This is another story on Governance in India , for last few decades people of India have seen that India ’s development graph is not
steady and for last 9 years we have seen a steady rise in corruption, crime,
inflation and insensitivity of government.
Okay I don’t talk about the government any more and start
the story; this is a story of ancient India, when crime rate was not much
higher, if someone steals a pair of shoes he used be called a big criminal, if
any person stared a women for more than 2 seconds, immediately he was considered
to be a big pervert and called a criminal by neighbors and rest of the society.
In that era there used to be a person named Jagga, he was a thief by nature and
profession, and was considered biggest criminal of that area where he lived.
He used to steal goats and hens and used to cook and eat them
without leaving any evidences.
Actually no one could prove that he was the thief so “Panchayat”
also used to set him free every time. People of his area hated him; they used
to tell their children about Jagga that his is a criminal and not a good human
being so do not talk to him.
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Soon Jagga’s son Bhagga also joined him in his business; he
was more claver and believed in perfection in his acts. Jagga was very happy that
his son is also climbing steps on the same trail where he was leading.
Although Jagga was happy from outside but from inside he was
very upset, one evening when he was sitting outside of his house and in the
same vicinity children were playing and refraining themselves by coming near to
his house by any chance. That incident
shook Jagga from inside, he started staying at home and he became ill and was bedridden.
One morning when Bhagga returned form his usual job with
some grains and pair of parrots, he saw his father was counting his last
breath. Jagga called his son and told him that now time has come,
“I will not live now anymore, but before I die
I would like to ask a promise from you”, “yes father tell me, I can do whatever
you want”
“I was very bad
citizen of this locality and was extremely infamous, no one wants to take my
name on their tongue, I don’t want to die with this black spot on my name that
I am the most evil person of this locality. You have to do something that after
my death people do not say that I was worst, they should say that I was good.
Then only I will get a sigh of relief in heaven.”
“Yes father, I will do
it, I will make your name good”.
Bhagga promised and Jagga died.
Now Jagga was worried, day and night he was thinking that
how he can put his father’s name in the good books of the people.
Finally Jagga got an idea and he started stealing each and
everything from the house where he entered, if something he can not steal he
used to destroy it, he made it sure that when people of that house wake up they
were stunned.
Earlier the father-son duo used to steal live stocks of
Goats and hens and used to cook them and eat, and leave no traces behind. Now since
Bhagga could not eat so much, so he started killing the animals and dumped them
in the front of resident’s doors.
Now inhabitants of that locality were dismayed and felt it
very painful, since everyone knew that it was Bhagga, but could not produce the
evidences so again Bhagga was freed.
Now everybody was heard saying that Bhagga has crossed all
the limits, Jagga was even better, Jagga was not that bad man, and he was very
good in comparison to Bhagga.
When Bhagga came to know that people are talking like this,
he was extremely happy, he kept his promise and now his father’s spirit would
be in rest; his father would take a sigh of relief in heaven or hell whatever.
This story ends here. But there is a message lies in the
story, what is that?
Do you know, British Government ruled India for almost 200 years and they were very
rude and villainous amongst the modern people of India so in 1947 when British government
handed over the country’s responsibility to Congress, they took the same
promise from Congress’ President which Jagga took from his son.
And you see, today we often say that British-raj was much
better than today’s governance.
And you see, Queen of Britain is very happy today …..
