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MOUSE FABLE 

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FROM RADHIKA RAMASESHAN Published 16.10.00, 12:00 AM
New Delhi, Oct. 16 :    New Delhi, Oct. 16:  Who is the rishi and who is the mouse in the Panchatantra fable? Take your guess, RSS veteran H.V. Seshadri seemed to suggest in his address at the Sangh Mahashivir in Agra. Seshadri recounted the tale of the mouse who went to a rishi when attacked by a cat. On pleading with the rishi to save him from the predator the mouse was promptly transformed into a cat. When the cat was attacked by a jackal, the rishi transformed him into a jackal. And when it was a tiger's turn to prey on the jackal the rishi transformed the cat into a tiger. But the mouse who was turned into a tiger devoured the sage. His enraged benefactor reduced the tiger to a mouse. Seshadri reportedly ended his speech here, leaving participants wondering who was who. While senior RSS leaders claimed the rishi referred to the Sangh and the betrayer mouse to 'political forces', the younger activists apparently grasped the intended message. While they were clear about the rishi being the RSS, their doubt was whether the mouse referred to the BJP or specifically to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.    
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