jueves, 29 de abril de 2010

Emperor's new clothes

Thousands of meek, opinionless, brainwashed subjects, standing in scorching heat at high noon, yet cheering their leaders who arrive in choppers or in posh airconditioned cars to mount cool podiums. The subjects see their leaders in crisp designer kurtas and saris. 'See how neat their clothes are', is all that could come out of their mouths.

'Because they are the leaders and could therefore do no wrong', shout the cheerleaders on tv.They repeatedly keep hammering the guillibles, who watch in awe their leaders from ditches, rat-holes and cess-pooles. 'Because they are the leaders who have ruled the nation for 60 years and can do no wrong, submit to their wishes or perish!'

There are no guesses as to what will be the fate of such an unfortunate Kingdom. The only hope is the youth of the Kingdom who may, one day, muster enough courage to shoot an arrow of truth to the crowd and call out, 'Hey! These dudes are as naked as a jay bird!'
Only then a new chapter will begin in the history of one such mythical Kingdom known as India.