Friday, August 03, 2007

Mahabharatha Revisited - II

Since Dr. D announced elections, the PAD had no choice but to face it. But only Bhima and Draupadi wanted an election. And there were reasons for that.

While DJ was busy with writing travelogue and ending up a loser at casinos, Arjuna's thoughts were aimed only at winning the archery world championship. Last time around Drona was there with him as the coach. Before taking the shot at the target, each time, Arjuna was asked on the earphone by Drona as to what he was seeing. Only when Arjuna replied that he was seeing only the target and not the hot females amidst the spectators, Drona would ask Arjuna to shoot. This was revealed to be the secret of Arjuna's success at previous world championships. This time, Drona was not accompanying him, as he(Drona) was busy with elections. So he thought he had to be extra careful to win it this time. He had put in months of hard work for that. "Now all that would be waste. To hell with these elections", Arjuna wondered in deep anguish. Somehow or the other he wanted these elections to be put off for some time so that he can accomplish his sporting ambitions.

Nakula and Sahdeva were self-proclaimed cool-software-geeks who had become cynical about elections. "There is too much of corruption", was their never-changing refrain. They, being the co-founders of Nakula Sahadeva Technologies, were also busy 'corporates' with teething corporate concerns. With just one product, sale of second hand keyboards, they wanted to diversify and expand their product portfolio. This had become a must for them to increase both their market share and visibility. All this, they firmly believed, would not just add to their revenues but also help them achieve customer satisfaction. All this meant that they too were not in favour of wasting time on elections, atleast for the moment.

Bhima wanted elections because he was sickeningly free. Bhima, the weight-lifting olympic gold medalist, was disqualified for two years, the previous year, because he had failed the dope test. That he did not require drugs to enhance his performance was something that people believed sincerely. So, he also hoped to cash in on the sympathy that was generated in his favour as a result. Dope test of a weightlifter was poised to become an election issue for the very first time in Independent India. Weightlifting Federation Of India came out in full support of Bhima. All this and absence of any other meaningful work made him pitch for polls.

Draupadi too wanted elections. Simply because, she wanted the powers and luxuries associated with being the PM's wife. She was also believed to have influenced many decisions DJ took when he was PM. Also she liked the kitchen in the PM's official residence.

But the other four, not favourably inclined to face early elections, secretly met to devise a strategy to somehow avoid it. In that meeting, they decided to ask their mother Kunti for help.

[What did Kunti do? Will she oblige? - All this and more in the next episode.]

6 comments:

Kavitha said...

Thumba chennagi baredideera.

Archery Championship?? LOL

Waiting for the next episode...

atha shree mahabharath katha....

ha ha ha

S.. Diva said...

nodi, nim hage ramayana mahabharata post galu bariyakke agalla namge.
ee mahabharata series ginta nimma school kathe series tumba chennagittu. adara mundina bhaga yavaga?

Unknown said...

U r quite a story teller man! I am eagerly awaiting the next episode. Please dont kill your readers with too much suspense build-up. The suspense I can bear is the time taken by arrow from Rama to reach Ravana and vice versa while having a mid-sky explosive fight amongst themselves.

Harish said...

[Kavitha]
Tumba thanksu.

[Sneha]
Adara mundina bhaaga bareyakke somaritana. Ashte.

[Siri]Aa arrows erdoo collide aagi, midway, spark bartiddiddu one of the most funniest moments in the Doordarshan's televised Ramayana. Enantira?

Arjun Sharma said...

He he, DJ-ge travelogue writing hobby aagi kottiddu channagide.

Alladsu, archery championships nodakke yaar hot females bartare? Adentha mass spectacle-u? Haagella iddiddre naanu aa Limbaram thara archery-na yavaglooo take up maadtidde. Idella suLLu, kaNo, Harisha, suLLu.

"All this and absence of any other meaningful work made him pitch for polls."
He he...


Illi Siri ondu phenomenal moment-na bring-back-to-memory maadidare. That scene with the two missiles colliding in mid-air and sparks flying hither and thither and the arrows caring not two hoots for gravity and other physical laws which bind the universe is imprinted permanently in the mind of any child who grew up in the late '80s and early '90s watching Doordarshan.

Olle watershed technique in the field of special effects-u.

Harish said...

[Arjun]Houdu, nangoo yaako DJ-ge travelogue writing koTTiddu oshta aytu. He deserved it.

"Alladsu, archery championships nodakke yaar hot females bartare? Adentha mass spectacle-u?" - ellello logical questions tandbiDu. Bandiddru andmele bandiddru. "Yaake bartaare?" antella keLbaardu.

Houdu, oLLe watershed techniques-u.