The folk aphorisms in India often capture the essence of our people’s belief-system better than academic tomes. One such aphorism is: “Bhagwaan ke ghar me der hai, andher nahi.” Variations of it exist in all Indian languages. When darkness persists for too long, God unfailingly answers devotees’ prayers with a ray of light and hope. Thus, when the gloom of corruption spread all over the sky of governance in India, and when the Prime Minister himself started behaving like Dhritarashtra, the blind and helpless king in the Mahabharata, ordinary people’s fervent prayers have been answered with a ray of hope in the form of the Supreme Court’s no-nonsense activism. Heads have begun to roll. At least some scamsters, including one who was a cabinet minister until recently, have begun to breathe jail ki hawa, which is ordinary Indians’ lingo to connote deserving punishment. More are sure to find themselves behind bars in the coming months. The government itself has had to eat one humble pie after another in quick succession.
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