Migrations

MIGRATIONS

Tongue in Cheek

by Chinam Kali Prasad

Human Beings have always been and are nomadic and migrated…mostly to places where they could subsist. One of the greatest migrations was triggered by Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the new lands…then called India…later renamed America. North America especially, became a veritable haven for anyone who had the guts to tame an untamed land. The French were past-masters at this game as they already had a system of government sponsored migration in place…all one needed to do was to slap the system in the face…and voila…one landed up on Devil’s Island - no, I do not know where it is! Then, much later, the English started copying the French and began sending their criminals to far off lands…Australia immediately come to mind…! Indians too were not spared by the English and they sent most of the political opposition to the ‘Kala Pani’…located in Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

The migrations of human beings in search of food & subsistence slowly, over time, changed to economic advantages and then to higher needs…such as comfort. This kind of migration has led to the creation of global villages and a world without borders.

However, as everyone and their mother would say…India today is definitely different! Our endearing netas create situations which generate unwanted and unmitigated migrations. The latest being the offer of free electricity to every home, free water supply to every home, free homes to all homeless folks/tenants, free wi-fi across all devices, free brooms & vacuum cleaners (the latter sponsored by Hoover…no not the late President of USA, Herbert Hoover, but Hoover the Company) free schooling, free everything…in New Delhi and the National Capital Region…which has led to massive migrations from many rural, semi-urban and urban areas where such gifts were not thought of!

So, there it is…after you finish reading this, or even if you do not…just run off to Delhi and meet the Saint of Ghaziabad who is blessing any and everyone who says ‘Long Live Kejriwal’ with a huge hamper of fancy gifts!!! By the way, Emperor Nero sorry Namo is playing the harp…actually, he does not know how to play the harp… he is just harping!