Son and Son in law

Faith was the common thread
tying the paths they tread,
in power and its sweet proximity
to aid fattening one's kitty
at the expense of people's bread

They both knew the knack of using a laughably low working capital to build a staggeringly rich empire. One was the son, other the son in law. One allegedly threatened the bureaucrats and other government officials with looming angry phone calls from Chief minister's office if his whimsical wishes were not speedily rubber stamped.  The other possibly did not have to resort to these crass means due to a largely pliant state government willing to let him have any piece of land or financing he fancied. 

One diversified like a multi national corporation. Real estate, Cement, Print and online publications, televsion channel - no one can point a finger at him for lack of ambition. The other stayed focussed. Real estate was what he believed in with a new convert's feverish zeal and accumulated stamp papers with the delight of a philatelist collecting rare stamps.

One was caught. Stopped in his tracks by his own ambition that was scorned by the powerful lady. CBI duly followed it up with a thorough investigation and let him cool his heels behind bars for an year and half. He eventually managed to wriggle out of the hole and led a much moneyed campaign shooting for the top job of a state. Public took his freebies, which probably were their property to begin with, and showed him the door. Uncertainty stares One's dark face now.

The other is still at large and quaking in his boots at the prospect of fresh investigations to be instigated by the new dispensation. Only his near and dear -count two- won the election but everyone else ready to lick boots at a flick of finger lost hopelessly. Few friends are in power and fewer will be willing to bat for him if a fresh slew of allegations perchance surface. The old coterie is beaten, divided and left to licking its wounds in a corner. Its own futures a haze, it would not dream of steadying a loser's ship buffeted by strong winds of change. Larger uncertainty stares Other's dark now.

The week that was - 4 Jan 2014

It started with Alok Nath, who was never on twitter trending, and reaching the topspot in India. No one really knows why it happened.

All said and done, he was graceful enough to admit that he's taking the jokes in his stride.

the game of fleeting popularity
Twitter's own pecurliarity
pushed the one of righteous path
to the top, Guruji Alok Nath
in a stroke of singularity

Then the silent one opened up - that was the only surprising part as he did not deviate from the script that was probably handed to him by the high command.

the silent sufferer steps up, speaks
of his government's troughs and peaks
failing to get an endorsement
from any men of the moment
historical importance is what is seeks

AAP's every move is being watched closely, dissected thoroughly and analyzed endlessly. Kejriwal's decision to move to a 5 room house, the party's move to use Innovas - there is no end to it.

he's the new kid on the block
with his newly elected flock,
obsessed with his every move
naysayers are out to prove,
that he cannot walk the talk

Dhoom 3 is a hit

He arrived, seeking to quit,
The final act as silly dimwit
proving perseverance pays
in mere three short days
is declared a massive hit

 

Uday Chopra propelled Dhoom 3 to 100crs in 3 days  :-)

The week that was

India and Australia diss homosexuals, the message boards are afire

Indignant hordes
on message boards
endeavouring to put real
thought into their vitriol
on homophobia's new inroads

India's deputy consul general lies in immigration papers and faces the consequences. She's arrested and handcuffed in public when dropping her daughter at school. Is the force of law mightier when applied to Indians? Only Strauss Kahn episode comes to mind against that suggestion, but his crime was grave. I'm in doubt.

everywhere aplenty the soundbyte
that the black, the brown and the white
are equal in the eye of the law
in practice one sees a flaw
when a non-white faces legal might

Something new is happening in New Delhi. There is no mad scramble by BJP or AAP to form a government.

all and sundry in a fix
short of magic thirty six
common man in New Delhi
the one who matters really
is the reason, furbished politics

Same old story

Devyani K held for visa fraud

Emerging here is an old strand
of behavior, desi brand,
flouting rules with impunity
and then seeking immunity
truly foreign's the law of the land

On parole again

Sanjay Dutt received another approval to take a break from his imprisonment. Link here

It is a common prisoner's plight
to rot in his cell with no respite
Only the big and mighty shall
receive repeated parole approval
But then, freedom's their birthright!

Delhi election results

The counting's about to begin
To end months of electoral din
The good, the bad and the ugly in fray
Will finally know their fate today
pray, may sachchaayi and imaandaari win