An appointment was made available to me by a print
journalist friend regarding a book review. It goes without saying it was
important favourably, I was thankful to my friend too. During that week it remained
unmet due to my urgent travel plans. After a good deal of time gap, I got back
to her asking for another chance, my friend stood unconvinced, determined with
a big No and tagged me...
‘You are casual about appointments. You were irresponsible
when you knew you had a travel listing up that week, yet again you nodded for
the meet up.’
I tried to explain there must be some communication gap as I
fairly remember of texting about my inconvenience, my friend snapped me back,
‘Grow professional.’ She was immovable for her point that I had clearly missed
out a fine chance as opportunity comes once.
Making such beautiful impressions of own, I was feeling like
a fish out of water and continued sputtering SORRYs. She remained unavailable
for another chance, teaching me a big time lesson.
The above is just not a behavioural discussion between my
friend and me; it could be taken as an exemplary narration, to guide the
current political behaviour of our country, in the happening General
Election. My friend is all the voters
across India; I am all the Political parties in our play.
My friend provided me a golden opportunity; I took that as
UPA has taken its ruling period for ten years, pleading like me for another
chance to stop all scams happened with them, blinking eyes like me, like our
current Prime Minister, explaining like me I am innocent, still shit happens
you know.
I was NDA then. The lion from the Gir forest. I roared my
friend should just give me a fresh opportunity this time seeing my convenience,
my power, not on basis of last incident. Who cares for that? I, like Modiji
might deserve a new opportunity, but what about the belief my friend had showed
last time like all voters had put in UPA. What guarantees a more professional,
less irresponsibility, not at all casual behaviour from me, or like from NDA if
availed power hopefully.
My patience was draining out fighting back for the right
impression as what I was actually, very much like AAP. All the voters should
just believe me, just believe, what uncorrupted Kejriwal says about corrupt
India, not what he performs in the first little chance he bagged, like I
claimed before my friend just to listen to me, turn blind to my conduct. If
not, I would get her off, or just resign off just because my proposed bill is
not trusted or voted.
No, I did not give up. I had made my impression for true but
it’s never late or too late to change it. I resorted to our the CM, Mr. Patnaik
who has been regardless to criticisms in his tireless effort to keep himself unstained, and probing
himself not just right, but never the wrong one, likely to be more giving next
time, like me, to get another chance, and a few more too.
I don’t expect my friend would entertain any such irresponsibility
from me this time. Yet I try to clean my blurry image. My dear all voter
friends too, please, don’t entertain any such unruliness from any party friends
like me, once again despite caste, note or any such thing, as my friend is yet
unforgiving to my lacks despite our good friendship. And political cub, lion,
dog, cow like me watch out your appointments this time carefully. You dare a
get another chance.
