patel. But you
thought all will be good guys ruling this land. To day if you stand in
elections you will loose deposit. No
party will give ticket to you. You can
bribe the party chief as you have
no money. Haa..haaa.
Gandhi. I never
thought so. I knew there will be
trouble in the land. If wanted, I would have become the top man.
Patel . Then you
would have not become Mahatma. Bapu. We were discussing the lake.
Gandhi. Some how my sixth sense tells me that this lake will be
swallowed soon.
Patel. I also feel
same. Already lot of lake land has been swallowed by slums, and land grabbers who built buildings .
Nehru. Patel. Do you
know that there many lakes with in city limits and around.
Patel. Yes. I know.
Nehru. How many have
been encroached up on.?
Patel . All most all
lakes have been encroached up on.
Nehru. That means all
governments were party to these illegal activities.
Gandhi. These are
vote bank politics. Once land is
illegally occupied, local leaders emerge in vote bank politics. If you go around
Hyderabad, all illegat colonies are getting legalized by paying money to
municipal corporation.
Patel. That means
thief becomes a kotwal
one day.
Gandhi. Haaa..haaa.
Heee… heee
Patel.
Ho..hoo..howww.
Nehru. What is there
to laugh so big?
Patel. All reasons
are there to laugh . We gave freedom thinking that rama raj will emerge.
But Ravan rajya
has emerged. You guys know Indira Gandhi imposed emergency in the country as
she wanted to continue as PM eternally.
Nehru. Why bring her
into discussion?
Patel. Oh I forgot
that she was your daughter. You are getting upset.
Gandhi. No one should
get upset when facts are discussed.
Nehru. Bapu. Now things are getting personal .
I want to go away.
Patel. Please do not
run. You are escapist
Gandhi. Patel, Please
leave him. Let us stop discussion as
Nehru is getting upset.
Patel. Bapu, As usual, you have yielded to Nehru sahib . Before we got freedom, you yielded to him and we are in thick soup now.
Gandhi . No one can
change destiny. If India has to become Islamic state one day, who can stop it?
No one.
Patel. Bapu. You have not changed even after so many years
after your martyrdom.Just too bad.
Gandhi. Relax guys.
Let us go..
( The trio walks away slowly as the dirty smell of the
lake follows them )
Monday, December 7, 2015
MIGRATORY BIRDS. Painting by Dr K Prabhakar R ao
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Thursday, July 2, 2015
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...321
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN….321
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen at a bus stand in Hyderabad and waiting to
catch a bus. A bus arrives, does not
stop and goes ahead. All passengers waiting for the bus run in pell-mell to catch it like flock of buffaloes and bus stops at a distance, Some board, some hang on and bus goes off. The guys who are unable to board
look desperately abusing and cursing it.
Gandhi. Patel. What is this? The bus has not stopped here. At this rate how can we get in?
Patel. We can never Bapu.
Gandhi. Senior citizens will suffer seriously.
Patel Bapu, Senior
citizens are destined to suffer more in
this nation.
Gandhi. Better we died long ago.
Patel. All can not die. Suffering has to be there.
( Their conversation is heard by another elderly man
standing close . His name is Rao )
Rao. Very well said sir. In fact telugu poet Sri Sri wrote long ago in his
book Mahaprasthanam.
Patel. Sir ,what he wrote?
Rao…Those aged with
folded skins and with no vigor
Go and die
soon and be not a burden to the state
The nation
must move, rapid like a torrent
The lazy slow and weak must go, which I hate
Gandhi. Was he a communist?
Rao. Yeah. Well said. He was a communist. He also wrote
songs for films
Gandhi. True. He had to live too. Any how this is part of
the game. We are not like USA
Patel. How long can
we stand like this? No bus will come and stop. All are full like pregnant
matron overflowing with people.
Nehru. Patel. This is India a third world country. We are
next to China in numbers. Here people are busy producing kids
Gandhi. Didn’t you have kids? Why blame others.
Nehru. I had only one.
Gandhi. Fine. Mr Rao , where you have to go
Rao. Sir I want to get a bank statement. I need to go to
bank at Dilsukhnagar
Gandhi. Good name of the locality. Dilsukhnagar means happy place. Is it really happy there
Rao. Sir. It is other way. It should be called Dildukhnagar.
It is highly congested. There is no
traffic control. People move around like
ants everywhere. There is no place to even walk. Driving is a nightmare. One
can not park car there. Liquor shops are on roadside. People purchase
bottles there and start consuming
opposite to the shops where bus stand is there. Eatables like Pakoda etc
are available. Very close to it public
urinals and toilets are also there.
There are dust bins very close overflowing. Police guys watch and no one is
bothered. Can we call it Dilsukhnagar.
Gandhi. Enough sir. I
feel for your suffering.
Rao. Now once I go to bank, I am much worried how much I
have to suffer there.
Patel. Why?
Rao. In the bank that is private where I am going
none cares for senior citizens. For simple work like Bank statement one
has to hang around for long time. There
are no sufficient chairs even. If some good counter clerk is present he will feel
for you and do the job quickly. Most of the time, the counter staff are hot
headed and do not bother. They are paid
fat salaries and management is least bothered as there is no check on
the happenings. Things are really bad.
Saddest part is that even private banks have become
like this. Govt banks of course are bad where some staff members are rude too.
Gandhi. Are things so bad?
Rao. Very true. By the by , who are you sir? You are dressed
like Gandhi.
Gandhi. I am not dressed
like him. I am real Gandhi. Although I am dead I keep visiting places. We three are always together.
Rao.If so, very good. I have no comments on your identity. I
feel bad that you gave us freedom which we did not deserve.
Gandhi. Looks so. But I thought we will be honest.
Rao. Now it other way.
Can I sing sir?
Gandhi. Ok Go ahead.
Rao… Kanto mein Rahne waale
Kanto se kyo Darenge
Has has ke aafton ka
ham sam na karenge…. Kanto….
Gandhi.. Very well sir. I am impressed
( In the mean time an empty bus arrives and all run to it
and board)
CURTAIN DROPS
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