Indian Revolutionary

Indian Revolutionary Khudiram Bose 

Khudiram Bose was the youngest ever Indian Revolutionary from Bengal who was hanged at the age of eighteen for his role in India's Struggle for Independence. The English judge Woodman was very surprised as he looked at him because of his young age. He got very attached to Khudiram Bose during the course of trial and helped Khudiram's lawyer to meet him on few occasions, even sending vegetarian food of good quality. The judge Woodman never gave the verdict on the trial. 

Khudiram played a prank on the Sepohi who took him to gallows. When he was asked his last wish Khudiram said to Sepohi that he would like to have mangoes. The Sepohi was not aware that Khudiram already had four mangoes, the last night. When the mangoes were brought they looked that they were not eaten as they were ballooned by Khudiram. Khudiram started laughing as Sepohy got embarrassed. The brave Khuidiram Bose was not scared even minutes before he was hanged. No doubt the rulers wanted to get rid of him at this tender age.

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Moscow Shooting : Gun Culture spreads to Russia

Moscow Shooting : Gun Culture spreads to Russia

Last week news of gun shooting in Moscow school hinted that troubled gun culture syndrome is spreading to Russia. In Moscow, the young student killed a teacher and a fellow student. Children are the most beautiful creatures who we all love.  

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U.S.A changes gear by NaMo power

Changing gears of U.S.A. by NaMo power

United States of America always maintained their foreign policy, “There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies but only permanent interests”. In other words, the countries or people who are in sync with their interests are their friends and vice-versa.  

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Arvind Kejriwal : "Caterpillar who was eager to become a Butterfly."

Arvind Kejriwal : Caterpillar who was eager to become a Butterfly

Kejriwal’s resignation puts an end to much desired governance in Delhi. The forty nine days of Delhi government never looked comfortable and relied entirely on protests, freebies of Water and Electricity. The AAP government lacked vision for Delhi......

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Story : The Eye

                                       Short Story: The Eye

I was waiting for the train to arrive on time but the dense fog halted it near Faridabad. The fog cleared but now the clouds seem to cover Delhi. The train was late by two hours. As soon as it arrived I entered my coach in no time. The train stood there for three minutes and then a horn hinted that it will be on a move. The train started to move slowly and I saw a middle aged couple entering the coach quickly with their teenage son. 

I comforted myself on a nice window seat and began to sip a hot cup of coffee. The middle aged couple sat in front of me with their son. As the train gained little speed, their son started clapping. I found it a bit strange as he looked seventeen year old boy. I ignored it and took it just as an exception. 

The cool breeze started to hit my face strongly and the young boy in front of me was enjoying it as a joy ride. He waved his hands to the men working in the fields and when the drops of rain fell on his hands, he was delighted. He said, “Look Dear Father, the rain drops are cool and very clear.” He sipped them quickly. He seemed to enjoy the change in sound of train on the little bridge on the track and liked the overall journey. However, I felt it was a strange behavior. His behavior was that of six year old boy.

I asked his father,” Sir, with due respect, why do not you counsel him or get his counseling from a good Doctor? He looks a bit hyper active child.” I did not used harsh word to hurt the couple. 

The father answered, “Sir, We are going back as we came to visit the Doctor only. We were in Delhi for his treatment only.”

‘Oh!’ I replied. I asked,” What did the doctor say?”

The father told me that Doctor was pleased on his response to the treatment.

But I questioned him. I said, ‘He seems to behave like a small child. Isn’t it?’

The father said, “Yes, he is a small child. He just got his eyes as he could not see from his birth. A kind person had donated his eyes to him. So, the world is new to him and he is seeing the things for the first time. It is like a new birth for him.”

The answer surprised me and I was ashamed of myself. I could not read the child’s innocence. The child mesmerized me and my intellect fooled me. I murmured to myself, “If I could borrow some sense from anybody, please. Any donors?”  

 

Guru Gobind Singh Jee Kaa Sewak

Short Story: The Injured Soldier  

During Mughal rule, Guru Gobind Singh’s Khalsa army fought many battles with Aurangzeb’s army gallantly. On one occasion, the fierce battle was fought between the Mughal army of five lakhs and only ten thousand soldiers of Guru Gobind Singh’s army. There were casualties on both sides. Therefore, Guru Gobind Singh assigned one soldier the task of treating injured soldiers. The name of soldier was Gursewak Singh. He was doing his work as per the instructions of Guru Gobind Singh. However, one day he saw wounded soldier of Aurangzeb army who was lying on the field in critical condition. He gave him water to drink and cleaned his wounds. His name was Wasim Khan. Gursewak stitched the cut on his waist which was caused by sharp sword. Wasim Khan looked confused but was very obliged. This was watched by another soldier who did not like it. He complained this to Guru Gobind Singh. 

He believed that the soldier of Aurangzeb army does not deserve any kind of mercy. Guru Gobind Singh asked Gursewak to come to his camp and meet him. Gursewak arrived in a hurry. He stood there folding his hands as a respect to his commander Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Gobind Singh asked,”Gursewak! It has been observed that you were cleaning wounds of a soldier from Aurangzeb army.”

He replied, “Sir, I was given the task of cleaning wounds of soldiers who were badly hurt in battle. I was doing my task according to the orders. As the doctor looks concerned about the wound and not the patient, similarly I was concerned about the ailing soldier and not his identity.”

He continued,” See, we have common Kitchen called Langars which do not differentiate between rich or poor, Brahmin or Shudra, Sikh or Muslim. We have been taught to serve all. So, it hardly makes a difference if the soldier is a Hindu or a Muslim or from Aurangzeb’s army.”

The answer made Guru Gobind Singh happy and proud of Gursewak. 

Guru Gobind Singh ordered, “From now on, each injured soldier will be given medical treatment irrespective of his religion or side. I also announce Gursewak as a head of medical team who will especially take care of badly hurt soldiers of Aurangzeb army.”

Such were the teachings of our Guru’s from Khalsa Panth whose followers still serve humanity irrespective of their religion or caste or social status.

Mata Hari : Exotic Dancer, Seductress, Spy or a victim of War

Mata Hari : Exotic Dancer, Seductress, Spy or a victim of War

Since my childhood the unusual name Mata Hari mesmerized me. I had heard lot of interesting stories regarding her fearless life. What I found that there was a certain Asian connectivity to her look with black hair, black eyes and tanned complexion. Though there was none. She was a Dutch and her real name was Margaretha Geertruda Zelle Maclead. Margaretha was an extraordinary life who had chosen the name Mata Hari for herself when she became Europe’s queen of eroticism, lies, seduction and founder of pole dance in 1905. But she was considered as a double agent who worked as a spy for France and Germany and was shot by firing squad in 1917 in France. The irony in her execution lies in the fact that she was a Dutch national, the country which never participated in World War. She was born to the affluent Hat maker and lived a good life till the age of thirteen. She was accused of bedding Headmaster when she was sixteen and later married a Dutch colonial captain Rudolf MacLeod. She bore him two children but her married life remained a disappointment. She said, “I want to live like a colorful butterfly in the sun.” Young men in uniform adored her and Rudolf remained jealous to the extent of raping her. She learned dancing moves from East Indies which helped her later in Europe. After leaving Rudolf, she recreated as exotic dancer, actress, and Cosmo woman. For ten years she remained the most talked public figure in Europe.

Once on a visit to Berlin, her fur coats and money was seized. She charmed a Dutch businessman to pay her train fare to Amsterdam. There she was visited by Karl Kroemer, German counsel who gave her 20000 Francs to work as a spy. She took his money but did not take his proposal seriously. She told herself that cash was the compensation for the furs and threw the invisible ink away. Later, French placed the same ink in her hotel room to accuse her as a spy.

The hotel Elysee Palace, from where Mata Hari was arrested now has an office of HSBC and many people claimed sighting her. In fact, for some strange reasons, the house Kelders 33, where she was born survived a big fire which demolished three houses next to her. She was accused of handing over French secrets to Germans and was taken to forest to be shot by firing squad on October 15, 1917. She was considered as the reason for deaths of tens of thousands of French soldiers. She was regarded as a master of seduction and treachery. But indeed she was the one who was betrayed by the men and the uniform, she loved the most. Nevertheless she was a brave woman who refused blindfold and looked directly into the eyes of firing squad. Very few men and women have braved the adversity of situation to live a life on their own terms.

Mata Hari’s prosecutor conceded the truth after thirty years. He said ”There was not enough evidence to flog a cat.” The extraordinary story of a woman whose mere existence scared a regime who fought for hundred years with British.

Aurangzeb and Appeasement Politices

Honoring Aurangzeb, Appeasement Politics and Veer Damodar Savarkar 

 

Finding the correct address in posh Lutyene zone of Delhi has never been easy. I am no exception. The area houses Bureaucrats, Ministers and the wealthy of page three circuit of Delhi. The arrows depicting names like Rafi Marg, BahadurShah Zafar Road, Ashoka Road, Tuglak Lane, Kautalya Marg etc. reminds us of great people of India. But one name caught my attention. The road named ‘Aurangzeb Road’ caught my attention. I have no intention to create any controversy on the road named on Aurangzeb but I sincerely wish that Maharashtra gallant revolutionary like Veer Damodar Savarkar’s name should be there among all greats and he should get his due as he has been ignored for long. The sufi saint Sai Bulley Shah name could have been there instead of Aurangzeb.

Let me discuss Aurangzeb in brief. The Mughal Empire expanded and also ended with Aurangzeb. He was a devoted Muslim but his policies abandoned the legacy of Akbar’s secularism which remained a controversial aspect of his reign. He suppressed Hinduism and his orders for execution of Sugi mystic Sarmad and Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur bear testimony to Aurangzeb’s religious intolerance. Richard Eaton recorded that he ordered destruction of large number of places of worship.

On the other hand, Veer Damodar Savarkar was a poet, writer, philosopher, historian, supporter of Hindutva, fought against caste system and a great freedom fighter. He remains the only political prisoner in the world who was awarded two life sentences and was denied pen and paper in prison of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Therefore, he wrote thousand poems on the wall of prison by his nails.  He founded the society called Abhinav Bharat and wrote the true story of Gadar, the revolution of 1857 which was banned. On one occasion, Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh addresses Aurangzeb as tyrannical, cunning and intolerant ruler in his popular ‘Zafarnama’ or ‘Letter of Victory’ to Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb replied to ‘Zafarnama’ stating, “I do not know who I am. What will happen to me? Allah was inside me. But I did horrible deeds.” Therefore, naming road on Aurangzeb looks more like an appeasement politics. The men like Veer Savarkar were ignored by our government to the extent that masses are still unaware about him. The men like Madan Lal Dhingra, Fakhrudin Ali Ahmad, Khudiram Bose, Ram Prasad Bismil, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Ashfaqulla Khan never got the recognition which they deserved. The focus of Congress government shifted to only few of their party men who participated in India’s freedom struggle. Later when I discussed this with young students, they revealed that they are not aware of these great revolutionaries and only of Gandhi’s or Nehru’s dynasty who gave them freedom. Most of them also talked about Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Subhas Chandra Bose which was a pleasant surprise. But on the whole they remained ignorant of names which I discussed earlier.