Saala Slimeball // Tarun Tejpal

Mrs Gandhi And Her Extra God
From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 21, Dated May 30, 2009

 reprinted on 7 APRIL 2011 THURSDAY

"So your toil has been worthy. Your ragged army of 1996 is a renewed one in 2009. In the process you have so cleverly  -  and beautifully  -  played out two key precepts of your extra god. Thou shalt not covet, the last of the ten commandments, so artfully spun as an act of renunciation that it sucked out the wind from the sails of your opponents. And Mathew 5:5, which is also Manmohan Singh 2004: blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. And both have been cleansing of the public in unanticipated ways.Yet let me assert it without any ambiguity. Manmohan 2009 needs you as much as Manmohan 2004. He may be the scythe that clears the weeds, but you are still the arm that wields the scythe. To slice cleanly, the arm and scythe must swing in tandem."


"And yes, as I bid you speed and strength, with the extra god by your side, may I make a final plea. You have given us of yourself, and of your son. Now will you kindly also give unto us your luminous daughter." (Read on}