It is a potpourri of dirty politics, dirty dealing and equally obnoxious under-table dealings laced with blackmail, thuggery, double-crossing and bribery. Perhaps I should add treason to the list as leaders, who were entrusted to protect the assets of the country, are seen making wheeling and dealings with the enemies. Money is a natural lubricant for any transaction, friend and foe alike.
One familiar with the twirls and twists of Indian politics will see a canny resemblance of characters to the who’s who in the present-day politicians and prime movers of Indian politics.
Offhand, I think I see the likes of Subramaniam Swami, P Chithambaram and son, Sonia Gandhi, Narinder Modi and possibly many leaders of the South. Listeners of the P Guru YouTube channel would find a sense of deja vu going through the story. Many times I have heard of printing ‘legal’ bank notes with duplicate serial numbers, of Pakistan printing money to fund terror, the ease of travel with multiple passports, of the porous international waters and the establishment of offshore shell companies to hide ill-gotten gains in the quagmire of tax havens and privacy protection. The Hawara network of money transfers has stood the test of time and can resist any scrutiny. There is no money trail to sniff out, so to speak.
What used to be fiction is probably just another day, another transaction in convoluted worlds and mavericks and fixers. They slide easily between warring factions, and like roaches, they cannot be exterminated. Like mushrooms, too, after a downpour, after the coast is clear, they would revert to their job of fixing. These touts need not to searched for. Their tentacles are so intricate that they will find them. Their network is more comprehensive than LinkedIn and Headhunters put together.
As long as there is free market, there will be fixers and touts.
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