Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Security for everyone

On Tuesday the 15 of July when I read the news about the violence and attack on the principle of Madhao College Ujjain, the same college that had been witnessed of one more shameful incidence, the murder of professor Sabarwal followed the attack by some ABVP activists who are not yet punished.
That time an idea came to my mind that government should provide proper police protection to all college staff specially principles because our college campus are no more safe, these days students has all kind of sprits except student sprit, in place of Books, pen etc they are having pistol, knife and other weapons.
But when I got my 16th July , I really get shocked by the news of four policemen hurt by medical student attack in Hamidia Hospital premises after that news I reached to a conclusion that policemen has no longer the awe and fear as they had before, just 2 months back a looter also attacked two policemen when they tried to catch him so what I think that the police staff also need proper security and protection because they r also human being… aren’t they ?
After all security and protection is a fundamental right for everyone. ;-)

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

इंसानियत.....आज की

बगेर नोक झोक के घर से काम के लिए निकलना अपने आप में एक बड़ा काम हे , जिस के साथ ऐसा हो वो समझता हे के आज उसने बहुत बड़ा तीर मार लिया। ऐसा ही कुछ उस दिन मेरे साथ हुआ , और शायद इसी वजह से एक लड़के पे मेहरबान होके उसे अपनी स्कूटर पे लिफ्ट दे बेठा ।लिफ्ट मांग के लूट और जेब कटी की वारदाते बड़ गई हे इस बात का ख्याल मुझे थोडी देर बाद आया, अब अगर उस लड़के को उतरने का कहता हु तो यह शिष्टाचार के खिलाफ होगा सो पूछ ही बेठा ' कहा तक जाना हे ' ।'बस अगले चोराहे पे उतर जाऊंगा भइया ' धीमी सी आवाज़ में उस लड़के ने जवाब दिया, बस फ़िर तो मुझे बड़ी बेसब्री से अगले चोराहे का इंतज़ार होने लगा के कब वो चोराहा आए और इस मुसीबत से मेरा पीछा छुटे । साइड गिलास में मेरे चेहरे पे चिंता और परेशानी के भाव साफ़ दिखाई पड़ रहे थे , और चोराहा था के आने का नाम नही ले रहा था , मन में आया के पिछली जेब में रखा अपना पर्स चेक कर लू, लेकिन फ़िर वही के लड़का क्या सोचेगा ,आखिर भगवन को मेरी परेशानी पे तरस आ ही गया ओर चोराहा आ गया , मेने झट से स्कूटर रोकी , लड़के ने स्कूटर से उतर के बड़ी विनर्मता के साथ हाथ जोड़ कर मुझे धन्यवाद कहा और तेज़ कदमो के साथ वहा से चल दिया, उसके जाते ही मेने झट से अपना पिछली जेब में रखा पर्स चेक किया, जेब पे हाथ लगते ही मेरे होश उड़ गए मेरा पर्स गायब था ,फिर क्या था बगेर किसी देरी के मेने चिल्लाना शरू कर दिया 'पकडो उस लड़के को पकडो मेरी जेब काट के भागा हे 'फ़िर क्या था हमारी आम जनता के लिए तो इतना डायलाग ही काफी होता हे , कुछ राहगीरों ने दोड़ लगाके उस लड़के को दबोच लिया , इससे पहले के वो कुछ समझ पाता , जनता ने उसपे हाथ साफ़ करना शुरू कर दिया , मेने भी २-३ हाथ जड़ दिए के तभी अचानक मेरे मोबाइल की घंटी बज उठी रिसीव किया तो दूसरी तरफ़ से मेरी माता श्री की आवाज़ आई ' आज कल ध्यान कहा रहता है अपना पर्स यही छोड़ गए '
मेरि समझ मे नहि आया के येह सब क्या हुआ
थोडी देर तक मे सोचता रहा ओर जब तक समझता जनता अपना काम कर चुकी थी , सडक किनारे बेहौशी की हालत मे वो लड्का पडा हूआ था , उसके मुह से खून बेह रहा था , कपडे फट गये थे , उसके टिफिन का सारा भोजन साडक पे बिखर गया था, यह देख के मुझे बोहत बुरा लगा , मुझे मेरी गलती पे पशतावा होने लगा ,मेने उसकी मदद करने का सौचा पर जेसे ही थोडा आगे कदम बडाया के फिर से मेरे मोबाईल कि घनटी बजी, काल सुना तो मेरे बास कि कड्कडाती हुई आवाज मेरे कान मे गई " क्या बात हे तुम ज़यादा काम वाले दिन हि कयु लेट होते हो, इस नौकरी से कया दिल भर गया हे क्या…? " येह सुनते ही मेरा सारा पश्चाताप छूमंतर हो गाया, मे वापस
तेज़ कदमो से अपनी स्कूटर की तरफ बडा, लेकिन फिर सोचा आखिर इस दुनिया मे इंसानियत भी कोइ चीज़ हे मे , मे वापस उस लड्के के पास गया , तब तक उसे होश आ चुका था उसकी आंखो मे आंसु थे , मेने हमदर्दी से उसके कन्धे पे हाथ रखा ओर धीमि सी आवाज मे कहा " सारी यार माफ कर देना" इससे पेहले के वो कुछ समझ पाता मेने स्कूटर स्टार्ट की ओर आगे बड गया.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

BANDH in the name of GOD

BANDH In the name of GOD

Thursday the 3rd of July our nation faced one more ‘BANDH’, which was a combine call of BJP and VHP, to protest the revocation of land transfer order to Amarnath shrine board by Jammu & Kashmir government, which turned into violent and clashes in many parts of country including our state. City like Bhopal Indore witnessed a communal flare-up.
Violent and clashes started when ‘Bandh’ supporters specially activist of Hindu organizations like Bajrang Dal, Vishv Hindu parishad, forcibly tried to close down shops and other business establishment in support of ‘Bandh’. The worst incidence of this complete episode was occurred in Satna City where Bajrang Dal activists in main Satna market reached a small jewelers shop of one Heeralal Soni (28) and asked him to close the shop. When he refused, they barged into the shop, looted some jewelry and beat him up
Bandh supporters humiliated and beaten him a lot in front of others because he keep the shutter of his home cum shop half close. He couldn’t tolerate the humiliation and in result he poured kerosene himself and set ablaze later he succumbed to his injuries. Hiralal was the bread earner of his family, now the question is any of those political outfits that supported Bandh are ready to take the responsibility of Hiralal’s family?
As for as my opinion is concern as a Muslim I m also in against the revocation of land transfer order to Amarnath shrine board, due to population increasing and availability of facilities and resources numbers of pilgrims increases year by year, like in Muslim community HAJ pilgrims increases every year, so for the benefit and comfort of Amarnath pilgrims its necessary to construct and develop rest house and other facilities there so the pilgrim can get more and more advantage, Amarnath shrine is not only a place of Hindus pilgrims, it’s a center of Hindu Muslim unity because in the year 1850 A.D, a Muslim shepherd from Batakot, named Buta Malik first discovered the Amarnath cave, since than representative of the Malik family always be present at the holy shrine alongwith the Mahant and Pundits (Hindu priest) during the period of the pilgrimage each year, and as a reward one third of all the yearly offerings of Amarnath shrine to be given to the Malik family.
Beside this we should strongly appose the way of protest “Bandh’ in which a common and daily earning man get hurt, because in the name of God we shouldn’t hurt his other people.


Sharjeel Khan

Sam Bahadur ' the real Hero of India'

Last Friday with one of my office friends I was reading the sad news of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's death in the paper. I got a real shock when my friend asked me -'who was Manekshaw'? I didn't expect such kind of a question from a person having MBA degree although that was not only his fault. In our country there are many who even don't know about Mahatma Gandhi. I'm not saying that I'm a highly knowledgeable person but I have different kind of attachment with Sam Manekshaw since the time when first I read his biography when I was an NCC cadet in my college.
Since that particular day he is one of my favorite personalities.
I told my friend about Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, born on April 3, 1914 in a Parsi (Zoroastrian) family who migrated to Amritsar Punjab from the small town of Valsad in Gujarat. After completing his schooling from Amritsar and Nainital Manekshaw was one of the 40 cadets of the first batch that passed out from the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun in Dec 1934 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Indian Army. He held several regimental assignments and was first attached to the Royal Scots and later to the frontier force regiment in world war II, he led counter-operation against the invading Japanees Army in Burma. During the course of operation he was hit by an LMG bullet and was severely wounded in his stomach. He had being honoured for his bravery 'Military Cross' right on the battlefront during the Second World War.
His moustache was his trademark and he got the title of "Sam Bahadur" from the soldiers of the 8th Gorkha Rifles of which he was Colonel of the Regiment, and had close association with the soldier of Gorkha Regiment.
On 7th June 1969 After Gen PP Kumaramangalam he was the 8th chief of Indian Army.
Besides being a punctual and strict army person he was also a very responsible family man. On 22nd April 1939 he married to Silloo Bode who was his first sight love, Silloo gave birth to her first daughter Sherry on 11 January 1940, while the second girl whom they called Maya was born on 24 September 1945.
Sherry joined the "Travel Trade" beginning with Air India and working with Mercury Travels for a long time, in fact she retired from there! She married Dinky Batliwala who was working with "Swiss Air". The Batliwalas now live in Chennai
Maya the younger one became a stewardess with the then "British Overseas Airways Corporation" (BOAC) now called British Airways. It was while flying for them that she met her husband Dhun Daruwala who was an Engineer with "Air India." She is currently heading an NGO for Human Rights in Delhi.
He was not a man of 'yes Boss' attitude, he never hesitated to say truth and because of this attitude in 1961 the then defence minister Krishna Menon had put him aside for some period after Manekshaw's refusal of his order. Just after some time everyone realized that Manekshaw was on right side.
He was very quick witted once Just before the Bangladesh operations in December 1971, the then prime minister Ms. Indira Gandhi asked Manekshaw, who was the chief of Army then, "General are you ready" (for the war). His reply surprised everyone who was there, "I am always ready sweetie."
Once on an occasion, when Indira Gandhi asked the General whether he was planning to take over the country. Simply Pointing to his long nose, he replied: "I don't use it to poke into other's affairs." Because of his straightforward attitude Indira Gandhi's trust and respects increased in him a lot.
After the 1971 Indo-Pak war he became the Hero of India When Indira Gandhi asked him to go to Dhaka and accept the surrender of Pakistani forces, Manekshaw simply declined, and said that honour should go to his army commander in the East (Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora). Manekshaw said he would only go if it were to accept the surrender of the entire Pakistani army.
General Yahya Khan, the then president of Pakistan was one of a close friends of Sam Manekshaw. On 13 August 1947 he took Manekshaw's Motorcycle and promised to give Rs 1000 but just after 2 days India faced partition, on the day when Bangladesh or east Pakistan came into existence, Sam said 'Yahya give me the whole east Pakistan against my Rs 1000.
For his distinguished service to the country in 1968 he got Padma Bhushan award, in 1972 at the hands of the then President VV Giri. Manekshaw became the first of the only two Indian Army Generals to be awarded this prestigious honorary rank; the other being the late Gen KM Cariappa. On Jan 15 1973 Manekshaw retired after completing nearly four decades of military service (although the field marshals of the Indian Army never retire because the rank is conferred for life).
At the age of 94, on June 27,2008 he died of complications from pneumonia at the Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. He was suffering from Pulmonary fibroisis a kind of respiratory complication, on Wednesday he had slipped into coma, his last word was 'I am okay' He was buried adjacent to his wife's grave with full military honors
On behalf of our nation I m saluting Sam Bahadur ' the real Hero of India'