Tuka laughs

Friend Tuka has a rare sense of humour. He poets:

Once there was a celibate man who tried to bugger a donkey.
The donkey kicked him in the balls and ran away.
Gone was the donkey. Gone was the celibacy.
The man lost face.
If you say, "Whatever is to happen, happens,"
This is what will happen!
Says Tuka, you'll lose either way.

From Tukaram, Says Tuka, English translation by Dilip Chitre. Am laughing over the lines, tummy laughs. Long months, since me felt happy imagining the scene. Am certain Tuka and his close friend Vithala based at Pandharpur could be still guffaing when priests and pilgrims are not around. No ke sara, sara, sara, whatever will be, will be, the future is not for us to see..., for Tuka. And me howls every time me watches the Mahabharata scene in Janne Bhi Do Yaaro.. by Kundan Shah. A Mahabharata rip-off. In today's time, Modi times, Bhakt times, even a smile over the scene could be certain bullets and death. Ramayana and Mahaharata are no laughs. Have never heard or read of Jai Shri Ram cracking a joke with Sita; or Hanuman with Lakshman. Grim. Maybe if King Dasaratha had four daughters, it could have had some grins. Yuddhishtra in Mahabharata is a classic Las Vegas citizen. When a man gambles his wife, he cannot qualify for Vedic saintship; but sure could be a Las Vegas icon. Again, Bhishma does not come up with a joke, even a crude one. If the Kauravas were all women, they could be abducting a man, and that should be a plot worth looking at. Think of it, women chasing down a Duryodhana down Parliament Street, ripping his dhoti off with a Bhakt trying to rescue. But me is a male. Some female artists should attempt the idea. Am sure, it will be funning. There are many Ramayanas.... and possibly Mahabharatas .... we need female versions. Aparna Sen could work on it. Why is it every religious tract has to be boring....old age India has come up with poets, dancers and all that ... but not a human being with any sense of humour. In 2018 Bhakt India, none laughs; all of us are grim with hate or fear; Jaspal Singh Bhatti was a change. When Stand up comedians are sent kill notices, its best to revert to me dear friend Tuka. Am still laughing.