The Carnival Called Election It looks likes all Politicians; those young, not so young and even the very old; those who have been lying "spent" and exhausted after a roll in the hay, their orgy with corruption and debauchery for the past five years, have revitalized themselves with "ginseng" and are rearing to take off yet again. Those who have been snoring away to glory unheard of in the past five years have just got up and are coughing and puffing their lungs out, letting people know that they are still alive and kicking. I had not realized that the white haired "lion" was still alive, till I read his statement in the news paper the other day. I thought he was dead and cremated soon after the last election.
The election dates are all set and the monkeys are up and about jumping from branch to branch, tree to tree. I am not so sure if they are in heat and looking for a mate or just a suitor, a buffet table or a freebee? Lalu has detached his bogey from the Bihar-Delhi Express of the Congress train and got himself hooked with his nemesis in Bihar's Local Mail, while on the other side of the fence Naveen Patnaik has pulled himself out of the saffronised axis of the communal BJP and shackled himself to the SP bandwagon of Mayawati, along with the Left Front, to form the so called Third Front. Whether it will remain a Third Front or a Tattered Front only time will tell. On yet another front Uma Devi who has been playing hide 'n seek with the BJP on numerous occasions, has promised her full support to the balding Parrot, who only recites the Hindutva mantra, "I will build Ram Temple", probably forgetting Ram, Jesus, Allah or any other name for the Almighty, lives more in the hearts of people, rather than the structures we build, and thinking he was born to be PM of India, but whose aspirations are yet to be fulfilled. Only time will tell if India will wear the saffron turban, meanwhile the ex-queen of Tamil films Jaylalitha the "keep" of the great MG Ramachandran, sitting on a powder keg of the LTTE, is in a quandary as to whom to support, not sure which side the winds will be blowing. Will she blow rest of the fronts to kingdom come ? Only time will tell. Looking at the a few young names, that have come over the horizon, I had a feeling that may be perceptions and realities in Indian politics will change and wham, comes a blot of lightening and smothers all those aspiration to mere ashes, by the foot in the mouth hate speech of Varun Gandhi. Is this the future we want for India? Dirty politics to the fore again, BJP claim they have nothing to do with his speech but they still support his candidature. Where is Indian Politics heading ? I was very happy, that Shashi Tharoor has joined politics, it's educated people of his stature and quality that are required in Indian politics at the moment and the communal people filled with hate, the likes of Varun Gandhi, that we can do without. In India Elections are like the Carnival, there are personalities, there is flare, both are extravaganzas, both are watched with equal zest, mass participation and a lot of money flowing and clowns a plenty on all sides. The carnival has really began, masks, make up kits and the different costumes are available in plenty, to hide the obvious aberrations, from the public eye. They will all try to display passion and jest to cover up their obscure vision, spewing an unending list of soon to be forgotten promises. King Momo and his brigade of jokers will line in and zoom on at every possible street corner to perform "khel tiatr" or any act that will impress the local populace with their guile. There will be money flowing out of every political well, like oil flowing from of the Gulf. Bars and restaurants will be patronized and free food will be served and liquor will flow like water from a stream. The slogan will be "eat, drink and be merry at our cost" but be certain that Goa will pay and pay very dearly, as we have been paying. If we Goans fall prey to the dirty conniving tactics of these corrupt politicians, it will most certainly not be a comedy by errors but rather tragedy by design. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
