Taking cue
from the recent lawsuit filed against Lord Rama for mistreating his wife Sita and JNU students' celebration of the 'Mahishasur Martyrdom Day', the
Congress has now demanded that a
posthumous Padma Vibhushan be conferred upon prince Kumbhakarna for the pivotal role
played by him in the epic Ramayana. The opposition party has threatened that
this will be a key issue in the budget session of the parliament, which will
not be allowed to function until their demand is met.
Congress
spokesperson Manish Tewari made the news official, ‘Every character in
the epic Ramayana has been given his due, but the mighty Kumbhakarna. This when he
was one person in the entire Ramayana who had his life sorted out. When everyone else was figuring out life and creating commotion, this Brahmgyaani was already resting in a higher state of consciousness. I
ask why do the communal forces not recognize his contribution. They need to
address this issue holistically or face consequences in the parliament.’
‘Look at the
list of Padma awardees this year. Not a single award has been returned. Even
those who refused awards last year are now accepting it. Isn't this enough evidence that the awards are rigged?", asked an enraged Renuka Chowdary. "If an award was given to Kumbhakarna we could at
least have made a case for him to refuse it,’ our reporter heard her murmur.
"Modi government's handling of these awards has immensely hurt Sonia Ji. I was told she had tears in her eyes as she proposed a Padma Vihbushan for prince Kumbhakarna", added an emotional Salman Khurshid.
Earlier today at Congress Headquarters
Our undercover correspondent brings to you the behind-the-scenes story from 24, Akbar Road.
At 10 am this morning the who’s who of the Congress think tank were spotted at the party
headquarters to brainstorm over this latest strategy to corner the Modi
government. Not willing to take any chances this time, relevant episodes from Ramanand
Sagar’s TV series were screened for everyone present.
As the audience walked out after the screening it was apparent that they had undergone an intense experience. Having the least idea of what they were about to witness, they were left spellbound.
Salman
Khurshid broke the silence, “This was an eye opener. I never realized
that the founding principles of our party come from the Ramayana.”
“Totally. The
majesty of Kumbhakarna’s sleep reminded me of the Nehruvian era”, added a dumbstruck Manish Tewari.
“And the way he devoured anything and
everything, I have seen this happen before my eyes,” Kapil Sibal turned
nostalgic.
Digvijay
Singh winked as he interrupted, “Sir, credit to aap ko bhi jata hai.”
Khurshid
joined the laughter, “Ha ha. So what next?”
“Kumbhakarna
ne khane ke baad kya kiya tha,” Sibal had his plans in place.
Digvijay knew
exactly what was going in Sibal’s mind, “Disrupt? You are so naughty, Kapil.”
Sanjay Jha
who had been a mute spectator so far turned emotional, “Only Rahul Baba could
have done this. He has discovered our roots for us.”
Tewari
suddenly turned thoughtful, “Wait a second, but disruption was followed by
Kumbhakarna’s annihilation.”
Sibal was
quick with his retort, “Tewari ji, ab aap Amit Shah ko bandar bol rahe hain.”
A huge laughter
ensued.
Last Evening at 10 Janpath
But how did
this stellar of an idea to confer a Padma Vibhushan to the monstrous prince
originate? Here is the insider story.
The Gandhis
have been showing keen interest in Indian epics off late since they believe that
a thorough understanding of these stories will be pivotal in tackling the rise
of Hindutva extremism in the country. All the Doraemon comics in Rahul’s
library have already been replaced by Amar Chitra Katha collections. Yesterday around 7pm, he came out of the library in a pensive mood and went straight to
Sonia who, not to be left behind, was herself watching the blockbuster Karan
Arjun.
‘Mumma, this
unstatesmanlike approach taken by Modi towards our neighbors disturb Rahul
Gandhi’, he said. ‘To solve a problem, we have to get to the root of the
problem. The communal forces had deceived the Sri Lankan prince Kumbhakarna by coaxing
his brother in the midst of a war. If we make amends for that, it will be a
game changer in India-Sri Lanka relations.’
Sonia’s eyes
went moist, partly because of the words of wisdom she just heard from her son
and rest because of the stellar performance from Rakhee(not the Sawant) that
she witnessed a while back. ‘Mere Kumahkaran ko uska veebshan milega’, is all
she could put to words. Immediately a message was flashed to the Congress
headquarters.
(This is the
first satire in the series “Rahul’s encounters with the Amar Chitra Katha” that
I am starting today.)
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