Success of a political gathering (Maanadu)
The success of a mass political gathering is directly proportional to –
- The amount of money spent for the gathering
- The number buses that bring ‘party cadres’ to the city
- The number and size of the cut-outs
- The number of hoardings and those strange titles for leaders (stranger the better!)
- The number and size of the ads for the function
- The Media attention for these events (lately this is not an issue as all major parties have their own channels)
- The number of tube lights glowing at night and the amount of power stolen for them
- The number of power cuts because of these
- The number of traffic jams it causes, the number of vehicles / people caught in them
- The number of road blocks and de tours on the road
- The level of hardships a common man faces
- The number of curses from the common man
- The number of police deployed
- The level of stress / headache experienced by the police
- The number of dignitaries attending the function
- The size of the Garland / shawl for diginitaries
- The number of black cats, white cats and pussy cats deployed for these dignitaries
- The total number of productive man-hours wasted
- Last but the most important - The level of distraction it creates from the pressing needs of the nation and from any crisis the party faces. This is one of the easiest of all we've seen.... afterall public's memory is shorter than Ghajini - Sanjay Ramasamy's memory and every election is equivalent to a date in 50 First dates.
Any gathering that has a high score on most of the above criteria will be considered a ‘roaring success’
