"LIFE & TIMES OF THE TIHAR VIPs"
Lifestyle of the VIPs in Tihar has undergone a drastic change. Daal, roti & early nights is their routine now
Luxurious lifestyle, flying in private jets for business or pleasure or even for a meal if one so desired. Late night parties hence, late morning cups of strong coffee. For the health health conscious it is lukewarm water with lime. Dozens of trained help to wait upon them is the lifestyle of most of the biggies who are now lodged in 10 by eight cemented Tihar Jail room. Workouts with personal trainers, expensive and extensive wardrobes which are drycleaned in the best of places, dining and wining at the most expensive restaurants across the country are only a few things that these high profile people took for granted.
Things have changed for them now. Today, these highfliers don’t travel in luxurious cars but are escorted by the cops in police vans sharing the space with other common criminals. They have to get used to sleeping without the soft linen, pillows and no fancy mattresses. They sleep on a plain blanket with basic washroom facilities. Used to centrally air-conditioned houses or ACs in their rooms, the VIPs now have to make do with only an old rattling fan.
A basic meal of bread, butter, daal and chapattis is their daily diet. They get `2,000 per week to buy personal items from the prison bakery. There have been reports that many of the VIPs have turned vegetarian, some have taken up new hobbies like reading. Others have started to play some games and sports with other VIP jail inmates.
Of course, they are all old friends and business associates and they keep each other company. But most of the time they spend going through the CBI’s chargesheet which was been filed against them rather than read books or magazines. It is understandable if they miss their luxurious lifestyle. After all there is no late night parties, no travelling from one city to another and definitely no exotic food. In a way, this is good, It may change them into trimmer, healthier and wiser people. It is another matter that the question that is doing rounds is: Who is the next VIP to go behind bars?
Meanwhile, the drawing room high class society is not very impressed with the Anna Hazare’s protest against corruption and it is justified. But the younger generation and the middle class are heaving a sigh of relief sensing that justice may finally prevail and the guilty will be punished.
One hopes that the young industrialists and politicians learn from those who are behind bars. The law will catch up with you sometime. The question is, is the the embarrassment, inconvenience and the hurt worth it? These views may be very archaic but at least one would not be in jail or running after the lawyers. The common man doesn’t understand the complexities of the cases, but he knows that the corrupt should be punished. One is not voted to power so that the politicians can fill their own coffers.
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