The best way to know the self is feeling oneself at the moments of reckoning. The feeling of being alone, just with your senses, may lead you to think more consciously. More and more of such moments may sensitize ‘you towards you’, towards others. We become regular with introspection and retrospection. We get ‘the’ gradual connect to the higher self we may name Spirituality or God or just a Humane Conscious. We tend to get a rhythm again in life. We need to learn the art of being lonely in crowd while being part of the crowd. A multitude of loneliness in mosaic of relations! One needs to feel it severally, with conscience, before making it a way of life. One needs to live several such lonely moments. One needs to live severallyalone.

Tuesday 19 January 2016

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO PLAY THEIR VICTIM CARD!

That was again in the air. What looked on air - looked like a genuine case - a disgruntled person approached Arvind Kejriwal - during one of his trademark self-obsessed events - this time to say thanks to Delhiites for the 'odd-even' scheme - to express her displeasure.

Okay, we may disagree by the way the lady chose to express her displeasure - by throwing ink and some pieces of paper (and a CD) - but we will certainly disagree with what followed - with the lady - and in general - especially with histrionics of the Aam Aadmi Party leaders.

As soon as the news broke, it became 'the' most important news of the 'nation' - as expected - and as expected - the AAP machinery went into overdrive - to squeeze in the maximum political mileage - to play the victim card - to get in the war of words that is getting so ugly with each passing day.

As soon as the news flashed - as soon as its images started getting viral - the AAP propaganda - yes, now we should say them a well oiled propaganda machinery -  took to social media and media in full overdrive (with as much throttle speed as possible) - inhabiting nooks and corners of media and social media spaces - with their victim card - with their 'good samaritan' card.

In their trademark way - that has started making us cringe now - something that AAP totally disregards.

So, as soon as the news broke, everyone in AAP started shooting (and shouting at the top of their voices) that it was a political conspiracy - and plans to kill Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders were in making.

The party took no time in coming directly to its point - in getting direct confrontation with BJP and with the Delhi Police. In fact, the party looked desperate to catch political prospects from this 'windfall development' as the Punjab assembly polls are around the corner where the party is betting big.

And it was ironical!

Making a fuss around this issue by a party that owes its origin to the 'common man' - sending a common woman to jail - is condemnable. A disgruntled auto-rickshaw driver had slapped Arvind Kejriwal. Kejriwal forgave him and reached out to meet him - though he made a big public spectacle of it. But then, Kejriwal is not chief minister then.

He is chief minister now - and with a solid mandate - 67 out of 70 seats in the Delhi assembly. And after taking Delhi's CM office second time in February 2015, he has shed all his inhibitions - including his 'common man' branding. Now, AAP is like any other party.

And like any other leader of any other political party, the Delhi CM did not show largesse this time. No one in AAP is talking about her now. Kejriwal did not go to meet her today.

Instead, its ministers, leaders and spokespersons are busy since yesterday in milking this incident to settle score with the Delhi Police, to target BJP and to show how everyone else is behind life (and times) of Arvind Kejriwal and AAP.

It all looks so gaudy - so funny now. And it will certainly reflect in electoral politics. The party that borrows its name from the 'common man' could have logically chosen to downplay the incident - with a genuine clemency for the lady.

But we all knew what was coming.

To continue..

©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/