Satire – Why did the tortoise win? (Satire Story- Kachhua Jeeta Kyon?)

“See children, success is achieved only by continuous hard work and one should never sleep on the way.” (Though he used to fall asleep sitting on a chair in class) That was my childhood. Still, the turtle’s victory was not in my throat. In the village I saw a tortoise crawling and a hare running! I got confused in the story. Don’t know why Masab was playing kinship with tortoise.

I swear that whatever I say today, I will say the truth, I will not peep into anyone’s house except the truth!.. It is said that the truth ultimately wins (this is what I have seen , films till date). All the scriptwriters are determined to win the truth in the season of lies. The bitter truth is being avoided and people are trying to prove the sweet lie as the truth. Even the hundred meters race is really losing, but Charan is trying to declare him the marathon winner. Why do you lick the opium of lies? The scribe of the police station takes the bribe by sitting under the picture of Gandhiji. It is very difficult to climb the mountain. We have also been drinking Mughli Ghuti of Satyamev Jayate since childhood, but in reality lies are spread everywhere.
We had read a story in childhood – the story of the tortoise and the hare.
Masab had said on the victory of the tortoise, “See children, success is achieved only by continuous hard work and one should never sleep on the way.” (Though he used to fall asleep sitting on a chair in class) That was my childhood. Still, the turtle’s victory was not in my throat. In the village I saw a tortoise crawling and a hare running! I got confused in the story. Don’t know why Masab was playing kinship with the turtle. Not only this, he had also warned all the children, “Children, the question may come in the examination as to who won the race. The answer is that the tortoise won. Beware if any of you guys made the mistake of brainstorming, rote.” (This was my first brain wash to blur the truth).
I never taught my children that the tortoise had won that race, yet the children came from school after learning the same. Amazing, from the cave era to the Gajodhar era, the tortoise is winning and the hare falls asleep every time after drinking the chillum. In the victory of the turtle, the retarded students see their future bright and the promising students are in shock thinking that their turtle will win. I am surprised that till date no rabbit has even lodged an objection to this story of NCERT. History is being blamed for a long time in the country. There is also controversy about the heroes of the freedom struggle and nation building (it is alleged that the list of villains was replaced by heroes in history). A similar literary corruption may have happened with the rabbit.
I am sure that the race in Jungle Marathon was already fixed. The question arises that what would the bookie have offered to the rabbit in order to lose. How much public money was lost on the victory of the turtle and how much did the bookie earn. The rabbit readily agreed or a call came from outside. Did the winning turtle get anything other than popularity or not? And the question of ten crore Ashrafi, “Why this miraculous race has not happened again till today. Maybe I have the answer to all these questions. My guess is that the background of this historic race and the fabric of defeat and victory must have been woven like this.

Rang Tarang- Corona, Badnaam Karo Na… (Rang Tarang- Corona, Badnaam Karo Na…)

Worried about the felling of trees, dwindling prey and a drying pond, the lion king of that forest must have said to his general fox, “The river has changed its course since two years. Now our area is drying up and the forest on the north side is full of greenery. Our victims are also going there. Think something, or else we will all have to commit suicide by the next monsoon.”
“Square! We also walk in the same forest.”
“Idiot! Your mind is drying up like a drain. We have an agreement with the lion of that jungle that we will not intrude on each other’s borders; Think of something else.”
“Thinked. We do a race. A great race. The lion and all the animals of that forest are called in the jungle marathon. “
“Race! What’s the race?”
“Race of the tortoise and the rabbit. Whoever wins, will be the master of both the forests!”
“Nonsense.” The lion roared.
“There is no suspense in this, only the rabbit will win.”
The fox smiled with normal slyness, “No spades. Our tortoise will win and their rabbit will lose.”
“how! But how?”
“There will be only one hundred meter race. He chose the first option in tortoise and rabbit. It is obvious that those people would choose rabbits only. That’s what I want too.”
“Fox what’s going on in your mind? If I lose somewhere, I will eat you there.”
“Listen to my planning, you have only one condition that I will go there and choose the race ground. Just think that victory is sure!
“Show an X-ray of your evil brain.”
“I will choose the race route, which will pass through tall grass and end at the pond. Two days before the race, we will starve our turtle out of the pond, so that the turtle does not stop anywhere before jumping into the pond on the day of the race. Now it is the turn of the rabbit, who can run 100 meters in ten seconds. On the way to the race, I will hide a carrot full of marijuana juice in the middle of the big grass. Rabbit will not be able to stop himself from eating carrot and after eating carrot he will not get up even after Kumbhakaran wakes up. On the other hand, a hungry and thirsty tortoise will run like Milkha Singh after getting the smell of the pond.
The lion hugged the fox, “I have become his home! I am Raja Bhoj, you are my Gangu Teli! Live my Chanakya.”
There is nothing left to say further. The tortoise won, the hare lost! Even while going to exile, the losing lion was being shocked that why the rabbit slept. We learn a lesson from this story!
Don’t even drink free ganja on the way!

– Sultan Bharti

Also read: Rang-Tarang- Hi Mera Pehla Affair (Satire Story- Haye Mera Pahla Affair)

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