Certain things in life, good or bad, right or wrong ought to be done in private. Sex is great, we do agree, but when the act is enacted publicly it becomes abhorrent and against morality which we are ‘bound’ to uphold in life. This consciousness separates or distinguishes human beings from the animal world. This lack of consciousness enables the animal kingdom to enact the great act in public, it becomes great and indispensable because it is devised by Nature or God (or call it by any other name you deem fit), for the perpetuation of their respective races. The creation of the male and female be it among the human beings, animal world, insects, plants or flowers, is for this specific purpose-to perpetuate the existence of their respective races.
Even ‘God men’ as well as ‘God women’ – here read fake – engage in this activity stealthily sometimes caught. (by the doubting Thomases) with their ‘pants down’ as they are supposed to follow the path of celibacy or practice celibacy. With investigative journalism on the rise, hidden cameras pose extreme nuisances or nightmares for these ‘fake sacred beings’ and certain political leaders who preach morality to the top of their voices to the vulnerable, gullible public. The fake Swamis and the politicians need to take care otherwise get caught in the act forcing them flee to unknown destinations, even take refuge at Haridwar, Badrinath or even the Himalayas thus ‘defiling’ those sacred pilgrim centres.
Now come to the heart of the matter. Last week was UP Chief Minister Miss (Kumari) Mayawati’s. She grabbed the national attention relegating all other issues of concern into the background. On March 15 during the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) the BSP Supremo was garlanded with 1000 rupee notes worth about Rs.21 lakh and according to some the amount is estimated to be 15 crore. A volcanic eruption of sorts followed among her political detractors and their ‘moral indignation’ knew no bounds. They took umbrage at the wanton display of wealth that too before the whole world including the media world which covered the scene indignantly perhaps amusingly. An arrogant megalomaniac Mayawati- how dare she a political leader that too claiming to be a Dalit and a champion of Dalits?
Kumari Mayawati was not to be cowed down by such ‘righteous indignation’ uproar or hullabaloo. She knows her worth.
The next week on March 21 at another function of BSP, her loyal followers arranged a garland of Rs.15 lakh (the exact amount not known for sure) and the leader was honored before the whole world that also covered by the vigilant media. She took the opportunity to declare her intention of accepting Rupee garlands at similar functions to be followed shortly and made it clear to her detractors or all concerned the venue would be announced later.
All parties, the national as well as the regional ones are naturally appalled at the wanton display of wealth by a party and its Supremo at a time when the State is reeling under drought, poverty, crimes and all such mind boggling occurrences. And, adding salt to the festering wounds imposing statues of Her Majesty, her Mentor Kanshi Ram, her ‘role-model’, Bhimrao Ambedkar got installed across UP and to keep those statues from getting vandalized are provided with round-the-clock security cover.
On watching these funny things gone are the days anger and umbrage as such things have become a daily phenomenon or order of the day across our country. In UP such things happened before the watchful eyes of public and vigilant media.
May I ask you one question? Whether the acts enacted in UP in broad daylight, is a horrible crime if such acts are enacted stealthily or covertly will it lessen the magnitude of the crime done in broad daylight?
The other day renowned and revered social activist Anna Hazarika went on a fast protesting against the pompous life style of the Maharashtra Ministers. He accused them of spending huge amounts for sprucing up their cabins while the State is under the grip of extreme poverty.
We are all aware of the ‘paid news’ syndrome, that gripped the whole nation during the recent elections. The mighty and wealthy politicians of our country during the campaign for the 15th general elections last year were competing with each other by bribing both the print and visual media- it is alleged that millions of rupees were pumped into the hands of certain media houses to get the hollow achievements and contribution of the aspiring millionaire candidates to their respective constituencies for grabbing seats in the Parliament or Assemblies, thus reaching up the corridors of power and in the process enabling them amass millions or billions several times the spent amount. A lucrative profession requiring no capital. The dirty game some in the media world played amounted to serious crime as it resulted in tarnishing the revered image of a vast section of honest media resulting in erosion of media ethics and values.
Our nation has turned out to be a vast quagmire of corruption, not even a single political party is an exception.
What I want to drive home is what Kumari Mayawati does in public other political parties of India do covertly and hence not worth taking them seriously.
Somebody might be inclined to ask whether the love-making in public a less serious crime? Don’t force me to burst out laughing. It has already gone public. After all sex is not a sin. It is great provided it is consensual.
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