A spoonful of glory to the original bhakts of Politics
During my recent weekly Sunday tryst with the TV , I
stumbled upon a news channel playing an
old clip of Navjot Singh Sidhu, arguably the biggest Oratorical Discovery of
the 21st century, blaring hyperboles in a jam packed auditorium.
Since the audience seemed quite in thrall of the rhetorical Extravaganza, I
decided to watch the entire speech on YouTube.
As it turned out, he was speaking at the Congress party’s 84th
plenary session. A large part of his half an hour loud fest was dedicated to litany
of praises for the Gandhi Family. Right from
the mention of ‘Sonia Ji’ as the most respected Lady of the country to his Pledge-until-death for catapulting ‘Rahul
Bhai’ to the Ramparts of Red Fort’ to his expression of gratitude for Priyanka
Gandhi, his words were laced with
fawning veneration.
Whilst the supporters of BJP, for their zealous and
uncritical following of Narendra Modi have been garnering all the attention, ith Bhakt becoming new buzzword, Navjot Singh Sidhu, with this speech
has brought back the spotlight on the real champion of the Indian Political
system; the real force that has been
moving the creaky wheels of Indian politics for ages. And thy name is Chamcha.
Long before Bhakts bursted onto the scene, this species has dominated the Indian Polity. And every party has its own flock completely submitted to the pantheon of their political gods. Sprawled over the floor genuflecting to their Behan jis, Cleaning shoes of their Neta jis and devoutly placing pictures of Ammas and Thalavars on their car dashboards, these Chamchas are the original Bhakts of Indian Politics.
Long before Bhakts bursted onto the scene, this species has dominated the Indian Polity. And every party has its own flock completely submitted to the pantheon of their political gods. Sprawled over the floor genuflecting to their Behan jis, Cleaning shoes of their Neta jis and devoutly placing pictures of Ammas and Thalavars on their car dashboards, these Chamchas are the original Bhakts of Indian Politics.
Unfortunately, they have been overshadowed by the tech savvy, tweet happy army of trollers
with nothing much but a few swear words in the lexicon, disregard for contrarian point of View and
lack of logic to their credit.
Chamchas on the
other hand are hard-working, tireless servants of Indian Politics (Oops
Politicians) . They celebrate the birthdays of their leaders with festive fervor
and scale. They offer them Laddoos as large as a proverbial
dinosaur egg, skyscraping birthday cakes that pierce through the stratosphere,
and Garlands that can encircle almost half the earth.
They brave scorching sun, severe cold, Harsh rains for just a glimpse of their
leader. And a handshake or even a glance of approval from the Supreme Being in
their direction is enough of a reciprocation to make it all worth it.
Bhakts display their valiance from comforts of an AC room in the safe battlefields of social media pages, with their venom spewing words.
But It’s the chamchas that wield the real bravado. Willing to kill and be killed, cause notwithstanding.
Bhakts display their valiance from comforts of an AC room in the safe battlefields of social media pages, with their venom spewing words.
But It’s the chamchas that wield the real bravado. Willing to kill and be killed, cause notwithstanding.
Its high time we get over bhakts and restore the glory of the real stars of Indian Political
ecosystem. Its time we give the chamchas
their pride a place in the table. Long
live the chamchagiri
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