INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN.130

 

                                       Dr K
Prabhakar Rao

 

 

(Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen sitting in a small room in
heavens. They are busy discussing some thing.)

 

Gandhi. Patel. Nowadays I hear great commotion of world cup
football

 

Patel. Yes, bapu.

 

Gandhi. How  come it
has become suddenly so popular in India?

 

Patel. I am also surprised.

 

Nehru. Hee..heee

 

Patel. What is there to laugh?

 

Nehru. I am laughing because you guys are discussing sports
out of all problems.

 

Gandhi . Sports is equally important for national well
being.

 

Nehru. True. I know India is crazy of only one sport.
That is cricket.

                                   

Patel. Haa…haa. In India  kids are 
born with  cricket bats in their
hands.

 

Nehru. While in Brazil, kids are born with
footballs in their hands.

 

Gandhi. In America
many are born with base ball clubs in their hands.

 

Patel. Haa.haa..hee..hee

 

Nehru. Hoo..hoo…hoooo…heee…heee ( sings and does break dance)

 

In India
every joker plays only one  thing

It is the game of cricket no more a gentleman game

Whole nation comes to grinding halt

Whenever Sachin hammers and attains fame.

 

Patel. That is fine. Jawaharlal. I never knew you have
some  sense of humor too.

 

Nehru. Am I so dry?

 

Patel I never said that way. I appreciated your poem that
was sarcastic. You are correct. Indians are crazy and mad of cricket. No other
game appeals to them.

 

Gandhi. True. India is such a big nation. It is
next to China  in terms of population. Yet we can  not win gold medals in  world  
sport events. We stand at the lowest 
of the lists.

 

Patel. We  can not win
gold, silver and even bronze. For us they must institute leather medals as king
Tughlaq introduced leathercoins..

 

Gandhi. Pakistan
is no better..

 

Patel. This is the tragedy. We compare ourselves to the
neighbor that  is no  match to us .

 

Nehru. I  do not know
why we can not compete in foot ball?

 

Patel. Look. we are physically weak. We have no stamina.
Foot ball game requires great stamina. Indians can never have it. Our climate
and food habits make us that way. We are underfed mostly and are
vegetarians.  Certain food items are taboo
with us. Then what can be expected from Indians?

 

Gandhi. Hee..hee.. Well said. Are we good in any thing?

 

Patel. Yes. Why not? We have high birth rate.

 

Gandhi. Haa..haaa.heee..hee.

 

Patel. We used to be great hockey game nation. We were at
the top.

 

Nehru. We have been pushed down the ladder by others. We
stand no where. Politics in Hockey has destroyed the game.

 

Gandhi. True Indians are good at
destroying the existing things. We can not look after our heritage structures.
I learnt that  a month ago the great
tower at Kaalahasthi temple built by great Krishna
deva Raya 500 years  ago fell down  due the carelessness of the  government. It developed cracks and it was
known to the authorities. None did any thing. Now we have lost it. Why talk of
all these things? We have destroyed our gtrat nation by partitioning them in
1947.

 

Patel , Bapu. Are you talking
these things? Strange indeed. Coming to Rayas tower,  Government would build it soon. They have
plenty of poor mans money as taxes.

 

Gandhi. This is good opportunity
for swindlers to  grab some money in the
contract.

 

Patel.  That is the way in which Indians are experts.

 

Gandhi. Ha..haa..haa ( sings and
dances jig)

Indians are good in swindling

And throughout the year they are
at it

They do not spare even a sparrows
nest

The nation is looted bit by bit

 

Patel. Yeah. Well sung Bapu.You
are  great.

 

Gandhi. That I had been always.We
were discussing Foot ball and sports. We must do some thing to win  this game.

 

Patel. Bapu, We must change rules
of foot ball.  We are useless in foot
ball. We can never win against the Western countries or Africans.We must  appeal to change the goal dimensions whenever
we play. We must have the existing goal frame 
for defense while for attack  we
must accept goal with  double the size.
Then we can hit many goals  while our
opponents can not score   many. Rules
must be changed. For penalty corner we must be allowed to kick the ball from a
distance of six inches from goal while same is not true for opponents.  Then we can win world cup. After all we are
poor in physical strength.

 

Gandhi. It is a very good
suggestion.  I think you must be given
Bharat Ratna for this suggestion

 

Patel. I already got Bharat Ratna.

 

Gandhi. That was a joke. This time
it will be real.

 

Nehru. Haa.haa..haa

 

Patel. Bapu . Thanks As it is
Bharat Ratna is the greatest joke in this land. I do not want to be a party to
it. I am getting embarrassed by having it. Even 
if I sell it no one is ready to take it.

 

Gandhi. Let it be with you. Some
day it may fetch something to you. It may become antique piece with great
value.

 

Nehru. True. Patel. Plesae believe
Bapus words. There is some truth in it.

 

Gandhi. why some truth? it is
full.( sings and does jig)

 

I always tell truth

Even if my neck is to be cut

In future never say such thing

Or else I shall confine myself to
a hut

 

Nehru. Sorry Bapu. We did not mean
any disrespect to you.

 

Gandhi. That is ok. Shall we  call it a day? I am tired

Patel. That is fine

 

( Patel and Nehru  walk away from the room)

 

                                   CURTAIN FALLS

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