He gathered a disk from his chariot, cupped it from above in his right palm and to gain momentum for throwing swerved his torso sidewards and said: “I repeat, if you willfully handover your kingdom to me I will see to it that history will praise you as the greatest king ever lived and once every year people will sing encomiums attesting your greatness to no end. Otherwise you will go down in history as the cruelest king ever lived; your very name will become a synonym of vice, generations will spit on your figure and they will celebrate this day by cracking fire-works. You decide.”
The King stared at history: “I am not going to gift you my kingdom on a platter. As for history, no! My prajas will never believe what you and your people will ever say; they will praise me as a great king who gave away his life defending his people, who fought against those people who plunder their own people teaming up with those new people who came from elsewhere”
“Lets see”
He deftly swung the disk towards Kamsa who tried to swat it away with his sword but to no avail.
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Comment by Ajayshekher
It is indeed a work of immense critical and creative significance. Krishna became a lad of Vedic Hinduism through his mercyless butchery and instant executions. The henchman like Yadav thus became a close associate and protector of Hinduism and its priestocracy. His phallic power also lured the patriarchal core of Brahmanism as an indigenous agent of sexist conquest over the desires and erotic fantasies of queens and feudal ladies. The same juncture dramatized in the work makes parallels with the sacrifice of Mahabali. The threat by Vamana the icon of Brahmanism was also something similar. Bali yielded, lost his kingdom and egalitarian state to this moral hijacking cunningly used by Brahamnical forces even today with its successive triumphs in the nationalist movement as in the Poona pact. The same agenda of annihilating your opponent through elemental moral pressure which is actually a form of violence is booming in the youth for equality campaigns and in Anna Hazare mode of event management. The threat to democracy and egalitarianism comes from the same sources of ancient and modern fascisms that could be described as the reactionary ideology and hegemonic discourse of Brahmanism in India.The work is resonant and vibrant with all these references and suggestions.
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Bravo, Satheesh… bravo… it is indeed a work of immense critical and creative significance. Krishna became a lad of Vedic Hinduism through his mercyless butchery and instant executions. The henchman like Yadav thus became a close associate and protector of Hinduism and its priestocracy. His phallic power also lured the patriarchal core of Brahmanism as an indigenous agent of sexist conquest over the desires and erotic fantasies of queens and feudal ladies. The same juncture dramatized in the work makes parallels with the sacrifice of Mahabali. The threat by Vamana the icon of Brahmanism was also something similar. Bali yielded, lost his kingdom and egalitarian state to this moral hijacking cunningly used by Brahamnical forces even today with its successive triumphs in the nationalist movement as in the Poona pact. The same agenda of annihilating your opponent through elemental moral pressure which is actually a form of violence is booming in the youth for equality campaigns and in Anna Hazare mode of event management. The threat to democracy and egalitarianism comes from the same sources of ancient and modern fascisms that could be described as the reactionary ideology and hegemonic discourse of Brahmanism in India.The work is resonant and vibrant with all these references and suggestions.
Thanks for your enthusiastic reply.