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The politician died and knocked at the pearly gates of heaven. A breathtakingly beautiful apsara opened the door. He saw the marvelous, splendor of heaven and Indra seated on the throne of rubies and gold with a footstool made of sapphire and emeralds. He licked his lips as he stepped inside, expecting a rousing welcome with over 100 attendants falling at his feet as his life had been on earth.
"Sir, you cannot go inside," said the apsara softly.
"What! You lowly attendant, do you know who I am. How dare you talk to me like that," said our wise politician. Immediately, he started falling from heaven and passed vast dark spaces filled with menacing voices. Terrified out of his wits, he cried, "Where are you? Please take me back."
"First, you must show respect to the lowest of the low. Then only your ordeal will end," said a voice. "Yes, yes,' he mumbled, "only take me back."
Once again, he found himself facing the unfazed apsara. She looked him over and he seemed to appear contrite. "Here, in heaven," she explained, "we work hard, to make a difference. We welcome everyone who can make this a better place. Now, what can you do for us," she asked.
"Er- I have over 20,000 crores in Swiss banks, and many more precious stones and,"
"The currency of the world has no value here. Tell me how you can make a difference?" she repeated.
The politician looked exasperated, but held his peace as he didn't want to get the "treatment" earlier meted out to him by the feisty apsara.
"Oh!" replied the politician as he remembered something earthshaking, "I have multiple entry visas to America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, once you are there, and,"
She cut him short "What have you done to make your land free and brave?"
"Er - I have decimated a few of my opponents who were greedy for power. So that's how I contributed to the well-being of the state."
"Killing is a crime in heaven," she said with emphasis.
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RK Ohri
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