JUST A VIEW
What an over-rated excitement? Girls falling over each other, just to get one view of the most talked about person in the campus of Patna Women’s College. There was still some time for the most awaited personality to come and make the girls get to see him in real, in person. They knew they can’t have a word with him, they knew they can’t sit and talk to the “Youth leader of old Congress”, but still they wanted to see what caliber, what persona, and what radiant personality he has that could make whole country follow his footsteps. Specially, the youth of our country want to be at his place at least for one day.
He is the General Secretary of Congress Party of India – Rahul Gandhi.
Usually, at this time of February weather is cool but today it was bright and clear. The sun was all but beaming on us as if he himself was waiting for him to come and shower a look on the youth leader of the nation when he was in PWC. Even though there was strict arrangement of his arrival in auditorium of our campus its capacity was limited to just 600 students out of 4000 students. So those who were lucky to get the passes were sitting and waiting for the man himself after undergoing four rounds of checking for the sake of security. And those 3400 of majority were waiting with the sun outside the auditorium. But the arrangement was made for the spirited girls outside the auditorium in the field with a plasma T.V. and a projector projecting the session live. A lot of girls were miserably but most of them excitedly discussing about Rahul Gandhi. About his life, his career, his personal life, his family background etc..
And the time came when the girls heard some roaring, cheering and shouting outside the campus and they knew the shadow of the great Indira Gandhi was here. And at once the over enthusiastic girls started showing their feeling by shouting in a much-much louder voice than the crowd outside. It was he who came out of the car, his humble attitude just to make the girls feel that he too is a commoner. As I too was waiting outside the auditorium because I too was out of those unlucky 3400 students I also appreciated this gesture of him. He was supposed to directly enter the auditorium but against this Rahul Gandhi came forward to meet the unlucky 3400 girls waiting for him with the sun. Even though the security system wasn’t allowing Rahul Gandhi to do so he did what he thought was supposed to be right.
After shaking hands with a few girls he promised to come back and have some talk with them (those unlucky 3400). Then he left to meet the lucky 600. As we had an arrangement of live viewing I left for the ground where this arrangement was placed. When I went there I saw again an over excited mob already watching and listening to his humorous, witty and concerned side of view points toward our developing nation.
Five girls got the chance to ask questions to Rahul Gandhi. The session was very interesting and the students too were very keen to get their thirst of getting an answer from some public servant about the work and the policies being implemented and how much in effect their country was to be served and fulfilled. Many questions were discussed with him. He was asked whether “Brain drain” was a symbol of lack of facilities or it’s just a part and parcel of our society leading to sharing of information, experience and knowledge? And the answer too was straight and simple saying that it was just a way of development. He said if Bihar needs to develop it needs help of central government financially, and technology also information and experience from other parts of the country or the world.
The next question was related to the price rise effecting the higher studies as price rise leads to expensive educational system. For which he had his answer ready. He said that it just applied a simple “theory of demand and supply”. He further explained saying that as the demand increases the supply decreases and price rises and vice versa. He gave an example of the auditorium itself saying that the capacity is for just 600 girls and the rest are outside so the demand is more and supply is less likewise the demand for education in reputed collage is more than the supply of infrastructure. That leads to expensive higher studies.
Further he did request the girls to take part in politics. He also showed his humor by few comforting talks and by asking some girls’ names and their “approximate” age. He further asked the girls to refer him as “Rahul” but not as ‘sir’ or ‘Rahul ji’ which made the whole auditorium euphoric. He further explained saying that as he is a public servant and he is lower in post than the public and he too is one of the youths sitting there. He further said that if you think that government is a failure then there are two solutions for this. Firstly, you can vote for a better government. Secondly, you yourself have to get into the system to change the system.
Thereafter, he concluded saying that he has promised the girls outside to meet them before leaving. And when he said that, each and every girl in the ground watching him live on plasma television started running towards the auditorium. And I too was one of those. When I went there, I saw him coming towards us and the mad mob of girls were shouting and cheering for him. And after some time I realized that the girls had made the security system fail and the rope tied just to avoid some missconduct was broken making them free to run. But the fear of punishment made them control their feelings and some teachers too were trying to maintain discipline. But when he came just in front of the girls all careful arrangements failed. The fear of punishment or the teachers glare was just nothing front of Rahul Gandhi’s magnetic effect.
Even though the security personal asked him to directly sit in the car and leave he decided to keep his promise and moved forward. Forward, towards us. The girls lost all control and all of them surrounded him completely. I also saw a girl faint. I went to her to take her in the shade. And I was amazed at her first line when she came to and that was “I got ONLY JUST A VIEW.” Well, at least we got a view…
