Downtown

                

Tune in to English news and you find Right bashing intellectuals flaunting their assets of grammar while having a ruthless go at the saffron based opposition with fancy, multi syllable adjectives. The Gandhi family is the centrifugal force of the Indian Union and like the British Royal family, can do no wrong. But why have the gun towers of the yuppie newsrooms locked in on the cherubic, blossoming young one of the Congress ? Did the baby pull the pet’s tail ? One can delightfully comprehend why RG has been peppered with open letters from the press. Probably because he called his mom to fight a more self made Mayawati. Or has the media finally spotted a green monster hiding in plain sight? Certainly, there’s more than what meets the eye.

It’s but natural for a mentor and tutor to take a  hard stance on subjects for a home schooled lad and even normal for him to turn into a concierge if the kid is from the ruling congress. As has Mr. Digvijay Singh – a nobleman who has faded to black so his pupil attains shades of grey. And  so they tread on. Not so long ago, the neutral press chiseled out a Rushmoresque bust of Rahul. The rich clean lad in his swank caravan equipped with disinfectants and mineral water descended into the unkindness of UP’s poverty belt and spent a few days beside the bourgeoisie. The snootiness of the calf was deliberately ignored by the ink slingers for the visit to the slum was a TRP booster – much like Paris Hilton in the simple life.

Not so long ago, Mani Shankar Aiyer hinted on a heated exchange that Rahul’s mother would promote the honorable prime minister to president so the adolescent could play with the sword. In a bid to smoothen the bedrock of prime minister ship, the boy was allowed to pique on a rather dislikeable opponent - Mayawati. Backed by forces of righteousness, the first bullet was fired – Bhatta Parsaul; courting of arrest etc. – a highly rehearsed arrangement. The contest between Maya and Rahul minus the political backing would be much like Britney Spears (Rahul) against Dog the Bounty hunter. The visits to juggis in remote UP are now looked as one night stands. He may have ball danced Kalavati into knighthood but a self made Mayawati is quite an adversary.

The time to sit on the throne hasn’t yet arrived; or has it been nipped in the bud ?