Star of Mysore had two reports yesterday on Mysore District in-charge Minister, Shobha Karandlaje.
At a district-level review meeting of officials and people’s representatives at Zilla Panchayat, Ms. Karandlaje said that the fertilizer crisis is not serious.
Then, in a second meeting on Dasara preparations, Ms. Karandlaje outlined her vision of Dasara. Let me quote from the SOM report:
Mysore Dasara is very much a personification of kings and Goddess Chamundeshwari and in this context, the kings of other countries would be invited and felicitated during Dasara.
This is the vision put forth by District in-charge Minister Shobha Karandlaje for this year’s colourful Dasara. Talks have been held with the Union Government for the realisation of this vision, during which a list of the kings and kings of other countries were sought, thus paving the way for a new trend, she said.
Dasara as the personification of Gods and Kings? Does the honorable Minister not realize we live in a modern, democratic era? Why felicitate kings? Is there any reason to recognize and honor royalty today? It is unconscionable for a democratic representative such as Ms. Karandlaje to make such a suggestion.
What bothers me is simply this. On the one hand, Ms. Karandlaje et al seem to be incapable of recognizing the reality that stares them in the face. Hence the reality denying statement on fertilizer crisis. On the other hand, they are keen to take us back to a medieval period. Do they not even realize how reactionary and backward looking they sound when they speak of honoring kings?
What’s wrong with these people?
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