Democracy = WoW !!!

Its been the Munnabhai craze all arnd .. the cult surrounding the film is applaudable ... but then i think sanjay dutt is a good actor and also tht he shld be in JAIL .. he for whatever reason should not have had contacts wid the underworld and if he was forced to , then he should have not accepted the guns , and still if he felt his life was in danger, he could have fled the country to some safe "bhai" destination .. i know he was let off pretty easily ...

and the reason i still think tht democracy is the best is because of the incident tht i happened to witness today which reengineered my thoughts again about the whole freedom struggle . i "was" the happy-go-lucky guy who always had respect for Bapu but then never acknowledged it enough .. today when i have the oppurtunity .. i wont lose it tis time ..

i woke up early on thursday ... nimish, me , venky , arpan had the flights to delhi, jaipur and sangli arnd the same time .. so we hired a taxi last night, and the driver failed up to show up on time .. we managed to get into riks and rushed to the airport.. my flight was at 9.15 and i was there by 7.50 .. lot of time i thought for me to get a gorge on some good breakfast .. but fate had different plans.

i checked in my big bag and then rushed towards the security check ... it was a huggeeeeeeeee line .. arnd 100 odd ppl in 3 rows .. it took me 20 minutes to reach the metal detector ... the CRPF guy did not allow me to pass through it because i had two cabin baggages .. one laptop and another plastic cover ... i rushed back arnd 8.30 odds again for the check in ... he asked me get the bag screened .. i was miffed , pissed , angry and wen to the screening .. there imeet this smiling gentleman .. arnd 60 yr old man wid greyish silver hair .. smart guy .. i put my stuff into the xray and was rushing the other way when i banged into him .. he smiled .. i frowned .. i didnt offer my apologies *spank .. spank .. bad bad bharani* .. then i checked in and again had to wait for the security check for 15 min bfore i cud get into the main departure bay at 8.50 am .. 10 min bfore boarding call .. i again chanced upon the old guy .. he was polite and soft but i was a *snob* .. me managed to get a toblerone for me and nimish bfore i rushed off to boarding ... suprisingly the man happened to be in the same aircraft as me and we were seated nxt to each other ...

now enters his son ... who was arnd 35 , handsome and silent .. he buzzes something in his ears and then leaves .. the man is still smiling and polite .. he is on window seat and me on aisle .. i dozed off soon ... was short of sleep for the whole of last week wid the partyin and freakin arnd ... the airhostess woke me up during landing ... the ATR landed wid a jerk ... and i again rushed out first ignoring the old man ... and his luggage (he still retains his charm and smile) .. as we landed ... boy o boy .. wat did i see ...

i saw a whole police batallion at the tarmac and then some fancy bands .. and the local political and business honchos near the stairs .. they greeted him , saluted him ...and followed him like the way my pets do to me when i come back frm mumbai ...

then i got to know who he was ... He was the king of kolhapur ... one of the direct descendent of
Shivaji maharaj and he was one of the most powerful persons in this part of the country ... how bad i felt now .. it was really yuck of me to do it for any person .. forget the king ... i had been to his palaces, saw the grandeur of his lifestyle in all the picnics during my school days .. whn i got to meet him i behaved like an assole !!



The other side of it ... Look what democracy has done today ... the king wid the commoner .. 100 yrs ago .. i wud have been killed if i dared to go near him .. today i slept beside him .. (maybe snored too) ... Now i get to respect and enjoy the real SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of INDIA ... thank u Mr.Gandhi ... i think u just got urself a fan if u ever logged on to orkut !

And the day kept me busy thereon ... had loads of work piled up at office and came back home early at 7pm .. slept arnd 7.15 ... mom woke me up at 11 odds and made me eat something .. *forgot what i ate* .. and the day ended ...Zzzzzz

Namaskar,
Bharanidharan
(Indian)