Kaikei and Dasharath

King Dasharath

Was on the ventilator

In the intensive care unit

Kausalya waited

At the door

With Kaikei planning

To materialize the old promises

For both,

Visitor’s time was

Of great importance

Ward nurse showed up her head

Through the gap

Of the half-opened door

Manthara walked over to her

Whispered,

Put something

Into her overcoat pocket,

And returned

So the visitors time

Was well reserved for Kaike

Kaikei entered

Sat nearby the King

And stretched her two fingers

Figuring number 2,

But, the King misunderstood it

To be the shape of V

And soliloquized:

“V stands for victory,

It means I have been in recovery”

He returned her gesture

With a good smile

No sooner did Kaikei realize

That the King did not get her point

Than she became Mohd. Rafi:

Jo vaada kiya to nibhaana padega…

The King slowly

Took a slip

From the pillow cover

And handed it over to Kaikei

The slip read:

“First ask your elected leaders

To fulfil their promises,

Mine would come later….”

Since the spare ventilator

Was not immediately available,

Kaikei was shifted to AIIMS….

Comments:
Jokes apart, Prem ji, Kaikei in real life, besides being extremely pretty, was very fond of Rama. Nice twists such as this makes great reading. And why on earth, Prem ji, you are not visiting Muse India all these days? Best regards,

Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad
Feb 26, 2011
A very fluid, lucid and charming composition.Warm Regards,

U K Atiyodi, Kandangali, Payyanur
Feb 25, 2011

Dear Prem ji, a delightful modern touch to the old mythological katha ! Incidentally, AIIMS doctors happen to be on strike and this is what the legal luminaries said :The Delhi high court (HC) ruled on Monday (21st Feb) that doctors can’t go on strikes as that would violate ailing citizens’ right to life.The judgment came on a petition filed by SC/ST Medical Association in 2006 seeking action against All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) doctors, who struck work for 17 days and refused to attend to a large number of patients coming from different parts of the country.The medicos were against reservation for other backward castes (OBCs).HC said health was the basic requirement for “preservation of body — the human frame which is manifestation of life that is seen”.“It should be borne in mind that life is a glorious gift from god,” a bench of chief justice Dipak Misra and justice Sanjiv Khanna observed. ..." I wonder what ultimately happened ! Was Kayikeyi shifted to another hospital ? Was a spare ventilator available there ? I wonder if there were reservations for OBCs etc in King Dashratha's rajya ? Do solve these mysteries !!Thanks !!

J S BROCA, New Delhi
Feb 25, 2011


I simply can't control my laughter after reading this, nice concept of modern Ramayana. I liked it, thanks for sharing, Sir.

Nikita Sareen, New Delhi
Feb 25, 201