IPL-Death Overs and Politicians

 

IPL keeps coming up with its own vocabulary. ‘Death Overs’ no longer causes eye-brows to be raised. These are last few overs for the batting team to play. Also known as ‘slog-overs’ because during these overs batsmen slog to add as many runs as possible.

 

Understandable! No wonder, boundaries and sixers abound during this period. Death Overs are most watchable part of the match.

 

And what about politicians? Well, try to recall names of top politicians. Most are old or very old. They are facing their death overs.  Clinging to dear lives, they are also suffering from major Illnesses.

 

And what are they up-to during death overs?

 

They are busy consolidating ill-gotten gains. These gains are not for their teams but for own use. Most parties, barring a few, are proprietary ones. Their owners are busy setting up children for transfer of ownership after their death

 

Death Overs in IPL are eminently watchable. What about Death Overs of politicians? Better stay away. Their Lust for lucre and power can only generate hatred.

 

We believe in re-birth. To ensure a better new-birth, our people take to doing good deeds during the evening of their lives. They contribute to charity and engage in spiritual programs. Not these politicians. They are a different breed. They don’t care what posterity will think of them. Their obituaries have already been sculpted in gold by own underlings.

 

Let us not shame our memories by naming the names.