Not that I could be a better one than the Thackearys or Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, but I often think why I deprived this nation of the best leader it could ever have. Well, the reason is initially I was inclined not to. But, somewhere down the line, I just started understanding too much. And with understanding, I started seeing too far and too clearly (at least enough to contemplate on this question).

I could, with all the understanding and vision that I had achieved, see it clearly that in the long run I was bound not to succeed. Actually the logic is simple. I read Ibsen and agreed completely when he said that the majority is always wrong and the minority is always right. Now, to be the next Saviour of all my people, I had two choices – either to succeed by being wrong or fail by being right. Wrong I never am, so the first choice got eliminated. Losing no one likes, so the second choice eliminated.

Then it made me think, “Which profession allows me to be as ruthless and yet not fail for being right?”. And guess what, I became a lawyer. Today I charge people to tell them that they might lose. Then charge to fight the lost battle. And then, charge even more, to add comedy to injury, in the name of appeal. My only regret – I want to charge to write this. Damn it! Now that you are not paying, here I end.

Handprints, originally uploaded by teldow.