Move over PC Sorcar – here comes Ramalinga Raju, the most awesome magician, who made crores disappear & got the whole nation playing ‘treasure hunt!’ Yeah,right - 'dhoondtey reh jaogey!'
Then comes this news clip that Raju & his partners-in-crime have been granted special privileges in jail – separate toilet, ghar-ka-khaana, newspaper, magazines, television …..
After all he is not your common hard-core criminal who murdered a few, or robbed a bank, or …. this man of ‘special needs’ merely ruined the lives of lakhs of people, sent the economy into a tizzy & permanently damaged India’s image globally!
Don’t murder, arson & loot seem very mundane & dull???!! So these run-of-the-mill, commonplace criminals have to pee in front of prying eyes, line up for prison food & do whatever u do in jail – thanx to Indian movies, I know you break rocks & stones in large merciless quarries, watched over by a ruthless prison warden!
And what will Raju be doing?? Gorging on home food & watching movies – I am guessing, “Satyam Shivam Scandalum’ , “Raju ban gaya Gentleman” "Oru kaithiyin diary", or "chori mera kaam"!!!
Point to ponder – if hard-core common crime gets you the worst prison terms, while the rich & in-famous, get phive star treatment, what will middle class folks like you & me deserve???!! Hmmmm …. if anyone’s listening & given the recession, I ultimately will have to resort to a life of felony, I vote for private toilet …. phuleeeeeez!!!
Talking of recession & hard times, here in the UAE, we continue to pay an arm, a leg & have to sell our souls to afford a roof over our heads. But I spy light at the end of a long dark tunnel, meri pyaari behnon! To promote the use of public transport, the Government is unleashing pink-buses on us – sorry guys, but this is only for us gals! Humble request – can we sleep in our rose colored carriages too, a la Cinderella & avoid rental woes!
