Ideally any assurance by the parliament on any issue should lay to rest beyond doubt any suspicion about the government's intention - but alas! that doesn't seem to be the case. It was not a welcome sight when people were raising concerns on the reliability about the assurance given by the house. Not a happy situation for any citizen- but then what else one can expect in the present scenario? It reminds of a childhood story from my "Chandamama Days" (often retold by my dad as a bedtime story - well he had a set of favourites from which he used to pick and narrate). The story goes as follows:- The was once a sleepy village of Timarpur (1 of the default names I use during any narration) . Every Wednesday a weekly haat (village market) used to be held in the football grounds of the village. Today was no different , children were running riot, caged birds were chirping, hawkers were shouting at the pitch of their voices vying for the attention of the buyers, the sweet meat shops were churning out the lovely yellow spirals popularly called the jalebi . Amid-st all this activity the peace was marred by a ruckus raised by a war of words between two vendors. They were arguing over space for laying their wares. One of them contented it was his regular place , while the other contented that he had come first hence he was the rightful one to lay his shop there. In due course of time they went to the center of the ground which had a banyan tree , at its base was an elevated ground where sat a small kid. He volunteered to resolve the dispute. The villagers agreed though a bit hesitantly as the kid was too young for that, yet they agreed. The child asked both the hawkers if they owned the place or paid any tax for the place to this both replied in negative , then he asked the one who claimed that he was a regular to that place - if he used to go to the village temple? To this the person's answer was in affirmative. The child further asked him - Do you go there daily? The hawker said - Yes. Then he asked - Do you own the village temple? the hawker said- No.The child then said -as just by frequenting the village temple daily does not make you the owner of the village temple similarly the fact that you used to set up your shop on a certain piece of land on a weekly does not make you the claimant of that place. As you do not pay any tax for the place hence anyone who comes first can lay his claim to that place. Everyone accepted the ruling and were amazed by the sharpness of the kid. An inquisitive few went near the banyan tree and started investigating the elevated ground closely, to their surprise it concealed a throne and on further examination it turned out to be the "Throne of Vikramadiyta"- which had the magical quality of turning anyone who sat on it into someone who gave impartial and flawless judgments. Now coming to the current scenario prevailing in our country- I keep wondering isn't the seat/position of the "Member of Parliament" sanctimonious enough that it too evokes similar responses and behavior from our legislators?? I just hope it does inherit the magical qualities of "Vikramadiyta's throne" one fine day.....
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