Genius, The Ruby

Famous Composer and singer R.D. Barman Sang: ‘Mone Pore Ruby Ray... Kobitay tomake ekdin kato kore dekechhi..'(1969) _ (Recall Ruby Ray how much calling you in the poem...') That was a different story. Ruby Ray, topper in the Intermediate Examination of Bihar Board Answering a question told, ‘prodigal science (Political Science) is about cooking.' Ruby is absolutely correct.100% correct. The reporter could not realize the inner meaning of her answer. Political Science is nothing but ‘Prodigal Science." Politics and prodigality inter-related. An election means devil's dance wearing garland of money Virus in antidote Obsequial rites of father of a ghost. And Political Science is really a subject deals with cooking. Political Leaders, the great political personalities no doubt all skillful cook They cook dreams, hope, future of common people and serve. They cook the country, society, individuals. And crunch And lick, And suck And drink And digest And snore And sleep Though many of them blockhead, uncultured, illiterate, unrealistic But they skillfully cook education, culture, And reality, blue-print of development, laws and orders, economics. Literature, tradition, custom even religion.... So, what is wrong with the answer of Ruby? Genius the Ruby Extraordinary her Answer. It is beyond intelligible to so called intelligentsia. Perhaps RD recalled her in his song long 47 years ago.