(Warning: Any logical thinking on the part of the viewer is totally prohibited. Reader discretion is forbidden.)

Saas bahu aur saazish. Sounds familiar? A bit too familiar. After all, what can beat the surprising (unbelievable?) twists and turns, the constant battle (everlasting? I mean 500 episodes marathon) between good and evil, and the dramatic buildup to innumerable climaxes? You’ve guessed it right. Indian Politics!

Hot and spicy, our politics doesn’t lack a single ingredient to grab the title of ‘the best Indian soap’. Put on a news channel and you will be stared-shocked to see MPs waddling bundles of notes in parliament. Hypnotized, you will get glued to your sofa and gape at the faces of parliamentarians, catching the rehearsed words of their speeches. After a stressed wait and suffering much noise pollution, you will see a ticking scoreboard, and lo! Climax! The government has won the majority! But the soap is not over yet (Oh, how could you expect it to?).

Now the focus is on the embittered Left. Defeated and humiliated, it seeks revenge. Its first victim is the good old Somnath Chatterjee. DEFIANCE! The judgment is pronounced. Somnath gracefully exists from the drama (or does he leave only to return later?).

Left and Right’s respective tails are on fire. And what’s burning is Amarnath. BJP wants drama, Congress doesn’t. We zoom in on their faces a hundred times from all angles possible. Congress tries to woo the Left, but like a spurned lover, Left displays all the tantrums. What’s next? Will the Congress lose Hindu votes? Will the Left join the UPA to cripple the BJP. All that and more in the next episode!

Till then, we have got tapes to entertain you. No, not tapes of soaps. Tapes of sting operations! Stung by the sting media, our politicians are incredibly busy making tapes. Fabricated, obviously, but they get real news, prime time. What can be better?

To avoid impeachment, let me clarify that the government is the saas, the opposition bahu and all that goes between is saazish. And the everlasting drama continues.

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