Sibling Rivalry

It all started with Cain and Abel. Cain is said to have committed first ever murder by killing his younger brother out of sibling rivalry. Too bad. From then on there is no stopping. Rivalries have taken different forms at different times in different places. In world’s largest democracy too these things have happened in the past, happening now and will happen in future.



Every now and then, the succession issue crops in a predominantly Dravidian state of India. Both contenders are presently well placed and eagerly waiting to succeed dad as and when He wills, the supreme leader keeping silent for obvious reasons. What these youngsters do not realize and the supremo alone understands is that there is a bigger foe waiting on the other side of the road to pounce when the time comes to take advantage of the infighting. Boys are boys; their young blood does not understand what is in store for them.

Media does not refrain from conducting popularity survey of Cain and Abel and gets repeated thrashing as soon as the results are out. Old habits die hard; they start all over soon after recovering from the blows.

This is a very normal sibling rivalry from the fact that these siblings are not stepbrothers or half-brothers born out of human relationships like bigamy.