Narad queers the pitch for Didi & Co (satire)

Narad came like a bolt from the blue and caught Didi and her band of trusted followers by unawares – Narad is known to create rift between the Gods and Goddesses in Heaven and his sudden appearance took everyone by surprise.
It was election time and Didi had built up the tempo but, suddenly, she had to change tracks.
Instead of proceeding with the rallies that were meant to generate mass contact and spread a feeling of ‘all-is-well’, Didi had to apply the brakes and recast her strategies.
She first rang up Moo Cool, her man of all seasons.
‘What is this I saw on TV about Narad?’ she asked.

‘I also heard about it,’ Moo Cool said. ‘It is a ploy of the opposition to derail our smooth functioning. They are in tatters and are clutching at every straw.’
‘Narad means a troublemaker,’ Didi murmured. ‘He goes about strumming his harp and creating problems. He loves to pit one against another.’
‘Yes,’ Moo Cool agreed. ‘It seems he has a nearly one-hour video that shows our members accepting wads of notes. Some of them even hid the notes in a towel.’
‘They have revealed some names?’
‘Yes.’
‘Ask them not to open their mouth to the media.’
‘Yes.’
‘And, I want to now full details about this Narad character.’
‘Dee Wreck is already on the job.’
‘Good. Let him get cracking on the social media and locate the brains behind the sting operation.’
‘Do you think this is a tactic of Moody & Co to counter your threats?’
‘Could be,’ Didi said. ‘Actually, one of his men disclosed the CD to the media. Moody could have engineered this just to disturb our campaigns. He wants to create a diversion. He knows that our attention would get diverted and disturbed as we try to prove our innocence.’
‘But – we are innocent.’
‘I am aware of that,’ Didi said. ‘But, the world is full on non-believers. I sold my paintings for crores of rupees and nobody believed. Still I am in power.’
‘You mean the cloud will pass?’
‘There is no cloud,’ Didi assured. ‘We have shown the world what we can do. Our cottage industries are flourishing, our tourist hubs are waking up thanks to promotion videos by Bollywood stars, our youth have their screen idols in Parliament, our cricketers and footballers walk shoulder to shoulder. Narad cannot waylay our plans.’ (to be continued …)


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