When he came and whence he
came, it couldn’t be a matter of choice for the seniors, party men, associates
and workers. His arrival, not an unprecedented invitation, had sickened the
rivals as it meant an infusion of a fresh leadership with whom the bustling
youth population could identify themselves and the veterans and the aged would see a
resemblance of their once alive pragmatic, now a legendary(sic) assassinated leader. He stepped out of his SUV
in the dusty town, a constituency he came to campaign and earlier, held by his
uncle, grand mother, father, and now he was projected as the aspirant
candidate. It was 2004 when he arrived, not a long time if we see the ascent of
his growth in unpopularity among the people, which is remarkable feat and
totally unexpected, as his ancestor have had distinguished records both in
terms of popularity and electoral politics. He did have a name, which I need
not tell, although a laugh or a slight grin would paradrop on your face before
you pass the end of his surname; yes his name is Gandhi, Rahul, as the second
name is of no value without the first I write Gandhi before Rahul.
Tring ! Tring ! After 2 seconds ... Tring ! Tring ! Tring ! The phone rang loudly but nobody picked it up. It had been lying like it had been last night. Alone, cold on the floor above the mattresses spread for a man to sleep. The man was the father. A father of two people both in adulthood, with a son and a daughter. The children and their mother and father all lived in a two bed room apartment. The apartment also has a kitchen, two balconies a staircase to lead any visitor up on to the terrace and down towards the ground floor. The phone in its standby mode lay peacefully in bliss on the third and top most floor of an establishment which is over 20 years old. It was bought after a lot of hard work and planning by the father to give a home to his two adolescents and more space to grow up. This home was not just a home. Although it was small but it saw a lot of developments in peoples lives. With people living in it and outside and using it to their fullest extent with cre...
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