Yes madam, we know..!

Friday, December 24, 2010 - Ah madam do you see yonder figure on that pedestal?” “It is a bronze statue!” “Yes madam, we know! Just look at the statue’s face!” “A picture of integrity!” “Yes madam, we know, and do you see the way he sits on his horse?” “So dignified!” “Yes madam, we know! And look at his bearing, his body language!” “A picture of sobriety!” “Thank you madam, we know, and now we shall take this statue to the Indo China border madam! “The enemy border?” “Yes madam!” “What can this statue do for us there?”

“It will lead us to victory against a country who may attack us!” “But it’s only a statue, what can it do?” “Doesn’t it have integrity madam?” “Yes!” “Doesn’t it have dignity?” “Yes, but…” “Doesn’t it have sobriety?” “Yes, but it cannot move, it cannot lead the people, it will not motivate the soldiers to fight..”

“Yes madam, we know, that even with integrity, and dignity, even with sobriety, there is something that this statue cannot do?” “Yes it cannot act!” “Act madam?”

“Yes, what is the point of all those qualities if it is only a motionless, action-less, bronze statue?” “Yes madam, we know, and that is the question the nation asks this moment! You who won the hearts of the people of India, their confidence and their votes, why have you let us down, by putting a man in charge, who has sat motionless like a statue, as scam and corruption rage through this country?”

“But he is the embodiment of sobriety, dignity and integrity!” “Yes madam, we know! Come on statue giddap, giddap, spur your horse and go for a gallop!” “A gallop? But that’s only a statue!” “Yes, madam, we know..!”

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