The Living Goddess

India has always been inhibited by Gods and Goddesses since time immemorial. We can boast of some 65 million Gods and Goddesses. There is always a God or a Goddess who can help us Indians out in time of need. We just need to look up, fold our hands and ask for it...lo and behold, the wish would come true and our trust in the unseen and unknown grows an inch further.

It has always been predicted by our Vedas and ancient books that we will see the tenth avatar of Lord Vishnu in this Kaliyug who would reincarnate himself for the sole purpose of destroying evil and ensuring that good wins over the bad.

Now this comment is not about Lord Vishnu nor I am eager to see him taking birth here (specially in India)...but this is about someone we all thought of just as a teacher turned politician who was kind of expert in caste politics. We never could have imagined in our wildest dreams that the one who we casually ignored will be a 'LIVING GODDESS'.

And if you're still scratching your head as to who this will be...she is none other than our very own Mayawati (Madam a.k.a Behenji). And how come I can call her a "Living Goddess'...my friend...it's not me, but the Goddess herself is going around informing everyone that she is the Living Goddess....'Zinda Devi'.

Our Zinda Devi has faithfully followed her mentor's (Kanshi Ram's) last wishes and constructed memorials of him all in and around Lucknow and UP. Okay, you can go about spending hundreds of crores of tax payers money to pay tribute to a politician who may be your mentor...but why is the need to erect your own statues made from precious stones and bronze. In reply, we got a two worder..."it's all because I'm 'Zinda Devi'..." "People will want to worship me two hundred years from now, so I am constructing my own statues now so that they don't have any problems later"

Such a long sightedness can only be true of a Goddess...

Sigh! There's goes my 30% Income Tax money down the drain...