Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Make in India (satire)


Lord Shiva was happy that Durga had returned to Kailash with her children - but, he was not happy with all the noise being made about Make in India. A Baba had entered the scene and he had begun to make indigenous versions of popular foods that people had grown up with. Obviously, Lord Shiva wanted to know the background story. So - he summoned his sons Kartika and Ganesha to get the feedback.
'What is this new fashion trend?' a visibly irritated Shiva asked his son Kartika - he was wearing only a pair of jeans and his body was bare.
'This is the Sallu trend,' Kartika replied. 'He loves to showoff his muscles.'
'That is fine when he has fans swooning over him,' Shiva was serious. 'If you ask me, you look like clown. You are dressed up in a fashionable gear that displays your skinny figure. Who will swoon over you?'
Kartika did not bother to reply. Both of them had argued on this aspect on several occasions but Kartika just did not bother - he had Durga-ji on his side and he knew that Shiva cannot fight and win any argument with Durga.
Lord Shiva, therefore, turned to his other Ganesha.
He was a different kettle of fish. He loved his favorite modaks and, nowadays, the modak makers have begun to experiment with exotic additives - like chocolates. He relished these and, even had an occasion to taste the instant noodles long before it was banned because competitors wanted to edge out the foreign hands.
And, that is how Lord Shiva came to now about the Baba.
'Why is a saintly figure interested in manufacturing foodstuffs?' Shiva asked Ganesha.
'It is a part of the Make In India game,' Ganesha replied. 'The Baba is determined to be a game changer.'
'How?' Lord Shiva wanted to know. 'I thought his game was yoga.'
'Yoga has served its purpose. The current trend is Make In India,' Ganesha explained. 'People today have become health conscious. They can read the fine prints on the food packets without magnifying glasses and, in case, the level of dangerous substances are beyond limits, they discard the foods.'
'Oh,' Lord Shiva relaxed. 'Make In India is all about making hay while the Sun shines - right?'
'In a way you are right,' Ganesha grinned. 'I only hope the Baba takes more interest in modaks. I would love to see the modak makers introduce cheese into the delicious modaks. They would taste still better with French cheese.'
'But - you just now said that the Baba wants to drive out foreigners. And - you want foreign cheese in your modaks!!' 'Don't worry Papas,' Ganesha grinned. 'There is always some hidden foreign agenda at work.' (to be continued ...)

(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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