LESSON NO.

17 THE WILDERNESS
Somewhere in a jungle there was an animal kingdom and truly, the law of
jungle was enforced there. The beneficiary of justice always happened to be
Rich and powerful. Nobody gave an ear to the weak and poor. One day a pair
of parrot from a nearby town was crossing that area. As it got dark they settled
themselves on a very huge tree for an overnight stay. Seeing the desolation of
the jungle, the hen- parrot exclaimed, “What a wilderness prevails this area, as
if, an owl inhabits here.” Now an owl, sitting on a nearby branch of the tree,
over heard her. Feeling hurt to this remark, he fluttered to the parrots and sat
down beside them. After greeting each other he offered them to have meals
and stay with him for the night.
Hesitantly, both agreed and the owl took them to his residence. In the morning
as they prepared to leave, the owl pointing towards the hen parrot asked,
“Why are you taking her, she is my wife.” Hearing this, parrots were
flabbergasted. The Parrot pleaded, “Brother, what are you saying, she is a
parrot and is my wife”. The owl said patiently, “No need to quarrel, let’s go to
the court and get the matter settled; whatever the courts decide I will abide by
that”.
All the three proceeded to the court. The judge was informed that the owl is
son of the soil and the parrot is an outsider and unnecessarily claiming the
hen-parrot to be his wife. The judge gave a fair chance to the parrot to give
evidence in support of his claim. After a long discussion, the judge was pleased
to inform, ‘As long as the courts are independent and providing justice, nobody
can overcome us”. After the speech the ruling was given in favor of the son of
the soil. On this judgment the parrot got unconscious. On recovery, he
prepared to leave but the owl stopped him and asked him to take the wife with
him. Parrot was astonished, “My wife! But the court….” the owl interrupted to
say, “My dear she is your wife; I just wanted to prove you that the rulings are
given in favour of the powerful. In this case you were not only an outsider but
also weaker, therefore order of the court had to be in my favor. Here the
MIGHT is RIGHT; Wilderness is not because of Owls, it is an outcome of
injustice”.
EXERCISE NO. 17
Q.1. Did the Chief Election Commissioner stand up to receive all the candidates
or
it was for the ruler only. (You are allowed to see the clippings of Pervez
Musharraf and the Chief Election Commissioner)

Q.2. Point out any one ruling given against the members of the ruling party
except the rulings, given by the courts, under the C.J. Iftikhar Choudhry.

Q.3. Churchill told his nation that as far as the courts are independent, England
cannot lose the war. In view of this statement, was the East India
Company
justified taking over India; to kill the Princes and to take all the wealth
away.

Q.4.”Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was banned in England for a considerable period

because of absurd material; is it justified to award Knighthood to Salman
Rushdie for using abusive language in his book.

Q.5. Did not the British Government hurt the feelings of Muslims by not
banning
“Satanic Verses”. Would it not have been better to bring the writer to the
court and asked to give proofs for the entire allegations he made in the
book.