SLAVISH MENTALITY
Prof Dr Colonel ( Retired) K Prabhakar Rao

Indians are very much at ease with dynastic succession. The same is true for State leaderships and more in central Governmnet leaderships. The very fact that Nehru dynasty has been ruling since gaining independence except for few years in gaps is the ample proof. Currently although PM's post is not accupied by a member of Nehru family, the entire strings are being pulled from behind by the same family. Now Rajeev's son is being groomed and projected to occupy the chair of Prime ministership of India. With Indian sentiments and slavish attitudes and disposition this could become true in future. Although kings and emperrors have vanished from the land, a new dynasty is growing , rather alreday grown. Thanks to the slavish and sychophant leaders who tend to be more camp followers in the party and in public. Indians have aped western democratic practices for the purpose of theory. But in practice they are fully violated and western values are dumped down the drain. These are reflected in the poems:

India became like a chicken plucked off its feathers
While it was enslaved by others
History's pages are replete of these incidents
And bitter wars were fought between brothers

The slavish spirit has gone into the blood
And the people are down with sentiments and fad
One after the other the dynasties ruled
The reading of history is of course very sad

At last the Mughals have vanished from Delhi
And the last Mughal@ was sent into a distant jail
The rule of English Queen commenced
That put India in spin as they twisted the tail
( @ Bahadur Shah II Zafar was the last Mughal emperor of course name sake. He was tried and convicted for taking part in the war of 1857 and sent to Rangoon jail in Burma where he died in detention)

The English men were at last thrown out
And the new dynasty started off
Nehru* ruled nearly for two decades
With his loyalist and slavish working staff
( * Jawaharlal Nehru was a great freedom fighter and ardent follower of MK Gandhi. He was the first Prime Minister of India after getting independence in 1947)
When Nehru died all were worried
That who would succeed him to the chair
His daughter was young and lacked experience
That pushed Shastri# for the nation’s care
(# LalBahadur Shastri took over as PM after Nehru’s death. He was very strong and honest person of very great integrity although physically weak and small in size. He successfully conducted 1965 indo pak war. But died at Tashkent while negotiating peace with Fileld Marshal Ayub Khan of Pakistan)
Shastri died soon in short span
And yet won the Indo-Pak war
His death opened the gates again
And for the Nehru clan power was never a bar
Indira Gandhi was the only daughter
That Jawaharlal Nehru had and groomed
She was at once pushed into the golden chair
And many senior’s career was thus finally doomed
Her rule lasted for nearly twenty eventful years
With a small gap of course in between
She won the Indo pak war of seventy one
And she remained strong like heavenly queen
The Sikh body guards shot her in cold blood
As a revenge for the Army attack on the golden shrine
The lady gave up life while in office
The militants however thought it was very fine

Fortune opened to her Son Rajiv Gandhi
As his younger brother Sanjay already met his doom
The stooges in the party at once gathered around him
And they were ready to serve him with a broom

The rule of Rajiv commenced at Delhi on grand scale
Again the seniors had to suck the thumb as their usual brand
The poor guy met his end near Madras at Perambadur
For sending Indian troops to fight militants into Lankan Land

The congress lost the power after few years
But soon gained it at the center with its usual copy cat crew
The stooges cried hoarse to make Rajeev’s wife as the queen
And this of course did not however come through
The secrets behind this drama are not known
Although claimed that the lady denied the throne
Manmohan Singh was found the safest bet
To hold the fort till her children have grown

Manmohan is sitting on the throne at Delhi
But the reigns are in the lady’s hand
The power is wielded in a proxy game
The dynasty carries on with sycophants playing the brass band

Rajeev’s son Rahul is now grown
Although very young and yet to learn the tricks of dirty game
The stooges in the party are already around the guy
Projecting him as the future king of great fame

Thus dynastic rule is a common feature in India
And Indians are happy with this usual and familiar game
Many stalwarts have reconciled to their sad fate
They have grown bald and are out of fame