Now supplant 1857 to 2014. It’s not very difficult to identify Zafar or the other cast of characters. Mangal Pandey though may have arisen from Ghaziabad. There may also be three Ranis of Jhansi on the horizon and several Nanajis driving up from Nagpur. The courtiers have remained the same ineffectual, self-serving lot. The satraps still emerge from the same northern belt. The Purabias have once again occupied the city whose character they have radically changed from its post-Independence Punjabi-Bania just as it happened in 1857 at which point it was predominantly Muslim-Afghan. The chosen landing base of the Purabias this time is electronic media. The modern Awadh (UP) and all its Kanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Benaras theme retains its political importance. Lawlessness has taken a new form: unbridled corruption. Inflation rages. Delhi is again ripe for the taking.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:30:00 +0000
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