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Monday, December 13, 2004
Poetry and abduction
They may be killers and rapists and thugs and murderers and, horrors, politicians, but somewhere within their rugged frames a heart beats. The Telegraph informs us that a couple of Uttar Pradesh’s most dreaded underworld-dons-turned-politicians are in the process of publishing books.
DP Yadav, he of the 25 criminal cases and an infamous four-day stint in the BJP, has written a book of poems entitled Salaakhon ke peechhe (Behind Bars), as well as “a collection of autobiographical writings containing his reflections on jail life.” He has been quoted as saying, “The two books record the cry of my soul”.
Another man whose soul no doubt cries is Babloo Srivastava, who had once, bizarrely, got his goons to kidnap a businessman and bring him to the jail where he was lodged, so that he could threaten him personally. He recently announced that he has written a book on abduction. “The book will have a wealth of information on abductions,” he told journalists, “the way it is accomplished by the gangsters, how much they gain and what kind of hardship its victims are subjected to.” He was inspired, he said, in this noble venture by CBI officials.
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena, viewing Kashmir as just an internal law-and-order issue, wants to send more troops there. Why not throw in some writers as well?
DP Yadav, he of the 25 criminal cases and an infamous four-day stint in the BJP, has written a book of poems entitled Salaakhon ke peechhe (Behind Bars), as well as “a collection of autobiographical writings containing his reflections on jail life.” He has been quoted as saying, “The two books record the cry of my soul”.
Another man whose soul no doubt cries is Babloo Srivastava, who had once, bizarrely, got his goons to kidnap a businessman and bring him to the jail where he was lodged, so that he could threaten him personally. He recently announced that he has written a book on abduction. “The book will have a wealth of information on abductions,” he told journalists, “the way it is accomplished by the gangsters, how much they gain and what kind of hardship its victims are subjected to.” He was inspired, he said, in this noble venture by CBI officials.
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena, viewing Kashmir as just an internal law-and-order issue, wants to send more troops there. Why not throw in some writers as well?
