Budhirakshasan looked exhausted after a gruelling day monitoring the polling in Tamil Nadu.
"BR. What news from the ground level?"
"Swamy, do you know that the hottest selling book in Tamil Nadu is 'Das Kapital'?
"What the heck has Dravidian parties got to do with Communism?"
"They are the true communists. They have literally taken to heart the concept of equitable distribution of loot (err...sorry 'wealth')"
"umm"
"Communism calls for taking money from the rich and distributing amongst the poor. DMK took money from the rich industrialists by way of kick backs and during election time distributed as cash to the tune of Rs 5000 per voter. If that is not equitable distribution of wealth, then what is?"
"You have a point BR"
"And they are also ensured of the Minority community votes"
This baffled me "eh?"
"The minority community has more voter per family, thanks to the higher birth rate in the community. Imagine a family of 8 voters getting Rs 40,000, while a small majority community family of 3 gets only Rs 15,000. Now even Arundhati Roy or Teesta Setalvad can't accuse the politicians of discriminating against the minorities"
"That is an interesting angle"
"There is only one hitch"
"???"
"Latest census figures show that Tamil Nadu has one of the best records on population control, second only to Kerala. But now the people have an incentive to be more reproductive"
"Bigger the family, better"
"By the way, if you are into stock market, invest in Mixie or Grinder companies. You will hit a jackpot post elections. These companies might soon be raising more capital to fund their expansion plans!!!!"
