India’s Lone Ranger

Strictly speaking I was never political, am not still and most probably never will be. But these past few months it has been interesting to watch India’s Lone Ranger emerge out of nowhere and take this country along with its people and politician’s by storm. I mean who could have thought that the age old saying of “jab jab burai sar chadh jati hai tab tab uska vinash krne ek masiha janm leta hai” <kindly excuse my hindi> (Translation: Whenever Evil forces takes over the world a superhero is born to deliver the masses and annihilate all Evil) would find relevance in these ultra-modern times!?! Amusingly enough for all of us- The Audience in all this, the media people and veteran politicians (apparently the self-proclaimed mai baap of rajneeti), find themselves standing on quicksand now, none of these Pro-s know what the Amateur is going to pull out of his pocket next! Hence gripped with this fear of the unknown and taking it for granted that whatever is going to come next is not going to bode well for them, they have busied themselves in trying to get rid of him. While they should be getting ready either :- a) to put their act together, or b) to be ratted out of the system; they are creating their own new secret option c) try to be over-smart and fall face first in the puddle of their corruption! Way to go you dolts!! Though Kejriwal has been compared to a lot of yesteryear’s heroes my personal favorite is Mahatma Gandhi. Where one fought to free this land from foreigners, the other is trying to save it from its own people!! Ha ha! Tough job that one!

Most of the headlines yesterday in the idiot-box screamed “Kejri trying to topple himself!”- That left me incredulous and I went all, “Seriously?? You think he is that much of an idiot?” the person who locked horns with political biggies and defeated them on their home turf is supposed to be that dumb? God Bless the Indian media then and also us who have to bear it!

Agreed he was a Nobody but in these turbulent times where there’s one party with its ‘Badi Malkin’ cracking whips as and when she pleases, leaving the country shattered (both literally and figuratively) and another with its Hindu fundamentalism  (hey I’m not judging but would it work in a country so diverse with Sikhs, Muslims, Jews, Parsis, Christians and God knows what else!? Think!) it is a Nobody that we need. He has become India’s most famous Rat-repellent mostly because it’s effective and full of surprises. And God knows we needed both to spice up our otherwise dull lives!!

LOVE J

Stimulated Brain Cells and funny bones ;)

ADITI!