Songs of Yore completes 15 years.

Fifteen has a nice ring to it. However, the beginning of the 15th year gave me a little concern. With the introduction of a new law in place of the Indian Penal Code, Taazirat-e-Hind Dafa 302 in our court room movies would be a thing of the past. Because there would be no Taazirat-e-Hind on the statutes. And there would be no Dafa 302, or maqtool’s body being dragged in the court or tumbling out of a wardrobe door either. In those movies the hero, wrongly accused of Dafa 302, used to be acquitted on the basis of Tamaam gawaahon ke bayanat and Vakeele-e-safaai’s daleels, and Memberaan-e-Jury’s opinion. Also gone would be some cultural symbols and songs. However, our parliamentarians were not concerned with that. They were all concerned with protecting our Samvidhan – from the other side. We saw in the election campaign competitive ferocity to protect the Constitution. When the parliament convened, there was pandemonium to save the Constitution with everyone waving a copy of the Book. We saw the same ferocity to protect the Constitution by all the parties in some state elections. We must admire the voters that in this mayhem too they are able to elect a winner.

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