Why bell the cat??
Basu Ka Bakwas
One act play
Charecters
Narrator and Cat : A big cat in Mousopia who is veracious mouse eater .
Madam Mouse : The de-facto ruler of Mousopia
Prime minister Mouse: The De rigor ruler of Mousopia
Little Mouse: Son of Madam Mouse
Shiela : Chief Minster of the capital of Mousopia
Narshima: Previous PM
Aruna, Anna : Activists of Anti Cheating on Cat Belling Campaign
Act 1 ,Scene 1
CaT: Ladies and Gentleman a good evening to you all as the main characters in this play allow me to introduce myself.I am a cat in mousopia the country of mice .Such an incongiliaty as how does cats and mice predator and prey coexist .I will humbly retort that dear detractor you have not invested enough time in the contemplation of the micro universe of the sewers allys ,dust bins where mice or rats populate .You will find microcosms of Mousopia towns cities and metropolises of Mice and or rats.Whats new or remarkable about that you fight back ah dear friend this is where I reward your patience with the story behind our Play.You see all Mousopia are tormented by cats being the main annihilator the mice dread little other than cats.They run hide or die under our predation . Whats in that? Hold on nearly there .Some time back some clever mice came out with an Idea “ Why not bell the cat?” after many a thought a little sad mouse conjunctures “ but who will Bell The cat?” . Oh don’t go away I am there in this particular Mousopia India the mice finaly decide to get together and elect a assembly who will bell the Cat. Well the term of the assembly is five years then there is an election again if the population finds that the efforts of the elected representatives have not been satisfactory enough.. Sixty Four Years have passed but as you can see there is no bell around my neck.I do what I do and they just keep on promising from one election to another that they will Bell me.But what is this some Anna mouse is demanding that there be a committee that check why the elected, the and the judiciary have not belled me yet. I must meet Madame Mouse instantly and put a stop to this. She is the party president of the present ruling coalition and runs the prime minister she should know better
Enter Madame Mouse
Madame Mouse : You ! You were not supposed to meet me other than in Switzerland or with my friend Quattrochi not here what will happen if someone sees us.
Cat: Blame it on the Right to Information Act your government passed.
Madame Mouse: That Aruna I shouldn’t have just passed on any note I find and tell PM to pass it .We had provisions but Anna went on a fast.
Cat : Do something even your bureaucrats Mice are more afraid of RTI than me.Analysts are arguing this Anti Cheating on Cat Belling campaign is no more than a lynch mob who are harassing public servants from carrying on business. They are to fat to bell me from all the tax payers cheese they are fed to do just so.
Madame Mouse: Don’t you think we tried every time we try anything there is a madia uproar people go on fasts .The opposition don’t let the parliament function as if they were any better at belling you.
Cat : Ah pardon you intend me to be belled
Madame Mouse; no way how aught we ran our coalition government with ministers who can never bell the cat only promise to do so year after year .I was going to make that our chief election campaign vote for Mice Congress we will surely Bell the cat.
Cat : Surely your constituency is not convinced
Madame Mouse: You Show up every where at the Mice Games ,Mice Communication auction .
Cat :That’s because your Mice Ministers and bureaucrats are so used to the Idea of not belling me they didn’t see The RTI coming.
Madame Mouse : If only we had the old way the cases would drag on the accused will be bailed and if conviction happens the accused is all ready deceased .We go on without belling you.Oh this is all the media and Internet I tell you
Cat : Your Information minister is working on it I hope.
Enter Prime Minister Mouse running in and Distraught
Prime Minister Mouse: Madam Anna is going on a fast.
Madame Mouse: Warn and denounce him
Prime Minister Mouse: Yes Mam! Right away Mam! Hello Cat.
Prime Minister Mouse Runs away Tail in between legs
Madame Mouse: See if only Little Mouse Hype works you can have him like you had the other non Family mouse Narshima Mouse.
Cat : your Courts did him in
Madame Mouse: Good Riddance in this Democracy our Family comes first even my Son In Law cant be frisked at Mice ports.Shiela is near family she should also be protected.
Enter Prime Minister Mouse Shaking feverously
Prime Minister Mouse: Madame Help Anna is still going on a fast
Madame Mouse: Oh I am sick of undisclosed disease I will be off to Europe no hospital in Mousopia can treat me off this head ache Anna. Off ho Arrest him immediately .Here I was talking about Family and you had to barge in
Prime Minister Mouse Prostrating and touching Madame’s feet.
Prime Minister Mouse : This family is the pillar of our democracy please dispose me and make Little Mouse the PM let me go back top my Economics class the students are much less embarrassing than our Allies ,Minister ,The opposition who do I leave out.
Madame Mouse : Exactly why I don’t want my fragile son to be encumbered with all this go arrest him I mean Anna .
Prime Minister Mouse runs with his tail between his legs
Cat: So are you going to tell me something about this new MICE PAL bill .
Madame Mouse: Just another tooth less act which creates more bureaucrats and nothing more
Cat : But if the Mice protest
Madame Mouse; Then we form a committee and rename it Strong Mice Pal Bill
Cat : Surely some one will notice
Madame Mouse: Same thing we will this time call it Stronger Mice Pal Bill
Cat: With all due respect that’s even weirder are mice that blind .
Madame Mouse : Well that way all the time gets waste we don’t pass anything or do anything next you know its election time.
Enter Prime Minister Mouse literally shaking
Prime Minister Mouse: Anna has started his Fast in jail the mice allover the countries are up in arms
Madame Mouse: If only like my Mother in law I could declare Emergency. Release him tell everyone you will redraft a new bill and consider his demands laud him to the skies
Prime Minister Mouse and Cat ( in chorus): Redraft the bill to contain his demands
Madame Mouse: no idiot just wait for a few months in the meanwhile try to break his camp let Little Mouse Give good speeches Go and admit privately that there should be a rethink on RTI tell Information minister to try muzzle the press. Bribe our allies’ find cases against the opposition create more Tamasha and come out with a little altered Bill.Dont forget to mention that this Anti Cheating on Cat Belling campaign is an affront to the constitution, National Flag, Mousopia way off life ,economic growth, overripe fungus infested Tomato its an affront to everything don’t forget to mention that.
Cat: Oh I am relieved no one is belling me then .
Madame Mouse: Never
Come on Sing this
“In the largest Democracy Mousopia which is being converted to DYNESTY RULE
We make promises we don’t keep and make the voter a fool.
For Sixty an d four years we have been mostly in power we have bribed,lied ,imposed Emergency rule
We will keep this up for the next hundred years create minority vote banks to stay in power
This is divide and rule
If we don’t have an Majority we will form coalition of self serving individuals with intrigrity of a toad stool.
This is a democracy but is a Dynasty rule (in chorus)
This is a democracy but is a Dynasty rule (in chorus)
This is a democracy but is a Dynasty rule (in chorus)
This is a democracy but is a Dynasty rule (in chorus)
Yo! Yo! In another fifty years we will be referred to as His Majesty all better mind that yo fool
FIN
2 comments:
cat is merry affinkso
thanks John P Smith its my parrody of the Indian Anti corruption crusade
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