VIEW POINT

An unwanted advice :

1. AAP should not go about singing the errors and corruption of previous government...more you do Congress baiting more you lose your credibility...witch hunting will not take you anywhere except downhill
( Choose your Spokesperson well n urgetly... and all others should be warned not to get tempted by microphone)

2. High time media stopped analyzing and kite flying about AAP and AAP...who is next PM whether Kumar Vishwas will defeat Rahul...Kejriwal 's fever chart and stool test report etc etc... Delhi is not the only state in India. There are other states too in India 

ADARSH

As publicly proclaimed, what if ADARSH is revisited ?
--- nothing ! 
public memory is painfully ( thankfully for the ones, involved) short. 
ADARSH would simply stand for  :
Another Deadline ! Another Revisit ! Sweet Heart.

VIP & GANDHI

The new VIP in Delhi--- AAM aadmi 

The new Gandhi in India---ANNA hazare

SCAMS

SCAMS is a five letter word and so is INDIA

व्यंग्य : लॉन्ग लिव आम आदमी

       

आप मानें या न मानें, बॉलीवुड को ये पहले से पता था कि ‘आप’ पावर में आयेगी. उसके अभिनन्दन में उन्होने पहले से पहले ही एक ठौ गाना डेडीकेट कर रखा है “...दिल बहलता है एक ‘आप’ के आ जाने से...’आप’ के आ जाने से” नए संदर्भ में आप कह सकते हैं कि ‘शीला से न गोयल से... दिल बहलता है एक ‘आप’ के आ जाने से. आप ने साबित कर दिया कि आज भी चींटी हाथी को मार सकती है. मार नहीं सकती तो मरणासन्न तो कर ही सकती है. सब एक दूसरे का मुँह ताकते रह गये. क्या हुआ वो कंबल, शराब, वो फ़ूड सिक्यूरिटी, सब धरे के धरे रह गये. टी.वी.. पर पूरे देश ने लगातार कई कई दिनों तक देखा था कि अनाज कैसे गोदामों मे बाहर पड़ा पड़ा सड़ रहा था और गरीब को फ्री देने की बात पर सब टालमटोल करते रहे. और जब बिल लाये भी तो अपना पोलिटिकल उल्लू सीधा करने को.

कोयला घोटाला, कॉमन वैल्थ घोटाला, दरअसल घोटाले इतने कॉमन हो गये, इतने कॉमन हो गये कि लोगों ने ताज्जुब करना, प्रतिक्रिया देना यहाँ तक कि नोटिस लेना ही बंद कर दिया था. सौ सुनार की  एक लुहार की. एक के बाद एक घोटाले, बड़े घोटाले, छोटे घोटाले. पतले घोटाले, मोटे घोटाले. दाखिले में घोटाले. टीचर भर्ती में घोटाला. खेल के घोटाले. घोटालों के खेल. रेल घोटाला. पुल घोटाला. देश ने देखा घोटालों का आदर्श और आदर्श का घोटाला. चारा-वारा तो बहुत पीछे छूट गये. अब 100% घोटाले होते हैं. और मज़े की बात ये है कि घोटालों की ट्रेन नॉन स्टॉप सब सिग्नल तोड़ताड़ के, दिल्ली वाली गर्ल फ्रेंड छोडछाड़ के देश में छा गये. अखिल भारतीय हो गये. कभी क्रिकेट का एक मैच फिक्स होने पर बवाल मचाने वाले देश में, देश का देश फिक्स हो गया. नेताओं में प्रतियोगिता सी चल पड़ी थी कि कौन सबसे ज्यादा लूज बोल सकता है. खेमका और दुर्गा शक्ति को टेम्परेरी ‘अशक्त’ कर सोच रहे थे कि बाजी उनके हाथ लग गयी है.

ऐसे में क्षितिज पर ‘आप’ का उदय ऐसा ही था जैसे ताजा ताजा झाड़ू लगाने के बाद लगता है. फ़्रेश फ़्रेश. झाड़ू एक नए अर्थ में सामने आयी है. मोदी भाई पूछ सकते हैं अब ये सवाल-- ( जैसे 50 करोड़ की गर्ल फ्रेंड) आपने देखी है ऐसी झाड़ू ?. आपने एक से एक झाड़ू देखी होंगी. नारियल की झाड़ू, सींकवाली झाड़ू, फूल झाड़ू, खजूर के पत्तों की झाड़ू से लेकर टी.वी. पर विज्ञापित टेलीशॉपिंग वालों की मॉडर्न मॉप. लेकिन सबसे बढ़िया निकली आम आदमी की झाड़ू. सब झाड़ झंकार बुहार दिया. अगर यह ‘आई ओपनर’ नहीं तो और क्या है. पिछले कुछ बरस से तो ‘गवर्नमेंट’ नाम की चीज सिरे से ही गायब चल रही थी. अब ऐसी झाड़ू फिरी... ऐसी झाड़ू फिरी कि सब दायें बायें देख रहे हैं या कहें तो सब दायें बायें हो गये हैं जैसे हम लोग हो जाते हैं जब सड़क पर झाड़ू चलती है. 

तो लो जी लो ! झाड़ू चल गई. ये जो कृत्रिम या कहें तो फ्रॉड ‘विकास’ था वो धरा का धरा रह गया. ‘आप’ ने झाड़ू को उसका मान-सम्मान ‘रेस्टोर’ किया है. अब ये झाड़ू ब्रिगेड यहाँ नहीं थमेगी. क्रिकेटर बेदी तो मिल भी आये हैं कि थोड़ी झाड़ू क्रिकेट एसोशिएशन पर भी चला दीजिये.

आम आदमी का मजाक बनाया जा रहा था. वह मैंगो मैन है. मगर मैंगो मैन ने देखते देखते वो झाड़ू फेरी है कि काबिले तारीफ है.

लॉन्ग लिव आम आदमी ! लॉन्ग लिव झाड़ू !   

1000 jhadoos ordered by AAP for Amethi Jhadoo march

AAP‘s rising popularity has got one section of society surely  benefited (and continues to do so) --- the Jhadoo manufacturer 

Whats in name.....a lot

AAP is denying usual security, VIP bandobast and bungalows… they have been emphasizing that they are in the arena to ‘serve’ and not hankering after ‘Power’. Sevak, as they call themselves, I suggest, time they changed the nomenclature too. Let CM be Mukhya Sevak, other ministers Sevak (Home) Sevak (transport) and so on. As regard MLAs let them be plain & simple ‘Sevadars’

AAM

AAM Party aam hi nikli,   

kuchh khas nahi

Binny has proved it ( aakhir ko to wo bhi insaan 

nikle..)

Jhadoo aur Haath

Jhadoo aur Haath ka to logical, natural aur sada ka saath hai…

if Jhadoo had joined Lotus, its force and intensity would have lost 

becoz then it would have turned merely into  a ‘Phool Jhadoo’

Devyani Khobragade : Some musings

1.     USA should now officially change its name to United States of Arrogance

2.     So long it was happening to others, we did not bother

3.     Behan ji ! for USA entire India is 'dalit'

4.     Abdul Kalam, Shahrukh Khan, George Fernandes, Azeem Premji, Azam Khan, few top lady and gents diplomats, the list is long and may well turn endless

5.     Our police, customs officials and people in authority continue to be over awed by the lure of all things American white skin and Black label included

6.     But our students, engineers, doctors, chefs will continue go ga ga about uncle Sam

Shri Gopal Chaturvedi on my book 'My India Great Indeed'

It has been a very strong belief of mine that, particularly poetry and satire is best expressed in one’s mother-tongue. However, “My India Great Indeed!” the volume containing fifty articles, is in English, hence this foreword in English. Perhaps, Shri Ravindra Kumar’s target readership demanded this. Needless to say, the pieces (i.e. fifty) are well-written and sincere and do convey what they set out to.

On a more serious note, the tradition of satire in English can be traced back to Horace and Juvenal and reaches well beyond Pope, Dryden and others, so, it becomes the favored language for any writer. Unlike English, Hindi satire is less scathing and softer, or may be the mother-tongue makes it so. Ravindra Kumar’s satires tinged with pathos - the true inspiration and life-force of satire – and churn your consciousness. It is the inequities of life, the rampant corruption in each and every sphere, the callousness and insensitivity of new – and the utter helplessness of a man with sense and sensibility that makes these pieces so meaningful, deeply felt and effective. The reader is not only a detached observer; he is one with the subject.

The language/subject diction of these pieces is lucid and natural prose. There is no attempt to incorporate heavy philosophical content to make them labored and didactic. The author does not talk down at the reader. There is an easy flow and the wit and humor is natural. Take for instance, a sentence from the Preface: ‘The worrying factor is the unholy wedding of bureaucrat and politician which has given birth to the illegitimate off-spring called corruption” – a chronic, all-pervading malady of our society has been aptly described, as corruption, both of thought and consequent action, is responsible for the pathetic state of our society. Perhaps, ‘wedding’ could be replaced by union, because ‘wedding’ bestows legitimacy to any union!.

To sum-up, this neat half-century of articles amuse you, tickle you, compel you to empathize with its subjects and your are left looking for more. This, indeed, is the true meaning and purpose of satire. It chastens you, subdues you and you are richer in your experience.

I am positive Shri Ravindra Kumar has an extremely bright future in writing either in English or in his mother tongue. His natural flair to make the ordinary into extraordinary is conspicuous in his work and, I feel sure, the readers will clamor for more.

Gopal Chaturvedi

Dr Gyan Chaturvedi 's foreword to my book 'My India Great Indeed'

"The art of storytelling is on its way to extinction. Story narration is that unique art of storytelling which captures the undivided attention and imagination of the reader/audience from the very first line and does not let go of him till the end. The art of story narration, of late, has undergone so much of experimentation that in the process ‘story’ has either been killed or has committed suicide. This explains the dwindling readership in the genre called story. With this backdrop in mind, I embarked upon the book of Ravindra Kumar.

I had two fears before I began reading. One, it may turn out to be an insipid product of amateur writing, as common these days as weed in your kitchen garden. People, sadly, have taken satire as some kind of a joke. They are under the impression that a joke or two here and there can make one a satirist. Writer type Office Bosses suffer most from this disease. It is not entirely their fault. Their juniors cheer their bosses to such lengths on their oft repeated stale jokes that bosses are bound to have such misgivings about themselves. Two, Ravindra Kumar may turn out to be one such writer type boss. I wonder, why so many bosses have taken to writing satire? May be because who dare tell the king that you are ‘naked’. So when I came to know that Ravindra Kumar is a senior officer working for Indian Railways, I did have this fleeting feeling of déjà vu. As I began to read the book, by and by I did get engulfed in the sheer pleasure of its contents. This book is neither exclusively a collection of satires nor a collection of tales. This book gives ray of hope that art of storytelling is not dead yet. Ravindra Kumar is well versed in the art of storytelling. His writing freshens up and transports the reader to grandma’s art of story narration era.

His writings are so very versatile that each story is new and different. The book is full of so many tales and all are as diverse as ‘My India’. The book contains interesting satires. Several tales spring from sweet n sour working of Indian Railways-a forte of Ravindra Kumar, only he could do justice with. Topics unfold like leaves straight from film, politics, and shades of middle class life. Titles may appear traditional but the author leaves his own unique flavor in each of them. 

I believe, writing is meaningful only if it ‘connects’ and identifies with the readers. This ‘connect’ is easier said than done. It takes life time to identify and then enable to ‘connect’ with the readers. The subject has to be drawn from life and kept as lively and vibrant as it is found in ‘pan-life’ itself. It is then only that a reader identifies with the writings. Language and narration has to be life-like. Ravindra Kumar has made efforts to do exactly this in his book and has largely succeeded in his endeavor. This book takes you to the journey of India. You are re-introduced to the India, India which is so resonant with all its paradoxes that if any one succeeds in feeling the pulse and capturing this node, then one is bound to craft most vibrant creation.
Ravindra Kumar has more than succeeded in doing so. "


Dr Gyan Chaturvedi
11th Nov. 2013