Like it
had to happen, it happened. There were ‘countless’ words written on Rahul
Gandhi’s CII speech on April 4 which many saw as an opportunity where Rahul
(the future prime-ministerial candidate) discussed about his ‘India Vision’.
It
cannot be said and can remain in the realm of endless debates that how much of
the speech was ‘India
envisioned’ but there was some ‘unique’ clarity on the use of the term (or
should we say the symbolism?) ‘beehive’ that enticed(?) many to individualize
the term and present their own viewpoints on Rahul’s vision. It choked an
already grumbled vision looking to understand the ‘vision’ of Rahul’s hour-long
speech delivered to a section of suit-clad Indian industrialists.
And to
add to it, Narendra’s Modi’s prompt reaction and other politicians’ spontaneous
observations only charmed the ‘many’ to come up with innovatively decorative
words on ‘what vision could be seen in Rahul’s India Vision’.
Let’s
see some of the most innovative ones trending over the Internet platforms:
FICCI Live: Will Modi rip into
Rahul's 'beehive' speech?
Firstpost, April 8, 2013
Twisted metaphors: Cong slams
Modi for jibes over Rahul's beehive comment
Dailybhaskar.com, April 8, 2013
Rahul, Modi are wrong: India
is neither a beehive nor a filmi mother
Firstpost, April 8, 2013
Rahul's 'beehive' remark an
insult to the nation: Narendra Modi
Indian Express
- April 7, 2013
Modi tears into Rahul's
'beehive' theory
NDTV, April 6, 2013
Rahul Gandhi's jibes make
Narendra Modi sting like a bee
Times of India, April 6,
2013
Narendra Modi stings Rahul
Gandhi's bee
The Asian Age, April 6, 2013
Bee-stung Modi invokes Bharat
Mata
Calcutta Telegraph, April 6, 2013
CII looked for a sting, got the
bee in Rahul bonnet
Indian Express, April 5, 2013
Rahul Gandhi gives India Inc a
'bee' school lecture
Times of India, April 4, 2013
My
favourite one among all these is Rahul Gandhi gives India Inc a 'bee' school
lecture. What is yours? (Also, the list could see more entries in the days
to come.)
Midst
the flow of words sliding over the issue(?), an interesting ‘bee’ story was revisited.
It dates back to March 2010 when due to a Rahul Gandhi’s meeting in Uttar
Pradesh’s Sultanpur district (part of his parliamentary constituency Amethi), ‘beehives’
were removed from the venue as the Special Protection Group (SPG) demanded it.
Incidentally,
the ‘beehives’ were not a matter of concern and nobody had asked to remove them
when Rahul Gandhi had held a meeting at the same venue in 2009.
The
move had echoes of the incident where bees had swarmed the venue of Mayawati
rally in Lucknow
held few days before Rahul’s Sultanpur meeting. The ‘bee stings’ had proved to
be so stinging that it created a political uproar and an FIR was lodged to
investigate the allegations of political conspiracy.
What
does this ‘bee’ episode tell about an ‘India envisioned’ political class?