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Ah! The arrogance of it! You would live a imperial life in a free government accommodation, travel across continents at tax payer’s cost, whizz past all security checks like an extra constitutional authority for five years, and at elections time, land up in dirty, dark & stinking lanes of Amethi, armed with tear jerker stories of your ancestors, fake graciousness & temporarily worn Indianness, to save your kid brother from losing his seat and believe that the voter would get swayed by the dimples, flashing smiles & handloom saaris? In your arrogance, you may still believe, but at your own peril, that the innocent Amethi voter is still willing to get exploited by fake royalty.   Your kid brother who has no achievement to his credit other than being born in Gandhi family, has failed consistently in all that he has undertaken in life, cannot muster courage to speak in Parliament, cannot face a fixed interview, runs to you; the elder sibling at slightest troub...

This piece was written as a retort to the " Leave Amit Shah alone: A loyal fan’s defence" by  Overrated Outcast. It can be read here. Who is this guy, Amit Shah? Comes into our peaceful, almost tranquil life & talks of such horrible words like revenge? By the way, revenge for what? For those few people killed during riots or some rapes? How many were killed in riots? 50? That is all? The notion of revenge for 50 deaths is laughable, indeed. That many murders, happening in a UP district, in a week, don’t even get reported to police, forget about overcoming the tyranny of distance to Delhi (100 kms is long distance, you know). Does he know that over 5000 people are murdered in UP every year? And he wants us to avenge some small issue of 50 corpses? Does he know that hundreds die of Malaria, every month, in every district? Thousands die on the potholes riddled roads while searching for someone who can give them basic medicines. Lacs die due to water borne ...