Demo”CRAZY”…….

Dreams can be of many sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL……go ahead guys take your pick.
One such M dream of mine came true on the 6th of August 2009 when I stepped into the Parliament House of India…….. The Lok Sabha.
As our car drove past Rajpath and the Rastrapathi Bhavan, my heart skipped a beat…….
“So this is it….it’s real…”
My mouth went a little dry and palms sweaty as we were given the instructions of how to behave inside the Altar of Democracy in India.
As we went through the first round of security check, I looked up at the huge circular structure that decides what’s good (!) for the whole country.
Up till this point it was all awe and mystery……then the revelations started.
We had to go through a series of security checks, where the guards ran their hands all over our personal ASSets (why doesn’t the government leave the security dept. to Kingfisher!)
Varun Gandhi walked passed in his immaculate tailored kurta paijama (thank god they weren’t doctored as his tapes!).
As we slowly entered the upper galleries of the Lower House, my eyes immediately caught Sri Lalu Prasad Yadav.”Look dude, Pranab Mukherjee….” My friend elbowed me. What followed was absolute mayhem….BJP and Congress MPs slamming each other at every possible opportunity with the diminishing Left not to be left out.
“This is how the country is run?” I watched with wide eyes.
At the end of our stint, we got hold of Mr. Shatrughan Sinha…..who came up with his customary “Khamosh…” on public demand.
Was I disappointed or elated? Well both….. My elation was due to the fact the one M size dream of mine came true….and disappointment…..well my imagination and reality didn’t quite match (a side effect of not watching Lok Sabha TV)!
But again we are the largest DemoCraZy in the world! 