majelelo: :|: MHO :|: We become gods in democracy

Sunday, May 17, 2009

:|: MHO :|: We become gods in democracy

We become gods in democracy

ONCE�

in five years I feel like a god.�

� rather every time there is�

a general elections.

Of course,�

that's true during the Assembly elections too.

So how did I feel this time round,�

in the run-up to the polling?

� A large number of candidates

� were seeking my favour.�

They were offering,�

through all kinds of means,

� their obeisance to me.

� They offered penitence for the sins

� committed over the last five years and prior to that too.

� They were ardently seeking my forgiveness,

� and they were praying,�

with such apparent sincerity,

� to be absolved of all their sins.

� They, through their manifestos,�

were trying to express their resolutions for the future.

� Resolutions drawn with the best of intentions.

� They were seeking to do everything for

� the citizens based on the most lofty of ideals.

From where and how were these ideas and ideals�

that were hidden all along suddenly spring up?�

Only�

they will be able to reveal it,�

if perchance they are willing to.

How did they approach me?�

In person, through rallies,�

through flyers and handouts,�

and through the media, both print and electronic.

� And the approach was outrageously loud.�

Sometimes their extra presence

� in my space was even bugging.

� I would sit down to listen to some nice music,

� for instance, on an FM channel�

and there they would arrive once again,

� on air, bombarding me with their lofty ideals.

� And worse�

they came and complained about the others,�

the others who were also seeking my favour.�

They were forgetting sayings such as:

� 'Those who live in glasshouses�

should not throw stones at others'.

I waited,

� and waited patiently allowing them

� to employ whatever means they�

wish to for cajoling me, for entreating me.

� Then they gave me one free day.�

I don't really know�

if I needed a quiet day to make my decision about their fate.

And then came the Day of Judgment.

The day of voting.

And so I walked down to the polling booth,

� not minding the heat. It was hot,

� for it was post-11 in the morning in the month of May.

Then I stood before the EVM,�

the electronic voting machine.�

All those names stared at me with their symbols.�

With hope and expectation.

� For what?�

Then I pressed the button and a red light gleamed.�

Done.�

Her/his fate was sealed,

� as far as I was concerned.

I liberated all the other candidates.

Only the one against whom the red light

� gleamed was trapped.�

S/he, in my reckoning,

� needed to do something out here.

Of course,�

I realised that�

what they were all seeking during�

all that time of entreating and praying�

was to get trapped.�

They were not seeking mukti,

� salvation, that we seek of god.

A summation of the decisions of so many gods�

across the country will ultimately decide

� who will form the government.

Or at least we assume so.

And then?

� Well, the tables will turn dramatically.

� All those who sought our favour and

� who won will become powerful gods for the next five years.�

Commanding every power.�

And we, the mass of electorate,

� will become the meek ones.�

To become gods once again after five years.

But there is nothing to complain.

Thanks to India being a democracy�

at least we become gods once in a while,

� isn't it?

Hinduism is more a way of life than a method of worship.

Dharmo Rakshati Rakshithaha

If you protect Dharma, Dharma will in turn protect you.

Hindus, If people slap you once, slap them twice!

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