POT-BREAKING performance

“He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.”…. Chanakya

Chankya is the personification of statesmanship and political craft. With the above line, he highlights a very important aspect of politics, VISIBILITY. This is all the more relevant in today’s politics. You are near people if you are in their minds. The best way to be in their minds it to be in their TV sets. Electronic media is on a rampage for sensational news and politicians are on the lookout for visibility. It’s a win-win for both. Politicians get visibility and media gets sensational news.  

When, Jagan Reddy was walking away with all the TV space, Chandrababu Naidu played the Babli trump card and spaced out Jagan, thereby hogging the precious minutes of coverage. But the Queen of TV space, undoubtedly was Dr Jyoti.

Dr Jyoti, one of the 14 MLCs suspended from the House for unruly behaviour on Tuesday, went on a rampage, smashing flowerpots outside the building. It was not 1 , not 2 but a total of 15 flowerpots came down crashing but raised the ‘Visibility’ rating of Jyoti for a lifetime. Another thing that almost came crashing down was her saree. No words needed to say, what would have happened to the ‘Visibility’ quotient.

For all those who missed this spectacle, you can catch it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkKuv4qoG0. It was indeed a POT-BREAKING performance. 

Dr Jyoti, the Congress MLC, is a postgraduate in political science with a doctoral degree to boot. She has an abiding interest in music and literature.

Jyoti, who was an MLA for two terms from 1985 to 1995 and later became an MLC in 2002, was a minister who held important portfolios of education, cooperative and transport in different governments.

While the men enjoyed the destruction and liberal show of skin, women marshals had a tough time controlling the legislator. It looked like she was possessed by some ghost of a forest dweller, who was doing some a pre-mating ritual to attract her mate with all the skin show. From a slightly different angle, it appeared like a Hippo doing a Helen number with a slight Johnny Walker & Dharmendra tone to it.

There was some moron on TV the other day, who said Jyoti is being targeted because she is a Dalit. Dude, nobody is targeting her, she targeted all of us with her daredevilry. Till about a week ago, I never know a soul called Dr Jyoti existed in this world. Today, its impossible to forget the ‘Striptease’ and ‘Mating dance’.