Long gone are
the days when we used to play hide n seek, house-house, or for that
matter doctor-doctor. Shipload of plano games for kids have produced
bumper crop of engineers in our country. Next time just inquire, for all
you know your plumber may be a civil engineer or electrician an
electronics engineer who missed the sight of campus recruitment team and
hence, the flight to Silicon valley. Latest fad with our over-aged
politicians is to play the game of resignation-resignation. “You give
your resignation” “No…No first you” “It is your turn now” “Why me ? no I
wont give”. “I wont play with you” “O.K. let me give but promise you
wont accept it otherwise I wont play with you”.
We, the people of India that is Bharat are condemned to watch this,
sometimes with curiosity often with resigned boredom. Gone are the good
old days when Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned merely on the issue of a
single train accident, the present day Bahadurs (brave souls) do not
endorse taking any such ‘escapist route’ and bear the brunt of every
type with unabashed smile.
Come on man ! let us talk something else. There is politics behind every
such demand for resignation. There is politics in giving resignation.
There is politics in accepting resignation and in not accepting
resignation. There is politics all around us. Gandhi ji said “Politics
without religion is sinful”. We interpreted it our way and brought
politics into religion too. There is politics in sports, economics,
history, sociology you name it. In short we breathe politics, eat
politics, live politics and do politics over death also. This is called
‘womb to tomb’ theory. Some awakening this, no doubt. We may not be
economically, socially awakened but are immensely awakened politically.
When a minister resigns, whole country is abuzz with variety of rumors
carefully planted by hon’ble minister himself through his ‘chamchas’.
The TV channels starved of any meaningful news clamor to get to you the
‘Breaking News’. Newspapers compete with one another to hog the first
hand account of whatever, wherever, however. There is a full scale
battle of statements…counter statements, denials etc. etc. Pat comes the
news minister has stopped going to office. He has not visited office for
the past full two days, poor files, poorer clients.
I wonder in case I decide to resign, would anything happen ?
..nothing…nothing at all. Except my close family members none would care
to send a sympathy message leave alone sparing a tear or two. However,
sad it may sound but I am sure of it. Juniors will rejoice, they will
get their much awaited promotion now. Seniors will dismiss it with
practiced indifference and look for a better and readier yes man. No TV
channel, no newsman, however investigative, would bother to report this.
My maid nor milkman would bother. I keep brooding for days together what
else can I attempt to get into the news circuit. None would cajole, coax
or come to discourage me from resigning. File pushers like me get pushed
around everywhere. None would ask me to hold on, rethink, reconsider,
review. I would gladly wait but none would visit me requesting
reconsideration. These ‘do nothings’ will rather ensure that my
resignation is accepted post haste and am relieved of the post by
seeking special exemption from statutory notice period. They will
exaggerate my shortcomings and predict doom for me forecasting “had he
not resigned, would have to be terminated sooner than later”.
Thinking of this, I am moved both physically and emotionally. Why there
are two yardsticks ? because I didn’t become a politician, because I was
a bookworm, studious on the look out for a decent job to make both ends
meet. I did not participate in any strike, dharnas, demonstrations what
to talk of leading any of them. I did not subscribe to Hindu-Muslim
riots, nor did I raise the bogey of ‘religion in danger’.
Now tell me how a camera shy lesser mortal like me can ever get to page
three. Playing resignation-resignation is out. What other game ?
cricket…?O God ! you know how much politics. Hockey…? same ! may be even
worse. Plight of Pillai is known to all. The only option open, I feel,
is partying not political party but cocktail party, complete with two
three cine stars of present times and a few of yesteryears, few
socialites whose matrimonial status should at best be ambiguous, few
fashion designers whose sexual preferences should be dubious and atleast
one author who may be Indian but should essentially be writing in no
Indian language, should be controversial enough even before his first
book hits the stand.
Do not bother about the occasion, it could be anything, how about
celebrating my doggy’s birthday, followed by a revealing fashion show,
sizzling firang dances. Variety of drinks to go with Thai, Korean
Italian, Lebanese food. (Indian food ? are you mad ? who eats ? )My
friends are assuring and reassuring me of enough publicity to go on till
the next such party. I am beginning to believe them. After all by
tendering resignation also I am looking for nothing but publicity only.
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