The Music of Politics

My blogfriend IHM posted these three amazing  photos on her blog today, as part of a Thursday posting on the subject of Music : "Musical Instruments on  GulMohur Tree".  Of course, Delhi , with its wonderful green spaces,parks and gardens  gives the Mynah birds a wonderful opportunity to make great music, besides allowing folks to photograph them in action...

I did hear the music, enjoyed it. But once the music died down,  it occurred to some that this was really a comment on political realities....

It was also clear, that we all manage to tolerate all the problems of the nation, simply because there is all this actual Mynah music happening around us....

 

Comfortably ensconced
away
from the orange,
amidst
green, white and orange
flag-colored
long scarves
it is time
to address
the masses,
protected by
some invisible
cool dark green
uniformed darting types,
and
other visible folk
of great prominence
standing behind.

A training of sorts
for them
in  making promises,
fancy announcements,
requests for votes,
and
highlighting promises
not kept by others,
and now made by themselves...

And like all children
they
watch and learn,
joining in
at slogan time
adding volume
to the noise,
only to graduate
one day,
to making their own
false promises,
their own loud speeches
sitting
on the same branch,
right behind  her,
and
she turns back,
very pleased,
relieved,
and says,
"Well done, well done !"