In our land hordes of government servants from peon to Prime Minister are labelled as rulers. Cosmic gods live in temples. Mundane gods also inhabit temples, which are branded as ‘temples of sovereignty.’ In matters of architecture the temples of cosmic gods have a broad base which narrows down till it reaches its apex. The spires in their breadth are not more than a golden line. But architects in our country have patterned the temples of cosmic gods on a design which differentiates them from the temples of mortal humans. If the temple of a cosmic god is tilted upside down, we can discern the ‘worldly temple’ in its impeccable design. It has the loftiness of Himalayas, flexibilityof the slender waist of a female beauty and charm of the lower limbs of a frenzied lover. In administrative parlance such a construction is nomenclatured as top heavy. And it is here in such a construction live our administrative gods.

In matters of classification there is no difference between cosmic gods and mundane gods. The templesof cosmic gods are adorned with ‘murtis imported from Jaipur and are seen nestling with home-made ‘murtis’ . But the ‘administrative temples’ are decked with mundane gods imported from the Punjab,UP, Madras, Bengal and occasionally from England. These imported gods are seen jostling with home-made gods. The ranks of cosmic gods and mundane gods are packed with foreign and locally made gods without any discrimination. It is within everybody’s ken that gods of whatever hue are omni-present and hence cannot be differentiated on grounds of clime, colour or race.

It is said that ‘God’s wand’ is slow in its movement,but movement it does have. The ‘government’s wand’ is slower than the wand of God. The fact is that ‘God’s wand’ reaches the earth after piercing through the blue sky and seven oceans. The ‘government’s wand reaches its target after undergoing lots of eddies of red-tapism. I also needs the proverbial life of ‘Roma Rishi’ and ‘Kwaza Khizar’ to touch its focal point. Every common man is not fortunate enough to live a long life as that of Roma Rishi and Khizar. Hence the flourish of the ‘government wand’ loses its momentum much before it reaches its target.

Our rulers have framed and formulated laws and some of them are good beyond doubt. But these laws seldom come to people as they are enmeshi in the thorns of red-tapism and are lost in the depths of storm-tossed occeans with none to retrieve them.

Very lately government has set up a ‘talking shop’ after the pattern of ‘emporium’ which peddles goods of various craftsmen. The shop remains open, twice a year and government a non-government member peddle their words as shop-keepers peddle their goods. This is a industry that has started to thrive in our land. Common people have not yet made out the secrets of this industry. But it is on a fast track and is attracting everybody’s attention. What is funny that the Silk Weaving Factory, Jammu Tannery, Kashmir Sheep Form and Drug Industry figure prominently in the official reports of government, but the above said industry does not find a mention as if it were totally non-existent.

Our rulers have launched a blitz propaganda for temperance to follow the foot prints of the Congress government which has lost power. But our rulers cannot avoid the whiff of smell emited from liquor and have developed an addiction. They gulpots of liquor openly and stealthily under the public gaze or in solitude. There may be some exception here and there, but they do not make a summer. But before laws are enacted to ban liquor sale it is essential to frame laws to root out corruption which is endemic.

Processions in honour of cosmic gods are organised on fixed day of ayear. But the motor-cade of our ‘mundane gods’ does not stop till their budgeted TA grants do not exhaust. And since Ayyanger Sahib has eternalised the TA grants the motorcade of these ‘earthly gods’ never stops and is ever on move and their twenty-four hour service is deemed to lead this land to final salvation.

Our rulers have diverse hobbies and tastes. The latest hobby is to deal in estate. In this hobby government patronage is quite useful. So are the pests of ‘Nambardari’ and ‘Zaildari’. Our ruler consider these pests more efficacious than ‘bee keeping’. Mr Ayyanger has started to felter these rulers through the enactment of laws that ban dealings in land. But these rulers continue in their indulgence without dither or fear.