INTO THEPAST WITH
PAIN.. 134

                                      Dr K
Prabhakar Rao

 

(In a park in heavens some persons are seen chatting. It is
the park meant for  dignitaries and they
are all well dressed. They are Chatrapathi Shivaji, Sambhaji Raje, Subhas
Chandra Bose ( In full INA uniform), Sri Krishna deva raya , Rana Pratap and
Velu Thambi. Shivaji Maharaj, Sambhaji Raje Maharaj,  Rana Pratap and Krishna
raya are on throne like seats while others are also sitting on magnificent
chairs. Many are standing around with folded hands)

 

Pratap. Friends. I am happy to meet all of you   here.
We belong to different eras. But all of us are here together.

 

Subhas.Yes your highness Maharana Pratap. In fact I am very
thrilled to be with you. As a matter of fact I belong to the modern era and much
junior to you.

 

Shivaji Maharaj. Look Mr. Netaji. We know your achievements.
Here no one is less and no one is very great. We all have done our duties to
the mother land.

 

Subhas. Thank you your highness for your kind words. I am
obliged sir.

 

Shivaji. I learnt that our mother land is in great trouble
these days. Sambhaji raje told me that some elements are trying to divide the
nation again.

 

Rana Pratap. True dear friend Chatrapathiji. The sad part is
that the country was divided in 1947.

 

Shivaji. It was done after I left the world and after nearly
250 years. If I was there ,I would  have
skinned the people who were responsible for such thing, Jai Bhavani.( Shivaji
in tempo partly draws his sword Bhavani from scabbard and pushes it back with
strong click.

 

Pratap. How sad! Have we struggled our lives to see our land
in this shape? Shame to the people who brought the nation to this state.

 

Subhas. Your highness. In fact I struggled in the great World
War II to get India
freedom by armed struggle. But luck did not favor me. Japanese surrendered
after  Atom bambs were dropped on their
country by USA.
My dreams were shattered. I  had still
hopes  and plans.

 

Pratap. At times it happens. You must be knowing the   battle
at Haldi Ghat with Akbars forces. It was a very serious fight and I almost
killed Prince Salim who later became Emperor Jahangir.

 

Subhas. If you were successful history of India probably would have been
different.

 

 

I know it sir. Some of the Rajput Chieftains were siding
with Akbar and were in their service. They sold themselves like Man Singh.

 

Rana Pratap.  There
were many. If all Rajputs were united,   
Akbar would have run away to Kabul or Persia. Akbar
would have turned mad if I succeeded in killing Salim who was on  an elephant.

 

Sambhaji Raje. Such things happen history. I never thought
that I would be betrayed by my brother in law to Mughals.

 

Subhas. Your highness. Such Gaddars are therein India to day.
They were plenty in past in all eras. Hindus basically lost every where due to
the disunity and others won  using
treachery and deceit. Gaddars however helped them to maximum extent.

 

Raya. Gentlemen. All of you have spoken very well. You have
fought valiantly against Muslim oppression and the Englishmen too at later
stage in modern times. I am very happy that Shivaji Maharaj hastaken the
responsibility of defeating the designs of Aurangzeb to convert Hidustan into
an Islamic state. My empire defended south India for nearly 300 years. We
fought tooth and nail with Bahamni 
bigots at Gulbaraga and Bidar.Later we fought  five Deccani sultans.

 

Shivaji.I agree with you sir. I got great inspiration from
your life. I took over from where you left and ruled with sword in my hand.

 

Velu Tambi. Dear friends. We struggled against foreign
oppression. But at  every stage our own
countrymen betrayed us. It is shameful 
indeed. I think things are not different even today. Any numbers of
traitors are there.

 

Pratap. I do not know when this land would be free of these
traitors.

 

Velu Thambi. Probably 
we have to be reborn to free the land from the traitors and enemies.

 

Shivaji. That is very true I
appreciate your thoughts.

 

( From the people who are watching
them suddenly emerge Gandhi, Nehru and patel. They see Subhas sitting very
close to Shivaji Maharaj. They are surprised)

 

Patel.Hoi, Subhas. How come you are
here? Are you taking part in some drama

 

Gandhi. Hello Subhas .I find all
historical characters here. What is this drama being enacted?

 

Subhas. This is not drama.  We are real.

 

( Subhas gets up and introduces the
trio)

 

Subhas. Dear friends. These guys are
my friends and once colleagues while I was in congress party in India.

 

Pratap. What is this congress party.

 

Subhas. It is large group of people
who are committed to some thought.

 

Shivaji Maharaj. I see. That is
good.

 

Subhas. ( Showing Gandhi) He is mohandas
Karam chand Gandhi, He is titled as Father of Indian nation. The next man in
Achkan is Jawaharlal Nehru and is also titled Pandit ( Learned). The next man
is Sardar Vallabhai  Patel, the former
Deputy PM of India

 

Pratap. What is this PM?

 

Subhas. PM is something like Chief
Wazir.

 

( Gandhi, Nehru and Patel wish the
dignitaries saying Namaste.

 

Shivaji Maharaj. Kindly be seated
and offers seats to them and they sit down

 

Gandhi. I am very happy to meet
great people of past.

 

Rana Pratap. Thanks dear. Mr Subhas
said You fathered India.
How was it. During our time also Bharatvarsha was there. What is the new thing
you have done?

 

Gandhi. I have not done any thing
sir. People called me so.

 

Pratap. Were they crazy? When you
did not create Bharat why they should 
call  you father of India.?

 

Gandhi. What answer  can I give sir? I led the freedom
struggle  and the Englishmen finally granted
freedom to India.

 

Subhas. That is his back ground. The
other two are his staunch followers and occupied post of PM and Deputy PM after
getting freedom .

 

Velu Thambi.  Mr Subhasji, You were also with them for some time.

 

Subhas. Yes initially and later
parted ways   .   I was hounded out of Congress. The trouble
started when I won presidentship of     
Congress party and defeated Gandhis candidate Pattabhi Seetha Ramiah. It
was the turning point in my career. Never mind sir. I became wise. I realized
that the only way to win freedom was not by begging the Englishmen, but using
sword.

 

Shivaji Maharaj. That was manly
indeed. I appreciate your courage and sacrifice.Jai Bhavani.

 

Pratap. Jai Bhavani.I also
appreciates Sambhaji’s efforts It was full of spirit and was manly too.  

 

Raya. Nevertheless we appreciate Gandhi’s
sacrifice and his final    sacrifice too
although India
got divided.

 

Gandhi. Thank you sir  for appreciation. I was not responsible for
partition although many accuse me for leading to the vision.

 

Pratap. I feel bad because you guys
have accepted the division while we fought for a different cause. My ancestor
Rana Sanga fought Baber after his victory at Panipat ant Khanwa.

 

Velu Thambi. What is the use of this
freedom with truncated nation?

 

Nehru. Some thing was better than
nothing. Already freedom struggle got prolonged. Every one was getting
impatient.

 

Velu Thambi. Say rather getting
impatient for not gaining power.

 

Nehru. Sir. We were not after power.

 

Velu Thambi. In that case you should
have refused to become the PM.You happily jumped into the seat.

 

Nehru. I think I was best suited as
per Bapu.

 

Shivaji Maharaj. Who is this new guy
bapu?.

 

Gandhi. It is me. I am also called
Bapu fondly by my admirers.

 

Pratap. But everyone thought Patel
was better suited. We heard he was tough.

 

Patel. Look Gentlemen. I was very
much suited. But I was sidelined by Bapu. To console me  I was given Deputy Pm s post.

 

Nehru. You should be happy for that.
At least you got that. Be happy for that and thank Bapu.

 

Shivaji. Look Gentlemen. Please do
not fight here. You fought enough when you were alive. At least  be nice here.

 

Subhas.  I am sure these guys got relieved after my
disappearance after world war II in1945.I never surfaced any where.

 

Velu Thambi. Mr subhas were you
really killed in an air crash after World War II.

 

Subhas. Sir. Kindly pardon me. I can
reveal it.

 

Shivaji. We know that there is a
great suspense about your vanishing after the WW II.Your opponents were happy I
think that a great obstacle was removed on their way to power. We know that you
would have been voted to power if you surfaced 
after independence  of Bharat  and this gentleman  Nehru would have been sent on wild goose
chase for life.

 

 Subhas. What can I say.

 

Pratap.I  also know that the government  appointed may commissions one after the other
and no on could prove that you died in air crash  after WW II. As per records there was no air
crash on that day.

 

Velu Thambi. Many believe that you
were in Russian prison and some believe that you were deprived of your life by
the British agents clandestinely after capture. There are no proofs today for all
these  rumors.

 

Subhas. Please leave me alone. Sir ,
At appropriate moment I shall let the world know.

 

Shivaji. Mr Subhas. This is very
strange.  You  are a  very bold person. What prevents you from
telling truth?

 

Subhas. Your highness I shall reveal
when time comes.

 

Raya. Does all this means you did
not die in air crash? It looks like that.

 

Subhas. Your highness, I   can not say anything now.

 

Raya. That is OK. I shall not press
this issue.

 

Shivaji.. Friends. There is
certainly some secret in disappearance of Subhas after WW II and  some thing is 
definitely being hidden. Any how Subhas is not immortal and he has to leave
word some day. So he is with us. The only issue is whether he died in accident,
or done away with or died natural death after aging over. Probably truth will
come out one day.  Look M Gandhi and
Nehruji. One day truth will come out and every ones roll will be exposed.

 

Gandhi. There is nothing to fear for
us.

 

Raya.  Then it is fine.  Let us wait and see. Gentlemen. It is already
late. We shall meet some other day.

 

Shivaji Maharaj.That is fine. Jai
Bhavani

 

( All   shout loudly Jai Bhavani raising their
swords except Gandhi , Nehru and Patel. They have no swords. All  walk away )

 

                                             CURTAIN FALLS

                 

 

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