Monday, October 21, 2013

115. Modern Era Vikram aur Betal Kahani……….!!!!!!



King Vikramaditya brought down the corpse hanging to the tree and set out for the cemetery as usual. While Vikramaditya was walking along, Betal said, “Vikram, now I shall tell you an incident and you should answer the question that I ask. If you do not give a satisfactory answer, your head shall break into a thousand pieces.” Saying so, Betal began to tell about the incident…….

On a holiday a small group of children are playing at the nearby two railway tracks, of those two tracks one was still in use while the other abandoned. Only one little girl was playing on the abandoned track, while the rest of about five were playing on the track that was in use. Suddenly a train rushes at high speed and Vikram; you are standing beside the train track interchange. Do you make the train change its course to the abandoned track and save the five kids???  If yes, by doing so you would be sacrificing the life of the girl playing on the abandoned track. Or would you rather let the train go its way??? If yes, by doing so you would be responsible for more death rates.

After narrating the incident Betal said to Vikram, “O King, most of the people I asked choose to divert the track of the train and save the five kids by sacrificing only one girl. They all felt it was sensible to minimize the death rate by thinking laterally. What will you do in such a situation Vikram! Answer satisfactorily otherwise I shall break your head into a thousand pieces” said Betal

King Vikram replied, “Betal this kind of dilemma is faced by every person in this world at this era. If we look at the incidence you mentioned, the girl who opted to play on the abandoned track had made the right decision keeping safety in her mind while her foolish friends choose to play where the danger was. Personally I would not try to change the course of the train because the kids playing on the track that was very much operational should have known very well that track were in use, and if they had heard the siren of the train they should have run away. If those who are thinking laterally tell me that by changing the course of the train we might have reduced the death rate, I feel it is not fair and moreover if the track is abandoned that means probably it was because they were not safe. If the train was diverted to the abandoned track, was it not putting the life of every passenger on train at risk??? In an attempt to save a few kids we might end up sacrificing hundreds of people due to the condition of the track.”

“O Betal, in this modern society also how much ever perceptive and conversant the splinter group is they are scarified for the interest of the dominating section no matter how foolish and ignorant they are. This is the norm of the society, but that should not be the practice. This will cause hardship for the wise who are few in numbers” suggested Vikram.

Betal replied in astonishment, “King Vikram, I praise you for your sense of wisdom. This is what is happening in Bharatavarsha now, a few wise voters franchise their votes to an able and eminent candidate but unfortunately a larger section of voters influenced by currency notes, alcohol and freebies franchise their votes to a stupid and utterly worthless fellow. It is unfortunate that the few wise people who wanted an able and eminent leader suffer in the melee. I only wish the people of Bharatavarsha also think like you do. But you have broken your vow for silence. So, I am forced to leave you.”

Saying so, Betal flew back to the tree.


(This is an imaginary event which is attributed to Leo Velski Julian, who is purely fictional and was popularised through Child and Train. I felt such perplexing ideas are from Vikram Betal stories so linked it....) 

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