Political Surfers

If you take a few minutes to closely  observe these graceful athletes as they surf,  you will surely be mesmerized by their agility, strength, stamina and also by their uncanny ability to foresee  and assess the oncoming waves. Instantly you realise that surfing is not for the fainthearted! Their grace can only be matched by the rubbery and the friendly neighbourhood Spiderman who lives next to nobody in particular! To repeatedly do what they do, they must also have the guts of MMA fighters! (Mixed- Martial Arts which is an excuse to bloody the graceful fighting methods of the Orient)

A keen observer will notice that the only way a seasoned surfer keeps standing on the crest of a rolling mighty wave is to always keep his or her balance and be in the ‘sweet spot’ of the wave. Normal waves do not keep on rolling forever, so the surfer must predict when to jump on to the ‘next big thing’!

As an avid listener and observer of our society I have enough reasons to believe that there is a completely new breed of surfers in our society. Slippery yes, but their knees are not supple anymore like those of our friendly superhero. Jumpy yes, but not like the powerful hurdlers of the track and field.  Both are very good at riding a wave when its crest is foaming with power and easily leaving this 'no good wave' to another feisty one which has just started to gather momentum! Let me call these pro surfers of the dry land, the Political Surfer!

Some political surfers also ride on the wave of popularity! His or her own popularity or of the party this politician may happen to belong! Though our multi party system is just a toddler, we have ‘seasoned politicians’! This may seem absurd, but we are quick learners and among us there are super smart individuals. They seem to have ultra sensitive antennae that inform them when it is the ideal time to jump from this party to another.  Perhaps huge figures are calculated as they 'surf' and the politically naive are baffled when they are treated as celebrity of the new party! Without missing a beat they start attacking the party they belonged to, just hours ago! Their former political party is what launched them onto this new wave and that is history! All focus is on the next thundering new wave! What can I call these shameless people who  flaunt their Rolexes and BMWs other than, Political Surfers?

Thank You!