Burn Your Boats

All these days , I had serious doubts whether Arvind Kejriwal will really go through his plan of fighting Narendra Modi in Varanasi

It seemed suicidal

It still is

But now that the die has been cast , the only option for Arvind is to tell his party workers ,

"  Let us burn our boats  "

Much like the Spanish conqueror , Hernando Cortez , who sailed all the way from Spain to the distance shores of Mexico , in 1589 AD ,  to fight the mighty army of the Aztecs

With just 400 soldiers  !

Upon landing , he told his soldiers ,

" Let us burn our boats . Let us not think of retreat / defeat / option to

   return

  Either we win or we die "

 And they burnt their boats to eliminate that option

Then fought like hell and defeated the Aztecs - something no other challenger had succeeded in preceding 600 years  !

Arvind can most certainly defeat NaMo , if his party workers realize that they have no other option but to win

Unlike NaMo , who has an option to win in Vadodara  !

Remember what Bapu told millions of Indians while trying to overthrow the British Empire  ?

"  Karenge  ya  Marenge  "

No other option  !

*   hemen  parekh  (  26 March 2014 / Mumbai  )