Thursday, April 24, 2014

U is for... Uttar Pradesh – A land gone to the goons




Once upon a time, in the land of Uttar Pradesh, a great man was born. He grew up to be extremely talented in duping people and earning their trust. Very soon he became the Chief Minister. After giving the state to the thugs, he let another party win. 

When his son grew up, this man took cue from Madam and let his successor manage the state of affairs. The son was seen as a ray of hope and naive people from my land gave the party another chance...

With frequent power cuts, the state remains a candle maker’s paradise. Every bhaiya eyes this land because they get utmost respect here. Development is in the form of elephants made of stone. Education – well, only if women could step into the universities without being eve-teased. 

Forget progress, the party leaders are downright regressive and, what seems the only appropriate word for them, retarded. In a recent statement this leader, who thinks he now has a chance of even becoming the Prime Minister, said that boys make mistakes and hanging them for rape is an unfair penalty.Another leader from the same coveted party said, "If a woman is caught (in a rape case), then both she and the boy should be punished. In India, there is death penalty for rape, but when there's consensual sex outside marriage, there's no death penalty against women." 

You would think they were being forced by some divine power to say something like this when a third kind soul took the tag and remarked that those who fought for victory in Kargil were not Hindu soldiers, in fact the ones who fought for our victory were Muslim soldiers.

These three witty statements that were made in quick succession during the month of April, when our country goes to vote, have been the worst publicity stunts of all time. The chain of events was not exactly in this order, but those words, those exact words were used. If I could, I would slap the people who made these remarks. And to think of it, people are all over a new leader who is at least trying to do some good. God forbid, if we have these charismatic people in top positions in the centre this time, we all would need to look for citizenship elsewhere.

I am not kidding. This land is the land of Taj Mahal. It is the land of tehzeeb, adab and tameez. The holy Ganges runs through it. You would meet the sweetest and simplest people here. It is my birth place and I love it. But this, this is something that is beyond me. Earlier, monkeys just inhabited Ayodhya but now, they are all over the place. I think we need to brace up for the worst because this dance of democracy might just hurt the whole nation.

11 comments:

  1. What were they thinking? No really? I have a hard time believing that there are people who are this dumb.

    And brace up, we have to. Otherwise, I really don't know that the point of being the largest democratic in the world is.

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  2. Sad and there are folks who feel proud to have such Leaders !! bloody bastards

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  3. 'Boys make mistakes!' you know that small mistake they did inside a moving bus on Dec 16 2012 to an innocent paramedical student? Mistakes like that... we have to forgive them...they are small boys u see.

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  4. I wonder if these men even came out of a woman. I am being very blunt here. Sad state of mind!

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  5. Well I have lived in Gorakhpur for 4 yrs during my engineering and my husband Is from UP..even he wonders what can save it...

    U for Uncanny-Random Thoughts Naba

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  6. these things makes my blood boil!! how could anyone be so stupid and non chalant to such grave incidents.

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  7. A sad state of affairs. Hopefully the winds of change will blow and things will right themselves.

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  8. well written Nisha. You have taken up a complicated issue and conveyed it in a simple and crisp manner. Sadly examples of our so called leaders are found across the country. Your home state is not alone :(

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  9. Its a very sad state indeed. After a recent visit to the Taj Mahal I realized how pathetic the place was. If the Taj wasn't in UP, I'm sure no outsider would have stepped in there.

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    1. I was appalled at the state of everything around the Taj. How could they be so careless and so, actually stupid, to keep such a beautiful place in such a state. Sad, really.

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  10. The people who would have become the sadistic land lords in olden days have chosen politics now. . They want the same thing and they are doing the same thing. . Loot and plunder. .

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Your sweetness makes my day. Gentle criticism will be taken in the right spirit too :)