I’m hoping readers and voters are in the pink of health, considering our politicians are in need of urgent medical care. This jumla party has been so focused on the two strongmen, they forgot to train and prepare a whole new rung of fit and young leaders. Serious fitness chintan sabha is needed by the party. As for the voters, the choice is theirs, an ailing party or others.
And what’s with the fakery being taken to a whole new level, with the self-gifting of awards and as if that was not enough, fake Yaley berated young man from Amethi like he had committed the gravest of crimes. In Marathi, there is a saying, “Chorachya ultya bomba,” (The thief shouts the loudest).
Bollywood is currently burgeoning with a batch of toppers from ‘Chate’ classes, it seems. Smiling selfie with 56-inch chest leader, and yes, stray women were squeezed into the frame for posterity. Also, what’s with Delhi leaders obsessing over Mumbai? Every few days they descend upon us with police standing at every three feet and driving traffic awry, like it needs more encouragement. Now the Bollywood favourite, of course the same man, will be inaugurating a film museum. A matter of such pressing importance and exactly what our city needs the most, right? Right.
So much has happened in this city in nine days. Our city’s favourite public transport, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport buses, were off the roads for many a valid reason. But my dearies have been clueless about the reasons. Our red fairies need some protection too, or suddenly as in the Rafale deal, the marathoner will set up a last-minute transport company, leaving us to depend on the unreliable ones.
Right now, I envy the First Citizen of Mumbai, apla manoos Mayor. If I were to be made one, I would ensure Rani Baug, the same wonly, zoo was shut to the public for one day. I would allow a once-a-week dekko for family and friends, to meet the animals and birds. But the poor mayor, currently, thanks to his Sena party, has for company only one elephant, one hippopotamus, some desultory deer, birds and the finest of trees. And not to forget, Lolita, the Humboldt penguins. Decadent living apart, this zoo currently is like the Ramsay horror show.
Instead, the Sena should shut down all the cages, drop off the fauna in our national park and convert the verdant green zone to a full-fledged botanical garden. We will get more children, nature enthusiasts and birds migrating over there. Or is sons-of-the-soil policy applicable to wildlife too?
