Palash Sen composes a song on PM

Even if looking glum is likely to get you some empathy from people around, it won’t always work if you’re the prime minister of India currently.
So, if Manmohan Singh pleading his innocence and saying his hands are tied because he is ‘running a coalition’ does not get him too many sympathisers, it also leads to inspiration for Delhi doc Palash Sen to compose a song on the PM.Palash says that if he cannot do anything about the corruption and the ‘Rajas’ in our country, he should at least not turn up looking so dejected all the time. Says Palash, “Every time one thinks of him, all we are reminded of is that sad expression on his face!”
Why a song on Manmohan Singh? “A lot of things which have been happening around us in the past few months have disturbed me. Like, for instance, I was thinking of the 2G scam, the Commonwealth Games corruption scandal, how the common man’s money is being misused, and that despite the hullabaloo, nothing happens in the end. As a common man, I cannot do anything about it, but there’s one person who’s not doing anything about it either, though he really can – Manmohan Singh. I mean, look at him, he’s always quiet. Quiet about all the mess that’s happening in the country he heads,” rues the singer.
Palash adds that a year ago, everyone was mighty proud that an eminent economist was the prime minister of the country, but “He’s been such a disappointment, as so far he’s only been dousing fires and saving himself a bad name, claiming in more ways than one, that ‘Dekho, main bura aadmi nahin hoon, yeh sab jo ho raha hai, galat ho raha hai, par yeh meri galti nahin hai’. But I wonder, if he isn’t responsible for it, who is? I am a nobody compared to Mr Singh, but since I am the leader of my band, I know I am accountable for anything that goes wrong with Euphoria. When two of my band members were creating trouble, I was responsible for it, so I found ways to solve the problem, because I am the leader. But so is Manmohan Singh – he is the leader of this country! Why can’t he, for once, flee from his sad self and take action?”
Hence, the song “Gumsum” for the man, with the lyrics, “Aa Dekhoon Main Kya Hai Masla, Naa Jaanu Main Sach Hai Kya, Tha Jo Tere Mann Mein Bhool Ja, Par Gumsum Raho Naa”! Ab maan bhi jao, Mr Singh!
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