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                                      The Fall
In the resplendence of Indian spring there was a flurry of a different kind. The whole atmosphere seemed to be intoxicated.The entire stretches of India Gate were cordoned off and decked up like a royal bride of yore whose clan reigned over the hoi  ploi,  the mangy creeping creatures who were the keepers of these fattening  lousy  maggots who with a gargantuan lust devoured everything which appeared on this mother earth  material , ethereal , anything which they took fancy to.The king has gone?No he is in the time wrap and is spawning the screwed replicas of his alter ego.
The national flags were fluttering in the bright gravels of  India  Gate  and there was  excitement  in the air.  It was for the first time the sitting head of the most powerful part of the world had consented to be the chief guest on the Republic Day celebrations of my country. The  whole nation was overwhelmed.It seemed as  if half  the problems of the country had suddenly turned redundant.From  low  to high people  turned  into  jellies out of gratitude for the recently elected prime minister of India.It was indeed a great honour, the first time that  the US president  had accepted to be the chief guest of the occasion. Protocols  were  over-looked  and the prime-minister himself went to receive the state guest on his arrival.The PM was attired in   a colourful dress .The saffron  shawl adorned his persona and he had   suddenly   turned  so pliable that a little whiff of the wind propelled him to the proximity  of the chief guest.His fumbling hands sought his  and his grinning mouth widened with a grimace which subsided  only after the mutual hug.  The pride dissolved into ecstatic humbleness.  He  escorted the chief guest getting fiercely possessive of his each move.
The parade  was  on and the tableaus  following.Nations  eyes  were  on these two leaders.The PM had positioned himself  in such a way that he could easily access the hearing proximity of the chief guest. With his multi-coloured head- gear  he was preening himself  like a cock and  was trying to explain the Jharkhand tableau  in an  infatuous  manner.  Feeling a little uneasy over the non-committal  response of the chief guest he put to motion his left shoulder which nudged the straight stately and slim shoulder of the chief guest  and his head fell into nodding  and now   he let  his  head remain  slightly  inclined  nodding  and chewing at the same time.`
The  Hyderabad  House  looked  heavenly . The sand stone pathways   created a matted flooring interspersed with brightly blooming  flowers.It  was  the  aftermath of the culmination of the Republic Day Celebration.The breeze was cool and the air had taken the hue of the clean royal ambience. It could be felt and sensed even through  the  tv  visuals  to which the masses were glued.The PM in his pin-striped suit ,it being his fourth change –over since morning was in an expansive mood.  He was  facing the chief guest who seemed to be in the same attire a non- descript  suit  which took care of his comfort level nothing less or nothing more.His aquiline profile had a furrow  of deep reflection.His looks  too seemed to be distant.He took the tea with a non-flourish finesse  being offered by the half stretched left hand of the PM.The wide beaming smile of the PM had contracted a little  and  the  downy flakes of his grey hair flew in the air which rendered some profundity to his demeanor.The beautiful flowers beneath  them  , in a  subjugated togetherness  caressed  their feet  maintaining the aristocracy of a class  apart.

The PM having soaked himself  in the aura  of the chief guest  seemed elated. His bear grin created ripples in the golden pin-stipes of his pricy suit which had his name woven intricately all over them. They left with a flourish- the two of them-one in a swagger and the other bemused. 

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