Baba Ramdev was today the target of an attack by a man who threw black ink on his face at a press conference he was addr..
Today, i.e. 23 March, is a day which means a lot for many of us
and may START meaning a lot for those who will be able to
understand the feelings behind this article. It was on this day in
1931 that Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, chose to be
"IMMORTALS" forever.
Every time these names come to our minds, we are left wondering
about their single mindedness, zeal and determination when it came
to opposing the foreign presence on our soil. Their remarkable
fearlessness, when despite being almost resourceless , they took on
the mammoth British Empire. And their acts stand out because of the
clarity of vision and maturity they exhibited, which is evident
from the fact that their actions were not about anger or outbursts,
but well thought out strategies. When we ponder over the
happenings from the day they were sentenced to death to the day of
their execution on 23 March 1931 at Lahore, it’s clearly evident
that they had foreseen every step that the British Government will
take to "silence" them, and they "manipulated" the system into
doing just opposite of what Government intended to do, by using the
courtyard proceedings to convey their thoughts to the nation, isn’t
it obvious when we see the names of these great Martyrs remembered
by the nation even after so many years?
Nowadays when we talk about Youth power and youth ICONS and a
number of names and personalities come to our minds, but sadly
these martyrs, though respected and adored, RARELY make it to that
list! How much ever we refute this, it remains a fact that
the "general" thoughts and discussions about these martyrs
"generally" revolve around GUNS and BOMBS, and go little beyond
that. These discourses rarely go in the realm of their relevance in
present scenario. And this doesn’t surprise considering the obvious
disdain for such ideologies on the part of those in polity or
administration, who are guided more by the sense of just "running
things" than a selfless love for nation. Such forces/institutions
will go to any extent to erase their names and deeds from our
"HISTORY", and in a situation when erasing their names could not be
achieved, sustained efforts will b directed towards painting them
as "Terrorists". And I am sure all of you remember our Martyrs
being called "TERRORISTS" by many "eminent" political
personalities. The onus is on US to "understand" what they really
stood for, and propagate that between people who are not that much
aware of them.
If we look beyond the ‘aura’ that surrounds these Martyrs and the
general "perceptions" about them, we could clearly see that they
were ORDINARY people, just like us – BUT they rose to the occasion
when LIFE presented them with a choice to take the "easier" way of
living for BHARAT or pursuing a life centered around
"personal" gains and achievements. These people were same in every
aspect EXCEPT when it comes to "weighing" pros and cons when it
came to taking on WHATEVER ailed our nation, and unlike most of us,
there was NO WEIGHING. And despite this, all the actions were
guided and pursued with an unmatched zeal that leaves us amazed at
the MATURITY that they displayed, while they were still so
young!
Shouldn’t these traits make them obvious "choice" as YOUTH ICONS??
Because with that kind of zeal and grit, it would not be impossible
to cross any barriers, reach any milestones or achieve ANY GOALS,
with that kind of clarity and VISION, the word "confusion" will be
purged from our minds. And once a LOT of start waking up to OUR OWN
potential, zeal and the grit that we always HIDE inside us, nothing
would be able stop us from taking Bharat to the heights of GLORY
and progress, which have become NOTHING but hyped decorative words
making it to most of the "speeches" with total disconnect between
actions and thoughts that guide them.
On this auspicious day, let’s together take a vow that all our
thoughts, all our actions will be guided by boundless love for
BHARAT, and we won’t hesitate to give up ANYTHING when we are faced
with THE CALL, that differentiates LEGENDS!
Jai Bharat, Vande Mataram
Shailesh Pandey | Follow the writer on twitter.com/shaileshkpandey
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