Rajnetas, Janata and churning of the Cosmic Constitution

Long long ago there lived a powerful clan called ‘Rajnetas’. ‘Rajnetas’ commanded everything on the planet. They commanded the agriculture, health, foreign affairs with other planets, education and everything else. They ruled a clan called “‘Janata’”. ‘Janata’ were truthful, painstaking but toothless. They needed the ‘Rajnetas’ to lead them and to govern them. ‘Rajnetas’ kept plundering the ‘Janata’. Upon being questioned, they brazenly said that they were above laws, rules and commandments. ‘Rajnetas’ were all united and covered each other.Frustrated by all this ‘Frustendra’, the representative of the ‘Janata’ clan challenged “Gandhimba”, the queen of the ‘Rajnetas’ clan. Gandhimba first laughed him off but seeing his mounting stature and sensing a rebellion, she agreed to meet him. Frustendra made it clear that he and the entire ‘Janata’ are feeling suffocated under the tyranny of the ‘Rajnetas’ and hence they should have a say in the current setup as well. Gandhimba was appalled. She knew an insurgence was on its way. Frustendra said that the Cosmic Constitution of the planet should be churned and all the gifts that come out of it should be distributed amongst the ‘Janata’ and the ‘Rajnetas’ alike. Gandhimba wanted to knock this puny rebel’s head off but she agreed.

A magnificent arrangement for the churning of the Cosmic Constitution was made. Social workers, NGOs and activists – people from other clans were invited to oversee the affairs and point out any ambiguities. Benisur and Diggisur the announcer of the ‘Rajnetas’ declared the churning process open. Gandhimba sat in the center with her impish son “ChhotaGandhaSur”. Frustendra and his close friends Ghantendra, BhakSalendra, Katakshendra and others started competing against stalwarts like Khurshidasur, Benisur, Gadkarasur, Advanasur and other ‘Rajnetas’. The celestial nymphs Jayangini, Mamtangini, Mayangini and Sheilangini were performing slow seductive dances. Katjulochan, the Tabla master was busy beating the tablas. ChhotaGandhaSur was whistling and clapping and was more interested in the dance than the churning of the Cosmic Constitution. And soon the gifts started popping out from the Cosmic Constitution.

The first gift to come out was “Daaru-Kambal Combo”. A ‘Rajneta’ Sibalasur jumped and claimed it and said he and his clan will use this gift to woo the ‘Janata’.

The next gift to pop was “fundamental right”. Before Mulayamasur could have claimed it, Katakshendra dived and claimed it. Now the ‘Janata’ had rights. They had the power to ask and to question the ‘Rajnetas’.

The next gift to come out of the Cosmic Constitution was RTI, this time BhakSalendra made an expert dive and collected it before Nitishasur could even move. Now the ‘Janata’ had the power of collecting private information about the ‘Rajnetas’ and their deeds. They had the power of asking them some real prickly questions.

And then came “Mainstream Media”, “Separatism” and “CBI” which were claimed by Manishasur, Gilanasur and Manmohnasur respectively. “Rajnetas” were evidently on the winning side. Ghantendra brought the ‘Janata’ back to the game by claiming “Social Media”, the most unbiased media platform.

The game was still on. Frustendra, the captain was still to open his account. Suddenly a gift popped out. Frustendra jumped to claim it. He succeeded in snatching it from the hands of Modisur. The gift was called “Vote”. Now the ‘Janata’ had the power of electing the ‘Rajnetas’ so in a way, ‘Janata’ became the ruling clan. The poor ‘Janata’ started dancing; fireworks adorned the planet’s skies. One final round was left.

Queen Gandhimba herself came to churn the Cosmic Constitution in the last round. And using her witchcraft, she claimed the final award. It was called “Race-Region-Religion-Caste driven politics”. The ‘Rajnetas’ had the last laugh. The ‘Rajnetas’ knew the ‘Janata’ can vote now but they would always vote for their religion, for their caste and for their regions and hence they could be controlled very easily. And once again the Rajnetas won, the Janata lost!