The Political Analogy

Author: Anonymous

Language: Telugu

Translated by: Drithin

With the outbreak of so-called struggle for attainment of statehood of Telangana region, a million concerns were raised all over. Irrespective of pros and consequences of sanction and denial of statehood, the person responsible for the entire turmoil along with hundreds of suicides of innocent students to bolster the agitation without being informed that they were serving the self-centred mottos of surreptitious politician who is concerned about his added advantage to his investments and gravy train rather than the benefits of neither people nor the region of Telangana. Well known as KCR. To explain the selfish motto, a short analogy was made by an unknown author.

Once upon a time, a village was affected by the pernicious crocodile which lived in the lake situated adjacent. The crocodile was nefarious to the residents of village and beneficial to the lake as none of them venture into fishing, swimming and other activities which destroy the ecological balance of the lake. Villagers appointed a watchman who is armed enough to kill the crocodile when it comes to the shore of the lake. Watchman was not only given enough ammunition but also a fancy salary. Incentives were opulent which included a house, food grains and wood for cooking.

On a full moon day crocodile ventured into the shore of the lake. Watchman’s wife alerted the watchman as she had a glance of the crocodile. Watchman did not bother to wake up and in a semi-conscious state “Let it go, if I kill it we shall not have any work from tomorrow. It should survive to retain the lavish lifestyle of our family” and fell asleep.

Here crocodile is Telangana. Watchman is KCR. To attain his selfish mottos he neither allows nor discord with this sensitive issue to continue his forceful collection of commissions from industrialists of Hyderabad and retain his political career as his party was established with a motto of get getting the statehood sanctioned.