Hora-Police
It's a kids game. Like Cowboys and 'Indians'. So little
Nimal may play 'hora' or robber today and cop tomorrow with his
friend Sunil would play cop today and 'hora' tomorrow. At the end of
the day they remain friends. That was then. Now it's an adult game. We
have top cops playing 'hora'. Sorry, 'Big Time Hora'. And we have irate
villagers tying up errant cops. Should we officially dump that old adage
'physician heal thyself' and replace it with 'police officer arrest yourself!'?
Two types of politicians
With two provincial elections coming up, including the one for the
Western PC, hopeful candidates including incumbents, have started making
noises. Some want reward for services rendered. Some paint
themselves as the obvious choice for Chief Minister, making statements to the
effect calculated to draw 'No Way!' from party bigwigs so they get some marked
in the minds of voters. But by and large, two categories dominate.
First you have the celebrities, mainly film stars and sporting
personalities. Then you have the children of politicians. So if you
really want to make waves as a politician and your daddy or mummy is not one
already, take up sports. Or acting.
Vigneswaran's history
Chief Minister Vigneswaran has come up with an amazing proposal.
He wants the country's history re-written by foreigners. He is not happy
with all the versions of the island's history currently available. Not
anyone's fault that some people didn't bother or didn't have what it takes to
jot down details of things that happened or were happening of course, but since
Viggy wants experts let's suggest some (purely going by who Tamil Chauvinists
believe are capable of writing 'fact'. How about Callum Macrae, Frances
Harrison, Robert O Blake, Navi Pillay and the Darusman panelists? Or shall we
give it to Channel 4? How about Johnny Depp, Madonna and David
Beckham? Heck, we might as well give the job to Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Stubborn VIP stickers
The Police will crackdown on vehicles (convoys too?) which zip around
the city and country courtesy VIP/VVIP stickers. That's good. If
all citizens are equal in the eyes of the constitution, those in small
vehicles, public transport and on foot need not scurry off road and pavement
when one of those big vehicles carting arrogant people who think they are very
important comes by. But why limit it to the streets and vehicles?
How about those VIP tags that come in the form of directives and chits to
officers to get this kudukaaraya released or that kuducontainer
released? Those VIP/VVIP stickers are far more difficult to take off
because they are invisible, right?
'Ethnic Conflict' resolved by Department of Meteorology
It's official. The
depression over Northern Sri Lanka is on its way out, the Department of
Meteorology has pronounced. Now if only the Department could fiddle
around and get all depression in all parts of the island to move away! We
would be a truly ebullient nation. No strikes, no cooking of numbers to
inflate growth rate, no suicides and no alcoholism. Surely a Kethumathi Nuwara!
2 comments:
Brilliant !! :)
You have certainly hit all the nails on their heads! Particularly nailing the offspring's of our politico's, actors & actresses! Its a part of ShackesPerera's poem (All The Worlds a Stage) which now reads "All of Sri Lanka is a stage and all its Politico's are merely actors and actresses!"
"Re writing history" is a brilliant allusion to what subversive elements are hell bent in making mythical allusions to realities!
As for cops and robbers and cops and others , its an old story that has become a part and parcel of life in this land of "Plenty" of criminal freedom ! Love the way you write Malinda!
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