Breaking news

I switched on the TV.

The first shot was of Our Honourable Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Super PM Sonia Gandhi walking into Taj Hotel without security, where the terrorists are still holed up. On queried by the cameramen, they replied that they are leading by example and will be in charge of the operations to flush out the terrorists, for they want to show that India is resilient and we cannot be cowed down.

Suddenly the scene shifted to two worthy Indians being air dropped to Nariman House where fighting was still going on. The camera zoomed and to my delight I saw that they were Arundhati Roy and Taesta Setalvad. They were going in to talk to the Terrorists about the Human Rights violation conducted by them.

Scene three showed Lalu Prasad Yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, and a clutch of secular politicians/journalists being held at gun point by the terrorists in Taj Hotel.

The TV showed a scene more macabre but one that gave the most joy. It showed our venerable Home Minister Shivraj Patil being stripped naked of his fancy suite and torn from limb to limb by an irate mob.

The last shot was after a while. The terrorists have been defeated and the body count had started. On top of the heap were the bodies of all the above VIPs.

I thought that there was a silver lining after all in even the most grotesque tragedy like the one in Mumbai.

Rrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg.....................................................

The bloody phone woke me up and I realised with sadness that it was all a dream. But a pleasant dream neverthless.