This is a fascinating tale of two brothers. They grew up together with their parents in perfect harmony. Life seemed perfect and abound in happiness. But you know these things hardly last forever. The entire neighborhood looked at them with pride and sometimes a little envy.
Their father bought them a new GI Joe action figure. This was no simple action figure, it was a unique GI Joe collectors special. One of its kind figure. The brothers loved it, they played with it together all the time. Slowly a mild discontent starting brewing between the brothers. The GI Joe being the focal point of existence. Each tried to stake a claim over it. The situation deteriorated by the day, the parents intervened to no avail. The matter got so serious that the people in the neighborhood would discuss it with great detail. Slowly the battle ground became clear. You had to be supporting one of the two brothers, there was no middle ground. There were ugly exchanges between the two brothers and their associates. The local media for lack of other stories covered this one with great excitement. True to its style, the media added new twists to the saga. Somehow the local politicians also got involved. Things snowballed out of control. The amount of interest generated reached hysterical proportions.
Some sort of resolution had to be reached. The parents could not side with one and hence tried remaining neutral. After much thought and debate they confiscated the GI Joe. One wrap on the knuckles set things right. It was now clear to the brothers that unless they resolved their differences the GI Joe would be lost forever.
Conflict resolution was difficult. The politicians thought that the issue will distract the nation from more meaningful problems, so they wanted the battle to continue. They became party to the 'resolution meetings'.
Just like when god send the devil to count the political parties in the country and the devil never returned, these 'resolution meetings' continued without progress.
The episode had far reaching consequences. GI Joe never manufactured another toy in the country. A generation of children grew up without GI Joe's to play with.
And the saga continues...........
P.S - I apologize for my lack of subtlety.
5 comments:
Is this about Kashmir?
I wrote this with another perspective. But now that you point it out, it seems relevant to this issue as well..
Interesting analogy. Fits perfectly for a lot of issues well beyond Kashmir as well.
Ambanis?
yep..
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