Corruption is at the core of India and Indianness. It is all powerful, unbeatable and unconquerable. The Prime Minister of nation said so, sometime back. The Chief Minister, apparently, skipped the newspapers that particular day.
Author: T R Jawahar
It was just the other day that the Prime Minister IX Gujral bemoaned the lack of time to complete his agenda. Seven months is indeed a very short stint to achieve anything of consequence; the PM’s chair would hardly have creaked a few times.
It was certainly not a slip of the tongue. DMK chief Karunanidhi was surely aware of what a fox is and what its characteristics are` when he described himself as one. Though he I was only referring to his ability to remain unruffled by the flutter caused by his opponents,
The first take was a disaster, having failed to evoke the fans’ hysteria as used to happen. The second take, yesterday, is an apology. The Actor known for his speed on screen appears to have lost his silken touch off it. The blasts that ravaged Kovai last Saturday continue
About sixty precious lives lost. Almost two hundred injured, some maimed for life. And BJP leader L.K Advanini has a miraculous escape as providence delayed his programme thereby saving him certain death. The sordid tale does no end there, as riots, arson inpting take over and the city Kovai reels under an orgy of violence for the umpteenth time in the last few months.
In the curtain raiser to this electoral circus on show, I had mentioned that buffoonery is not the sole preserve of the clowns and even serious players could at times offer comic relief. One such player has now obliged us.
No doubt the hands that murdered Rajiv have been brought to book. But then these hands were no more than mere robots, programmed to kill and in the process even destroy themselves, if necessary.
None of the twenty six convicted belongs to the DMK. The DMK stands exonerated.
So goes the Chief Minister’s refrain. The master script writer that he is,
Poll time is fun time. And on show at the Theatre of the Absurd, which is what India, that is Bharath, is, this Circus promises to be a whole-some entertainer. And as with all Circuses, while the main players slog it out at great risk….