Elsewhere with Raghav.
He wakes up in his room, surprisingly. He looked around, and then at himself, and thought about the things that happened, and he touched the place where that little fish had touched him, and he felt that something was there. He went to the bathroom, in the same clothes that he had worn previously. He looked at his neck where a tattoo of a catfish was now on full display, it was small, small as a goldfish, and when he looked at it closely. He saw that it wasn't a goldfish. It's a catfish. And then his eyes roamed to the metal bracers, which now have a fish carved in it. He looked at it closely, and then looked at himself, and thought about trying to transform. And he was about to try the transformation, when he heard his phone ringing. He paused in his endeavours, and looked at his phone, it was dizzy. He picked it and answered. He told her that he won't be coming today, his head is hurting. And dizzy was shocked,
" Sir you know what's the date today ?" And he told Dizzy to not talk, in riddles.
She informed him that today is the opening of the news channels . And he is not answering her phone calls in three days. And that media from other channels and guests has already started to come. And that he has missed a lot of meetings. And investors and partners aren't happy. And asked him if has written the perfect speech, it'll be his first appearance on the big screen. And then he asked her.
" Is Mahen there ? " Which she asked who. And he replied.
" The prime minister. "
" Of whom? "She asked.
" Of India. He is coming. "
" What? No one informed me about that? " She screthes.
" Silent. " He quieted her.
" Listen. Did anyone know that the prime minister is coming?" And she replied in a big no.
" Ok! Listen, I'll be there, and don't let anyone know about it, and ready our cameraman and news reporter on the front gait, we'll come together ok ? and do one thing. " And then he pauses.
" Is Maya there ?" And she looked around and said yes.
" Ok, start the program, and tell Supriya to entertain, and start the history program. "
And then he cut the phone and sat down and called someone.
" Hay mahi. "And then, at the Drishyam complex the people are situated in their respective places, and in the Supriya the face of Sunday morning was hosting the whole program.And currently she was briefing about the past of drishyam newspaper by a projector. The whole hall was in darkness, and the old projector was showing the history of the first drishyam newspaper, and about his grandfather, Who started this newspaper, with nothing, and then how it grew, and what hardship they faced. And then came the revolutionary, Mr Ram charan. And then he explains his gain and loses, and then his biggest success is the column that gives him the title of the man, who he was. And she took out a piece of paper, and started to read.
" One day, when I was going to school with my father in our car. When the car stopped at the traffic lights I looked outside the window, and saw some kids playing on the side of the road in dirty and ragged clothes, I asked my father. Why aren't they going to school like me? And my father replied that they aren't going because they didn't have the money to go to school like me. I remembered mom telling me that there are free schools in towns as well, which are run by the government. And my father replied, that they can't go there, because if they are there, they will be hungry, they need food first to survive, education isn't their priority, food is. I couldn't understand what he meant by the food, cause in my opinion it's a mother's duty to give them food, and I asked them the same question. And he replied they didn't have enough money to buy food. And then I asked what money? He replied that money is the thing that buys us food and this car. Why don't they have it? I asked again. And he replied, 'cause we earn it . Why did they didn't earn it then? I asked again. because they didn't work hard. He replied. Then why aren't I working? I asked. Because your mother and father have enough money. Why don't they have enough money then? And his reply was the same, they didn't work hard. What did you do that they don't, and if you way make you rich, and why don't you teach it to them . If they need money? And he replied that people are not willing to go the hard way to achieve what they want. They alway in the hunt for an easy way to do it. If a person wants money , he'll always look for an easy way ,and many people just walk in a circus to find an easy way without going anywhere .
Why aren't the people equal ? I asked, and he replied .because they can't .
Why? I asked.
Because if they do, the world won't work.
How? Why would the world not work when people are equal? I asked.
Because the world is a triangle, and a triangle needs three pointed tops to make it a triangle.
And the traffic signal turned green, and the car drove away.
And after that, I taught, what that meant. And how? I created a triangle on my notepad, and asked my teacher. Why is this shape a triangle? And maybe the teacher didn't understand what I said, so I explained.
Why is this drawing a triangle? Why not any other shape, like a line of a circle? And the teacher replied. Because you made it that way.
I got my answer. The world is this way, because someone made it this way. But my question is whom? .
BY RAM CHARAN suryvansi.
And everybody clapped their hands, and the lite started to come back.
" She talks too much. '' Said Mahen to his old time friend Raghav.
" Same thing I said when I heard her talking. That's why I she is the voice of my channel, '' Said Raghav, and opened a whisky bottle.
" Who made this documentary, things are far-fetched. And falsely one sided . "
" Don't know, don't care. It's false publicity, no one will care. " And Raghav passed a whisky glass to him, which he denies with a straight face.
" You know nah if anyone sees me drinking that what could happen? "
" Yes, I know, but who's gonna tell them? " And they both looked at the two men sitting in front of them in black suits. The bodyguards of the prime minister.
" They won't, gonna say anything. "said the prime minister. And Raghav filled his glass. And two more for them, he offers them, but they didn't even look at those glasses, or did. he not know? Hard to tell because of the black glasses.
" Are they like that, or are they like this because of me? Raghav asked sipping his drink.
" They are trained soldiers, raghu, if they see a threat, they won't hesitate. " And mahen, who is the prime minister of India, and also very Indian, looked at his friend Raghav and asked.
" What's your big plan? "
" To surprise them. " And the car stopes,
And an entaraj of black suit people covered both sides of the car door, making a clear way to the function area. And seeing the black suit people, everyone who was out there at that time looked at those suit people, and all media outlets immediately recognized the black rovers and the black suit guys. They all ran toward the entrance knowing what's or more precisely who is coming.
And then the door of the black car opened , and out came the person that no one expected.
" Mr Raghav . '' Said one of the reporters. And before they could go there and ask questions, the suit guys stopped them. And told them to give them a way. Raghav was in a traditional kurta, in colour blue and white, and he has, traditional coat on, no one has seen him ever wearing anything other than a three piece suit. So it was quite a shocker, and what came next was even more shocking. The prime minister of India, came out from that same car. And you can see the camera flashes all over, and people's voices raise to a million volts.
They both were similar clothes, why, no one knows. They both walked like kings, and gots to the entrances. Of the building, where lots of people were waiting for them, the executive , editors, vice directors, supriya, dizzy maya and many others.
Raghav went in, and supriya came out, as the leading welcome person who's gonna welcome the guest of honour, which no one knows about.
The welcome was great, and many were shocked to see the prime minister there. But they managed their excitement, and they both went inside, Raghav introduced all of his members to him, first was supriya, which he already knows, and then his editors , news heads and others, and then his secretary dizzy, and for some reason Mahen was very kind to him.
" Miss daisy ."
" Raghav talked a lot about you. " And she was stunned for a second.
" How much trouble you are in . " And her mood dropped, and he laughed saying it's a joke, and then walked forward. And dizzy was speechless. They walked toward the lift and supriya informed them that they were waiting for the opening ceremony and ribbon cutting.
" Ribbon, cutting? We thought we were gonna do it the old fashioned way. " Raghav asked supriya.
" Sorry, I slipped. We're gonna do the coconut break. " Said Supriya, and they all went to the entrance of the building. Supriya gave them a coconut with a small red rope attached to it, and Raghav took it.
" You shall do, the owner. Mr prime minister . " Raghav said and offered that coconut to mahen. Who gave it back saying it's your right, raghav gave it back, and said that , he is the guest of honour. And he gave it back saying you are the owner, and people around them started to laugh. And they were oblivious to that, and in the end they decided that they'll do it one by one, they'll try one after another. Mahen was the first to try.
He grabs it, and then looks at the stone on the floor, he knelt down, and with a yell of.
" Ganpati bappa . " He raised his hand and slammed the coconut on the stone, and it didn't break. And everybody laughed, even himself.
" Need to use more force. '' Said Raghav, and took the coconut from his hand, and said.
" My turn. " He raised his hand, and with a yell of.
" Hanuman lala ki jay. " He slammed the coconut on the stone with force. And the stone breaks in two, but not the coconut. And everyone laughed.
" Used too much force. " He said to himself, separating the stones.
He passed the stone to mahen again, and told him to try something stronger.
And this time, mahen, raised the coconut and said,
" Har har Mahadev. " And slammed the coconut, shattering it. And everybody clapped.
" Now that's the most powerful word. "
Raghav, Mahen and his two favourite bodyguards enter the lift. And after entering they both sigh at the same time.
Raghav rubbed and scratched his cheek muscles.
"Didn't your cheek hurt, you smile all the time?
" Practise my friend, practice. If you have been destined to be a leader of a nation, you have to learn everything. And by the way how many lifts do you have in this building ? " Asked mahen.
" Four, one always left for emergencies, or functions "
" Are all of those as old as this one , this one has a missing button. "said Mahen .
" Yes, they are, and I don't know about that button. " He lied.
" Hmm! What's you doing these days? " Asked mahen, leaning on the lift.
" Nothing, just trying to connect to the gods. '' Said Raghav with a small smile.
" Really? Looks like it's my turn for teasing. "
" Well, bad luck. How's your life going, and how's Leena? Last time check, she got nominated for best actress at the Golden Globes. Are you in touch with her? " Raghav asked, looking at him.
" No. " He replied.
" Really? You were all over heels for her . " And mahen closed his mouth, before he could complete that sentence.
" Wall's also has ears, my friend. And yeh, you know politics, it's a mud hole raghav, everyone entered in white clothes, came out in several colores raghav. She has become a worldwide sensation, and I'm a politician. Politicians plus actresses aren't gonna work." He said matter of factly.
" I can hear the headline right now. Indian prime minister dating a Muslim actress of Israel. I can hear the sound of war drums."
" She is secular. "said mahen.
" So does India. But! hear we are. I'm just telling the headline. They didn't need to be true."
" And here I thought that her being a Muslim would cause trouble." Mahen said sarcastically.
" Love stories won't work well. And I doubt politics will allow that. And then there is Pakistan, they are playing world politics now, they have big guns in corner, looking for you to slip up. They won't negotiate, even if we conquer them. "
" Hay, conquer is a big word, they used to be our part. "
" So you are on that Akhand Bharat ( United nations of ancient India) thing? "
" That's a possibility, can't Ignore father's dying wish. "
" That's a long way. Can't see it coming in motion in my lifetime, we already have problems in our land. "
" Most of them are created by others. And they don't have a base. "
" But they'll have it if they get a tail. There is conflict laying on our feet mahi, once we step on them, they'll grabbe our legs. "
" Can't say I don't agree. But lanka is a good go. "
" Yeah. And how's that Ram setu project going."
" The plan is to announce that on, Ram Mandir's opening . A bridge connecting lanka to India. "
" What's the length? "
" 37 km." And he raised an eyebrow.
" Is it possible?" Asked raghav.
" Common, Lord Ram made it seven thousand years ago, we can make it, the blueprints and plans are ready. "
" What's the budget? "
" Ask that in the interview. " He said jobualy..
" Nice. Are you coming to the opening of the Ram Mandir. I was thinking of giving you the contract for the satellite rights and viewership. "
" No! " Raghav said and mahen looked at him.
" Do an auction, and sell it ,If possible. I don't care if I have that or not, people will watch my channel, anyways. I'll personally gonna, go there. "
" Glade. '' Said mahen, and the lift opened. Tones of camera flashes later, they both reached the Destin floor. And flashes of the camera filled the area. They both had their perfect fake smiles, unrecognisable for anyone.