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Prayer Masters

24 juin 2013, 08:47

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Prayer Masters

Our  national pundit Bachoo was so carried away at a meeting last Thursday that he referred to journalists as animals. The crime of the journalists was that they were unearthing scandals and informing the public about things which he would have liked to remain unknown. When the news of his outburst was aired on private radio he was compelled to apologize and to state that he did not really mean what he said and that his thoughts had outrun his words .

 

There are only two possibilities: either he does not think before he talks or he does not know what he says. Giving an address to a public gathering is in sharp contrast to prayers which, like mantras at Ganga Talao, never change so that someone who prays does it without even thinking. The problem is the following: how is it possible for someone who professes to be so religious and who sleeps at Ganga Talao during the Maha Shivaratree could entertain thoughts about linking human beings to animals. It may be true that these newly baptized animals may not have passed their SC but they remain human beings who must be treated by ministers who are paid from funds of the public with dignity and humanity.

 

The other problem is whether he would have apologized if the public had not been made aware of what he had said. Instead of insulting journalists, he should have been more concerned by the stress which his colleague Yatin Varma was under. Unlike people who really want to commit suicide and who simply leave a note about the reasons, Minister’s Bachoo’s colleague, let it be known to all his friends that he was contemplating suicide. Instead of attacking journalists he should have taken Yatin to Ganga Talao and prayed for him to overcome his stress and difficulties. Or maybe Yatin’s guru was unable to find an auspicious day on account of the moonless nights.

 

Since such a proposition was not forthcoming from the official ministerial pundit who was cogitating his animal speech, poor Yatin had to seek the help of Reverend Ernest, Head of the Anglican church. It is a pity that once again Yatin was let down by another religious authority. One would expect any religious person not to close the door of the gods when someone comes as a supplicant for succour. That is exactly what Reverend Ernest did and this is unbecoming of someone in his position.

 

We can all feel for Yatin who is asked by the Prime Minister to step down as minister and attorney general and then his bid for religious help is spurned by the very people who are in the business of helping the weak and the vulnerable. It now all makes sense that, when religion failed to deliver any support to Yatin, money was called upon to take over in order to put to rest all his problems. Except that the very one who had recently characterized ministers as being ‘mediocre’ got involved and managed to display quite an amount of mediocrity. Reza Issack has said too much and the consequence is that Yatin’s problems have been compounded. At times it is better to have enemies than such friends.

 

The one who emerges as a statesman in this sordid affair is the Prime Minister. He has taken the right decisions and has reassured the population that justice will follow its normal course.