ഏകലവ്യന്‍

കോട്ടക്കലിലെ കഠിനമായ ആയുര്‍വേദ പഠനത്തിനു ശേഷം പാണ്ഡവന്മാര്‍ മോസ്കോവ്വില്‍ 15 വര്‍ഷമായി എതിരാളികള്‍ ഇല്ലാതെ ഭരണം നടത്തി.

അപ്പോഴാണ് ഏകലവ്യന്‍ ആവനാഴിയില്‍ പുതിയ അസ്ത്രവുമായി റഷ്യയില്‍ എത്തിയത്. അര്‍ജുനനുനു കലിയുഗത്തിലും ഭീഷണിയായി. ബാക്കി നടന്നത് പുരാണത്തിലെ ബാക്കിപത്രം.

ഇന്ത്യയില്‍ നിന്ന് പറന്നെത്തിയ അഭിനവ ദ്രോണാചര്യര്‍ക്കു വേണ്ടിയിരുന്നത് പെരുവിരല്‍ അല്ല, കലിയുഗത്തിലെ ആയുധമായ നാക്ക് ആയിരുന്നു.

എകലവ്യന്മാര്‍ക്ക് ഇപ്പോഴും രക്ഷയില്ല!

BMW AK-47 and TATA

In 1940s Soviet Union was attacked from both fronts by Japan and Germany simultaneously, though Japanse were pushed aside by Soviets easily Germany's blitzkrieg (lightning attack) was more than a match for the Red Army and they suffered the greatest casuality in the the history of mankind were 22 million people died though they ended up victorious.

Germans were in possession of superior fire power thanks to semi-automatic weapons like Gewehr 41. Among the wounded Red army was a tank driver-cum-mechanic named Mihhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov and was witness to the horror of German firepower which clearly put the Soviets in backfoot for long. This inspired him to invent the best known assault rifle ever what is popularly known as AK 47.

Does history repeat itself? When I commute thru the streets of Moscow I see a new invation to this never ending land. The higways and bylines are invaded by an avalanche of cars from Germany and Japan and very few Russian cars like Lada and Volga. It seems only oil and natual gas flow from this country to counter this 'industrial offensive.'

Like the iconic Kalashnikov will there be a Russian car that can match the German and Japanese and rule Moscow streets once again?

Tailpiece

When Indian economy was opened to the world in early 1990s many sckeptics said that our industries are doomed, but Tatas and Mahidras proved the critics wrong by performing better by competing with the German and Japanese auto giants. Russians you need to learn a lesson or two from Indians.