In life there's ample scope for farces to be played. In many cases, it's resorted to tide over a difficult situation or to cover up a mistake. But what happens when those people who hog the limelight 24x7 resort to it? Since they're quoted and quoted again by the ever prying media, the falsehood becomes glaring. Let's go through a few of those that are doing the rounds much to the mirth of us commoners:-
(a) The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee has been in confabulations for the last few days to analyse
the party's poll performance. Though it's done fairly well in the state, had discretion been shown in the
selection of candidates, the party could have fared even better. But the party's dismal performance at
the national level was another matter altogether.The state's unit of the party wanted to avoid direct
pin pointing at individuals - read Rahul Gandhi. In fact, when one of its senior leaders, TH Mustapha,
had said it out openly, he was suspended pronto! - And at the finale, they went ahead and praised the
young man for his dynamic qualities of leadership! Farce no. 1!!
(b) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written to the Director, Special Protection Group that the special security
cover accorded to her and her husband should be withdrawn forthwith. Vadra was exempted from
being frisked at the airport in the VVIP category. She goes on to say in her letter that it was never
asked for by anyone from the family but was provided at the insistence of the past bosses of the SPG.
Did it take a rout in the election to realise that after years of enjoying the privilege? Farce no. 2!
(c) The Chief Minister of UP, when quizzed by a young lady journalist about the gruesome rape and
hanging of the two teenage girls at Etawah, tells her that she should be happy that she's
safe! Is it arrogance or anger at the miserable performance of his party in the recent polls? Would
he have shown the same insensitivity if such a dastardly act had been committed on any one of his
kith and kin? Farce no.3!
(d) The general grouse among the Congressman, spearheaded by Ajay Makken is on Smriti Irani's -
the new minister of the Human Resource Development in Modi's cabinet - educational qualifications.
Why hadn't he raised this point on the ministers of his party's government of which, he too was a
part of, till recently? Farce no. 4!
(e) Omar Abdulla's, the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, abrasive comment on the continuance
of his state within India if and when the central government were to abrogate Article 370 of the
Indian Constitution. Not long ago, he'd captured our collective imagination and appreciation when in
Parliament he'd announced that he was proud to be an Indian. Were those words of his mere verbal calisthenics to score brownie points, then? Farce no. 5!
(f) The decision by the governments of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to include the life and times of
Narendra Modi in the educational curriculum. Sycophancy, yet again? Thankfully, the PM himself
has shot down the idea! Why did the governments do it in the first place? Farce no. 6!!
I can go on and on about such farcical happenings and hence, I stop for the time being!
Tailpiece.
The air conditioning system of my Chevy has been erratic for a while and I'd taken the car to the servicing station for remedy. But alas, even at the end of the day, they haven't been able to pin point the fault. I might have to pull back the car from there tomorrow as I've an urgent requirement to go to Kochi on Monday.
(a) The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee has been in confabulations for the last few days to analyse
the party's poll performance. Though it's done fairly well in the state, had discretion been shown in the
selection of candidates, the party could have fared even better. But the party's dismal performance at
the national level was another matter altogether.The state's unit of the party wanted to avoid direct
pin pointing at individuals - read Rahul Gandhi. In fact, when one of its senior leaders, TH Mustapha,
had said it out openly, he was suspended pronto! - And at the finale, they went ahead and praised the
young man for his dynamic qualities of leadership! Farce no. 1!!
(b) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written to the Director, Special Protection Group that the special security
cover accorded to her and her husband should be withdrawn forthwith. Vadra was exempted from
being frisked at the airport in the VVIP category. She goes on to say in her letter that it was never
asked for by anyone from the family but was provided at the insistence of the past bosses of the SPG.
Did it take a rout in the election to realise that after years of enjoying the privilege? Farce no. 2!
(c) The Chief Minister of UP, when quizzed by a young lady journalist about the gruesome rape and
hanging of the two teenage girls at Etawah, tells her that she should be happy that she's
safe! Is it arrogance or anger at the miserable performance of his party in the recent polls? Would
he have shown the same insensitivity if such a dastardly act had been committed on any one of his
kith and kin? Farce no.3!
(d) The general grouse among the Congressman, spearheaded by Ajay Makken is on Smriti Irani's -
the new minister of the Human Resource Development in Modi's cabinet - educational qualifications.
Why hadn't he raised this point on the ministers of his party's government of which, he too was a
part of, till recently? Farce no. 4!
(e) Omar Abdulla's, the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, abrasive comment on the continuance
of his state within India if and when the central government were to abrogate Article 370 of the
Indian Constitution. Not long ago, he'd captured our collective imagination and appreciation when in
Parliament he'd announced that he was proud to be an Indian. Were those words of his mere verbal calisthenics to score brownie points, then? Farce no. 5!
(f) The decision by the governments of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to include the life and times of
Narendra Modi in the educational curriculum. Sycophancy, yet again? Thankfully, the PM himself
has shot down the idea! Why did the governments do it in the first place? Farce no. 6!!
I can go on and on about such farcical happenings and hence, I stop for the time being!
Tailpiece.
The air conditioning system of my Chevy has been erratic for a while and I'd taken the car to the servicing station for remedy. But alas, even at the end of the day, they haven't been able to pin point the fault. I might have to pull back the car from there tomorrow as I've an urgent requirement to go to Kochi on Monday.
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