INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..234

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..234
Dr K Prabhakar Rao

( Gandhi, Patel and Nehru are seen near Osmania University at Hyderabad. They are at the gate and watching people around. Plenty of Police force is present there.)

Gandhi. Look , Patel We have seen many dramas being enacted here. I do not know what is going to happen today.

Patel. Yesterday there was a Bandh in the city. All Educational Institutions were closed.

Gandhi. Why they have to be closed?.

Patel. Bapu, Who is interested in studies in this place?. It is free for all.

Gandhi. Why? What is the University doing ? Have they no control?

Patel. Telangana agitation is being guided by a Professor. Less of teaching and more of politics are here. Hee..hee..Education in this region has gone for a six. There are no studies even at Professional Colleges. Every one waits for a Bandh call to enjoy and stay at home. Haa..Haa…Bandh means paid holiday for all teachers. People are habituated and intoxicated with Bnadhs now.

Gandhi. Please do not laugh Patel. I feel bad for students. They are loosing greatly.

Patel. To gain something we have to loose something. Law of conservation of energy works.Telangana requires sacrifices and not lectures and Tamasha of Delhi trips.

Nehru. Do you mean the leaders belong to a Tamasha Party?

Patel. It looks so.officially the party is not named like that. It is high time the parties are named in that manner. Look at the congress guys. They went to Delhi in a plane. They returned empty handed and cut a sorry figure at Hyderabad. They can only say, We spoke to Amma Sonia. Chidambaram, Azad and all sundry guys. We bowed to them and we crawled in front of them. We went down on the knees. We begged like real beggars….Amma de… de Hame Telangana de…… Jaldise de de. Bahut late ho gay. Amma de de..( Oh mother give us Telangana.. Plesea give us.. It is very late). Now I remember a joke of Nehruvian times..

Gandhi. What is that? Please tell me and I am itching to listen.

Patel. Once Jawaharlal was making a statement in Parliament and repeatedly he said.. I delivered.. I delivered…There came a sharp reply from opposition ..But gave birth to none..

Gandhi. Haa..haa…haa.Heee..heee( Gandhi laughs loudly holdng his lean stomach and unable to control his laughter falls on ground and still laughs loudly.

( Nehru goes to Bapu and looks at him angrily)

Nehru. Bapu. What is this Tamasha? What was there to laugh like this? You are making a mockery of every one. Look, all are looking at us.

( Bapu continues to laugh and with great difficulty controls himself and gets up. Patel gets him a glass of water. Bapu drinks water and relaxes)

Gandhi. That means these Telangana Congress leaders made a buffoons of themselves after Delhi visit.

Patel. True .High command is least bothered.

Gnadhi. I heard Senior leader, Jaipal Reddy is slowly changing his plate.

Patel. Yeah. He claims that Telangana should be given and reportedly spoke to Amma, but had no courage to resign. After all, he got the post with great difficulty. Slaves generally do not revolt easily.

Gandhi. That guy is worried that Jana Reddy, former home minister is becoming popular and he may loose chance of being the CM if Telangana is realized. Of late, Jana Reddy is becoming more vocal and he always seen in center of group photos. Hee,,hee..What a Tamashaa is going on.( Sings and does jig)

Look everywhere Tamasha goes on
While so many jokers are in the fray
The nation is going to dogs
While the crooks enjoy fun come what may

Patel. Bapu.You are great. You care for minor details. Bapu, I told you long ago that all these guys are cats on wall. Each and every guy wants the chair. They have no unity to form a single party and fight for the state. They want separate identity and kingdom for themselves.

Gandhi. So they suffer. Grass twigs when are twisted to form a rope can catch an elephant. I heard Azad stated that Telangana can not be given unless all regions agree.

Patel. That they will never agree .They do not have that much intelligence. That means Telangana can never come through.

Gandhi. It looks so. Patel, Look, there so many guys with shaven heads. What is this Tamasha?

Patel. Bapu. These are all students. It is the latest form of protest. They are OU students who shaved off their heads to show protest.

Gandhi. How it will serve the cause? Telangana will not come through by shaving heads.They may get infections as dirty knives are used here. Haa,,haaa.

Patel. Bapu. The protesters do many tricks. They do Cooking on roads and call it Vanta Vaarpu. God only knows how they will get Telangana by all these gimmicks.

Gandhi. After all they have to do something. I saw them doing a dance too and ladies do it.

Patel. They call it Batkamma. Some times they walk on knees and crawl to show protest.

Gandhi. Whose ideas are these? Who told them that Telangana will be achieved by these tricks? Hee..Hee…Why they can not launch Salt Stayagraha like me.

Patel. Bapu. There is no sea in Telangana. The sea is in coastal Andhra.Haa..Haa.

Gandhi. Hee.Heee, These are fun games and people are laughing at them.

Patel. Every one gives ideas here. Every one wants popularity.

Gandhi. I feel sorry for these guys. Patel, Look at this. Central leaders are least bothered. They are watching fun. They know very well that these Telanganites can not do any thing. They are giving long rope to these guys. Keep watching. One day President rule will be imposed and all will be quiet.Now OU has lost its base. No one is caring for OU degree.

Patel. Who will do?. Whole country knows what happens here.

Gandhi. May god bless them. I am sure Mir Osman Ali Khan must be turning in his grave

Patel. You mean Nizam 7, who was over thrown after Police action in 1948.

Gandhi. True. But we must appreciate him for establishing this university building the mighty Arts college too.

Patel. You are OK up to that point.Bapu, Let us leave him in his grave.

Gandhi. That is fine. Poor guy, He died un happy. He has seen changed times in his lifetime. May Allah bless him.

Patel. I told you to forget him.

Gandhi. Patel. Why only OU is in news always?
Patel. Bapu, Better we talk less about it. The guys here are highly politicized. It started during Indias freedom movement with Vandemaataram strike and PV Narsimha Rao was an active member then as student. Many were debarred and they went to Jabalpur University for studies.

Gandhi. I see. I vaguely remember .

( In the mean time some police men come to the trio)

Constable. Who are you guys here. We are watching you since long. What wrk you have here. Go away.

Gandhi. We have no work. Can’t we stand here if we have no work?

Constable. This is a trouble some area and is under police watch. You appear to be elderly men. You may get hurt in police actions.

Patel. Thanks for your concern. We are happy like this.

Constable. But we are not happy. Please go away.

Gandhi. OK Bhai. We shall go after taking a cup of tea.

Constable. OK.You must go.( He goes away)

( The trio get into café and have a cup of tea and vanish)

CURTAIN FALLS