COURT JESTERS

Allow me to tell you a story of King’s Jesters:

The kings and Rajas of the past had official entertainers in their courts. These were professional clowns, dancers, poets, jugglers etc, whose only function in the king’s court was to amuse him. That would do any thing and go to any extent to seek the pleasure of the man sitting on the throne. These professionals could not even think of uttering a single word not in tune with the official line. The only truth for them was what the almighty king desired. Sometimes the questions and answers were all prepared beforehand.

Some people think that these institutions have died down. Being the custodians of both Mughal and British traditions we have not let these institutions die, rather we have changed their form. They are now special persons granted special incentives, to do the maligning job. Well these poor souls are unable to do any other meaningful task and their livelihood depends upon how well they can scandalize others without been suspected, how to distort facts into tell tale lies and present to their masters and earn their appeasement.

They try to excel each other. But while they are undertaking these tasks, they have no knowledge that by their actions they are undermining the very foundations of the castle in which they are living so comfortably and eating the fruits of its orchids. The fact will dawn upon them the day the earth shakes beneath their feet and the castle crumbles to dust. But it will be too late to reverse the clock. They had themselves brought this wrath upon themselves.

The lesson is not for these jesters but is for the masters they themselves allowed these clowns to prosper which lead to the dropping of the curtain.

Remember “You cannot stop the birds of sorrow to fly over your head, but you can stop them to build their nests”.

I hope that my afore mentioned words will be taken seriously and not termed as ranting. If Pakistan wants to prosper it must give up its present working practice and adopt a more rationale and practical environment for the workers so they can deliver both quality and quantity. So think again before you plunge into abyss on a one way ticket.

The fate and the fortune is in your hands it is up to you which F will you apply. I had played my innings with best of my abilities. Honestly and with sheer dedication.