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Prime Minister’s silence amidst CHOGM noise


Humble figured man, with lost speech and loose stand sits in the room where his silence stirs him. Manmohan School of silent communications sits still when his silence like his conscience is stirred and willing to come out. His silence was no longer golden.
His tongue is so controlled rather remote controlled that if he is programmed for speaking a sentence with one noun ,two adjectives and one conjunction, he won’t go beyond that verbs are not part of his speech since verb is ‘doing action’.
This time when he boycotts the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (CHOGM), under inevitable political pressure, his silence transformed into words.
This is what his silence and he discussed in the dark room, where the darkness is accompanied by moon light slanting on his study from the window, signifying still there’s hope.
Silence: Dr saab, Mr. Cameron stole the commonwealth show .he was able to take firm stand on the CHOGM summit, he proved far more nous than you.
Manmohan Singh: so what? We stole common man’s wealth. Now just silence please.
Silence: I want to speak. Enough is enough...
Manmohan Singh: moderation is a fatal thing, nothing succeeds like excess.
Silence: See Mr. Cameron vested Jaffna to talk to the people about the intensity of human rights violations .kudos. Being prime minister of the India it should have been your gesture.
Manmohan Singh: don’t you know Indian principal
If someone is doing
Why should I?
If no one is doing
How could I?
Let him….
Silence: your civilians, Tamilians suffered. Your presence was must .instead of boycott; you should have caught the boy responsible for war crimes.
Manmohan Singh: I wanted but we had collision with present and prospective coalition.
Silence: for coalition you corroded your statesmanship as always.
Manmohan Singh: Acha I have read Mr. Cameron gave ultimatum that Sri Lanka should form inquiry committee by March.
Silence: in response to which President Mahindra Rajapaksa asked that one can request but should not dictate.
Manmohan Singh: hahaha unlike me he is not good at taking dictations.
Manmohan Singh: see Cameron effect might fade. Had I visited even my presence would have faded.
Silence: how could you fade? Only bright things fade out. One can’t fade into fading.
Manmohan Singh: this is all about diplomacy. All wells that ends well.
Silence: don’t think there’s no criticism for your absence. Mr. Mahindra Rajapaksa might have not minded your absence but Sri Lanka’s Economic Development Minister Mr. Basil Rajapaksa said your absence was disappointing.
Man Mohan Singh: oh!! somebody tell that Basil
I am not basil of his courtyard (mai naa tulsi uske aangan ki)
I am not custodian of Indian files. How could I be of CHOGM files..
Silence: whatever you may say. This approach is catastrophic. This was a chance where you could have reprimanded Sri Lanka for inhuman acts.
Manmohan Singh: the only way to reprimand the neighbors is not to play cricket with them and cancel their IPL tickets.
Silence: we already have spoiled bilateral relations with neighbors-Pakistan, China and Bangladesh. Can we afford another??
Manmohan Singh: this time we cannot afford anything..Not even vegetables.
Silence: how great it would have been, if you acted like Prime Minister and participated in commonwealth summit.
Manmohan Singh: Silences please, have I ever acted Prime Minister that I would have acted this time  I am incapable of participating in commonwealth games
Silence: don’t silence me .in march, 2014 you would again have to face Lanka test at UN Human Rights
Council.
Manmohan Singh: huddi baba.I have just one thing to face..Our faceoff battle in elections of 2014.
After this conversation both were tired and slept.
His silence and his echoes faded…
It seems we are country
Where everything has degraded..

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