Babri Masjid is long gone, the politics over it has taken several twists and turns, the BJP has lost and won elections, the Congress has made its apologies to ‘Muslims’ and yet, there is nobody who has had to pay for the destruction or the violence that followed. The ‘event’ though is enough reason for Parliament to be stalled each year on December 6 — as it was today as well — and Gandhiji’s meditative statue a rallying point each year for irate legislators.

This year was no different. But just as we are about to make our way back from the Commission — which too now seems only a symbol — a staffer kindly parts with two copies of his favourite booklet Aaj Ka Vichar by Robert Best, a Brahmakumari publication, which he says he reads for most of the day.

Someone who was once associated with the commission said recently: “In 14 years, even Lord Ram got back from exile, this just may be the magic year when the truth is revealed.”