Dear Mr. Jullian Assange,
Congratulations for having
found a protégé
in Mr. Edward. Snowden.
Last week I was
comfortably sitting on my sofa
hoping to see
some nice murder
mystery and some
explicit sex on TV.
But the
fidgety me had
to surf the
channels during commercials and
what do I see?
This
fellow Mr. Edward Snowden
is hiding in
some transit place
in Russia and the
entire world is
trying to get
their hands on
his throat, of
course to squeeze
his life out. So what
do I do?
I immediately
Google him and
what do I find? That he
is trying to
tell the world
some Truth about
some freedom and rights! God!
Then within
the next few days I
come
to know there
are some ongoing
surveys in the
general population . well
someone is obviously trying to
find out if
he has done
the right thing
or not!
So I decided
to put in
my two pence and write you this letter.
Now I am
much angry and I am
writing this letter
to you. I hope
someone passes it on.
What I am
going to tell
you must have
been told to you
innumerable times by
your mother, father, friends, lover, acquaintances…..even the
government is telling
you this…but stubborn
you!Yet I will repeat all that has been already repeated:
Mr. Assange who
told you we are interested
in truth? Whoever told
you must be
the most foolish
of men. Trust me
on this.
Of course I
am
interested in truth
but not your
kind that speaks
of rights or
freedom. I am
interested in truths like:
Has my neighbor
bought
a new bigger
fridge?
Is my
boss having an extra
marital affair?
Am I getting
my promotion?
Can I save
more tax?
Can I take
bribe without getting
caught?
Is my
date rich?
Sir,
but your truths
as you say
don’t answer my
questions. So what am I going to do
with your truth? Sir,
truly speaking I just
need enough rights
to know the answers
to the above
questions.
But
since you seem
not to have
an ounce of the
thing called a
sane head I wish
to explain a
few things.
First of all
I am a common man.
As common as
is possible to be. In
fact the only
thing that separates
me from the
cattle that are
slaughtered everyday to
dress my dinner
is the fact
that I walk
on my hind
legs instead on
my fours. That poor Mr. Darwin
tired everything to separate me
from animals but
alas!
Mr. Assange to
explain myself easily
let me tell
you there are
three types of
people in this
world to whom
you are trying
to sell your truth
:
1. the fated
slaves. This is
half the world
: hungry , naked and
diseased. They are
only interested in
two meals, a
pair of clothes and
health care . So
they are not
interested in your
truth.
2. the willing
slaves : out
of the half that
is left 99.99%
are people like me. This
is my life
and living : I get
up every day, go
to potty, dress
up for office,
get pushed and punched on
the way to
office, then toil
with my head
bowed and in the
evening come back
home, watch some
sex and murder
on TV, have
some sex and
hope to murder
this and that,
then go off to
sleep. Then the
next day again. Again and
again for years
together till the blessed day I die. Now, I know half the
world is hungry, naked
and diseased but I can’t
do anything about
it. I know there
are kings trying
to steal my
personal rights and
freedom but I
have taxes to
save, food to
eat, diseases to fight, dresses to buy…and many
such things of
great importance. So where
is the time
to spare for
you and your
truth?
3. the kings : These
are far and few. The fat
ones who are
having a gala
time. They are
not interested in
me or the
fated slaves because they
are too busy
with bigger problems like
protecting their chairs
and managing Swiss
bank accounts. Of course they are
not interested in
your truth because your
truth exposes them .
Now, if I am
right you have stolen
the
truth from the
kings and are trying to sell
this truth to
the fated slaves
and the willing
slaves? Seriously! Are you
joking Sir?
Despite understanding the
fact that no one
is
interested in it? Of
course you are giving
it for free
at the expense
of your own
life. God! Even the
street vendor has
more common sense
and understanding of the
market!
And
Sir, all those
people from the
surveys who have
said that you
did the right
thing by exposing the
truth? They are
like all those
people who press
the button like on Facebook when
you change your profile
picture! Basically they don’t mean a thing other
than boosting your
ego and making
you do reckless
things like truth
finding and distributing.
But Sir, it
is not their
fault that they are
not interested in
your kind of
truth and are
just entertaining themselves
at your and your
truth’s expense.
Sir, if you don’t believe
me
you can check
the number of
hits matrimonial or
weight loss or
lips stick sites
have as compared
to philosophical or
political sites. But then they are peaceful
people and they
know very well
that if they
fall in love with you
or your truth
they all will
have to shift
to that Ecuador Embassy in London
and hide with
you. Now, now why would you want them to
give up their happy
lives and hide?
You are
doing all this so
that the world
can be a better place
or a hiding place?Before I finish lecturing you I wish to give you a history lesson : do you know what happened to all those scientists, philosophers, thinkers who told the truth about kings? Christ was crucified, Socrates was given Hemlock, Gandhi was shot so was Martin Luther king Jr. There are a million such examples. Get it? Of course after a hundred years or so we slaves will worship you and Kings will speak of the great man you were in their election campaigns but right now? Sir, please use your common sense.
By the way Sir, have you read the pied piper of Hamelin. It is a long poem and I will shorten it in my words for you. There is this city called Hamelin. It is infested with rats. The city dwellers are much worried. But they having tried and failed cannot do anything more about it. Then comes in a Pied piper. He plays his musical thing and all the rats follow him into some river and drown. Now the piper much pleased by his feat comes back to the Hamelin people and demands his pay. But the people of Hamelin don’t give a shit. So Mr. Piper is pissed and he plays his instrument again. This time the children of Hamelin follow him into some cave forever. The people of Hamelin sulk.
Now, Mr. Assange Sir do you understand the moral here?
Who heard the
piper?
The rats
and the children. That’s it. Everyone
else
was deaf. Just like today.
You
are the pied
pipers of this
modern Hamelin and
we are the deaf people.
So
you can keep
playing your pipe
promising to rid
of us of
rats and mice
but we won’t
get it till we will
lose our children
and have nothing
left to do but to
sulk some more. Get
it?
P.S : Mr. Assange and
Mr. Snowden I know
what the Kings
across the world
are doing. I know the
truth. I have known
it forever, since
long lost histories.
That is the
only thing kings
in any form
will do. They are
taking away whatever
little freedom I have and
trampling my rights like
you say. But I don’t need that
freedom or rights.
I need just
enough rights to make
a living not
a life. And you and
all those great
men repeating the
so called truth about freedom/ rights into
my psyche is
not going to
make me any
different from the
cattle and a
slave I am. So beat
it.
Yours uninterested,
Dr.Bharati.
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