THE MAHATMA

Imagine Gandhi,
the half-naked Fakir
the apostle of non-violence
training guns on a
crowd of peaceful protestors.
Imagine Gandhi,
the apostle of integrity
who made no compromises
with honesty
in the garb of
a bureaucrat
entering into shady
deals with business tycoons
and amassing a huge
heap of currencies.
Imagine Gandhi
who swore by truth
donning the role of
a pathological liar
in every sphere of life.
Imagine Gandhi
the apostle of peace
in camouflage
in the position of
defence Minister
exhorting his soldiers
to take on the enemy
by the country’s soldiers
and piling up sophisticated
weapons in his armory.
Imagine Gandhi
the greatest democrat ever
turning a dictator
a malevolent dictator
letting loose a reign
of repression and terror committing
genocide in own country.
Imagine Gandhi
resurrecting from his grave
one of these days
and witnessing the khadi-clad
‘Gandhians’ plundering his
nation
what would be his reaction?