INTO THE
PAST WITH PAIN….140

                                              
Dr K Prabhakar Rao

 

 

(Gandhi, Nehru and Patel are seen  walking on a road in Hyderabad at Abids. They are as usual in
dress. They try to cross the road at  Taj
Mahal hotel crossing. They get trapped in traffic.  Suddenly many horns start blowing.  Entire traffic comes to halt. There is some
chaos

 

Gandhi. ohfo. What happened? Why this commotion

 

Patel. We tried to crossroad at wrong time.

 

Auto driver. Aye Buddhe 
hatt. Bewakoof kainka. Road paar karna 
nahee aata tho ghar may  Bhait.
Chal Hut ( hey old man. Idiot, if you do not know  how to cross the raod  sit at home. 
Move)

 

Patel. Bhai. Zara 
sambhaal ke bolo. Kya  Koyee
tameeznahee (  Brother,  Be careful in your talk. Don’t you have some
respect for elders?)

 

Auto driver. Kya bolata hai re. Bahut bolne lagaa hai  ( What are you saying? You are talking much.
Kaat ke phek daalunga ( I shall cut and throw 
you  out )

 

Nehru. Ohfo. Patel. Let us go from here. This guy appears to
be a lunatic.

 

(Auto driver gets down from the vehicle  and starts 
fighting with Patel. Patel 
catches the driver and  hammers
him black  and blue. He is dumped in the
auto while  more commotion  sets up. Some policemen arrive soon. Traffic
is fully jammed)

 

Policeman. What happened? 
Who beat this driver? Where is he?

 

Patel. I hammered him. He was threatening us. I had to defend
myself.

 

Policeman. You have to come to police station

 

Gandhi. What for?

 

Police man. For  beating this driver so much, you have to
answer. If this guy dies who is responsible?

 

Patel. Where were you when this driver was on us and
threatening like a goonda?

 

Police man. We have hundred and ten jobs. We can not be
every where. By the by who are you guys? You appear to be some anti social and
trouble creator.  You must  come to the road side. Traffic has to clear
up.

 

 Patel. That is fine.

 

( The policemen are busy clearing traffic and Gandhi
and  his friends slowly slip away from
there and  quickly cross over and
disappear  from the place.they land up in
a park that is close by. They sit on 
some benches.a street dog arrives with a news paper in its mouth.It goes
to Gandhi)

 

Dog. Bow  wow..  bow wow. I am  Mothi the Khoonkar dog of this area. Do you
have some thing to  eat.

 

Patel.  Kutta baba. We
just came here. We have nothing. Can I look at the paper?

 

Dog. Sure. I like you. You are straight forward.  You also did not hit me. Otherwise I would
have bitten you guys. I  have  the world record for biting people. Till day
I have bitten  25000 guys in this city
that includes some IAS , IPS officers and politicians including   MLA.

 

Nehru. Oh God. You are very great     dog. But how did you manage  to bite such 
senior officers  and politicians?.

 

Dog. Bow wow.. wow Bow.. I always wait at places where they
go for a walk in the morning.  They
become easy targets.

 

Patel. You are great.I am happy that you did not bite us.

 

 

Dog Ok see you  ,
Bow  wow..

 

( The dog scampers away. Patel picks up the news paper and
reads the titles)

 

Patel.  Yeah…  yeah..

 

 

Gandhi. Patel. What is there in the paper?

 

Patel. Bapu. It is printed that Rosiah the CM is badly
indisposed with viral fever

 

Nehru. Poor guy. He is old too.

 

Gandhi. I feel sorry for him. Poor man is  in great 
tension  with ministers digging
graves behind him.

 

Patel. That  is  very usual in politics.

 

Gandhi. But this man is highly troubled.  The 
guy Jagan   YSRs son is causing
him great stress with his  odaarpu yaatra
( consollingtrips)

 

Patel These are all tricks of the trade. But nothing will
happen to Rosiah jagan wibeleft alone

 

Nehru. I was told that Rosiah  is really not well.  H could not accompany PM  Manmohan singh to Tirupathi to clap around.

 

Patel. There are many guys for that. Governor has already
gone with PM.Hee..heee

 

Gandhi. funny part is that Geeth Reddy the minister for this
and that has gone to Delhi
suddenly to meet  high command

 

Nehru.  Lot of rumors are going around. Rosaih is still there.
There are speculations that geeth Radd   could be the successor  to Rosiah if he is unable to assume duties
again

 

Gandhi. what can go wrong?

 

Patel  Any thing.
After all he is very old. The poor old man is still alive and kicking in bed
and some going around with rumors. These jokers have no shame.

 

Gandhi. Some guys must be preparing ground for the lady minister.

 

Patel.  It could be
true.

 

Nehru. The minister has clarified that  all these are false news. Rosiah is still strong
and soon would assume duties.

 

Patel. That  will be
a  disappointment to  his enemies.

 

Nehru. All these are 
like jackals at  the grave

 

Gandhi. Please do not be that harsh. After all every one has
an ambition.

 

( They   suddenly
see  police men approaching the park )

 

Gandhi. Hope these police men  are 
not the same one.

 

Patel. I can not say. Anyhow it is better we hide.

 

( the trio quickly walk away from that place  and 
stand behind thick  bushes. The
policemen see here and there and go back )

 

Gandhi. These are the same guys who spoke to us in traffic.
They came searching for us.

 

Patel. True. We escaped.

 

Gandhi. we are not truthful. We were hiding. I feel bad.

 

Patel. Bapu. You have to be practical in these things. It is
better we escaped from them.

 

 Gandhi.  I feel like 
seeing Mr. Rosiah.

 

Nehru. Who will allow us?

 

Gandhi. How sad! There was a time when thousands waited to
see me. Now no onecares for me. Eee..eee

 

Patel Bapu.  Please
relax. Our days are over. Aslong as we are something all will run. Once the
position is over none cares. This is the life.   Same will happen to Rosaih. If he looses the
seat of CM who will care for him/ all the guys who are dancing around him  will 
refuse to recognize him. This is the way of world.

 

Gandhi. true..eee…eeee…aaa… ( Wipes his tears)

 

Patel. Bapu. Shall we go now. It is better we  do not 
move out for next  three days on
roads. Police men may catch us.  They
will forget us soon.

 

Gandhi. OK. Let us go.

 

( the trio  walk
away  from the rear gate and disappear)

 

                              CURTAIN FALLS

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