By
Tarun Dalaya
Ram Bharose had had a hard day of work in the field. Earlier
in the morning he had participated in the village panchayat elections.
In the night he was unable to sleep properly and kept
tossing and turning.
His mind kept asking, "What was the
alternative?","What was the alternative?","What was the
alternative?".
His sleep broke. As he opened his eyes he saw a bright light
and the God of What Was The Alternative, emerge. "Ram Bharose you kept
asking a hundred times ‘What Was The Alternative?’ and I thought you were
calling out to me and so I am here before you", the God said.
“You thought you voted for someone great, didn’t you?”, the
God asked Ram Bharose. “Yes my Lord. I was planning to vote for the other one
but he was accused by my fellow villagers of beating up his neighbour’s goat
which strayed into his field”, he replied.
“You know this other one for years as well, is it not?
You know he is an animal lover? You know he is a gentle human being! And
yet you did not vote for him because of what so many villagers were saying!”,
the God of What Was The Alternative said angrily.
“Ram Bharose how can an animal lover hurt the goat?”, the
God asked. “A handful of friends of the one you voted for were spreading a
particular messaging around the village. Yes there was an alternative but you
were not able to recognise Truth from Propaganda. You fell for propaganda
spread by a few. You did not want to believe the Truth!”
Copyright © Tarun
Dalaya, 2019
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