The road to survival in the ancient world was often paved with bluff and deceit. The cons pulled were largely harmless and the subtext was: to survive, man had to trick the gods
The interesting thing is that the writer brings in the crisis of the present in several ways
Referring to Gandhi addressing the issue of farmer distress and saying that Congress and other Oppn parties will ensure that all farm loans are waived, Ravi Shankar Prasad declared it was just drama