There are books, movies and people say "Bhagat Singh fought
till his last breathe 23 March 1931". I never agree with them, I say he is
still fighting for his ideology, belief, and nation. Every time on the road of
our national capital we see some youngster shouting patriotic slogans, I see the
fruits of the seeds which Bhagat Singh has put on this land. Leaders, Warrior,
philosophical come and go , they become old , they retire, sometimes even they
become a subject of hatred in society but the seeds they put on this land keep
giving fruits for years. I might be wrong but as I heard from my friends
and seniors even in today's date when our soldiers go for any mission on
borders their Leaders tell them "Fight for a Land for which freedom Bhagat
Singh fought like a Lion and left this world with a smiling face in an age of
23, fight for the land for which Azad triggered last left bullet in his
own head". Every time our soldiers fight on the name of "Sardar
bhagat singh " ...I feel Bhagat Singh is still fighting .......
When I remember my childhood days there were 2 men who were
on the height of putting some new seeds in the society. First of them is Sachin
Ramesh Tendulkar, Around that time of 1992-98 I have only few memories left , most of those memories are just about to play with elder brothers ,
sisters all over the day, going to my Nana , Nani home with my mom. Everyone
know the Electricity condition of UP in those days , living in a small town, 6
hours power supply used to be a miracle ( Unfortunately condition hasn’t changed much
even after 20 years , thanks to Madam Maya and M Yadav ).
Sometimes there used to be a festival kind of
scenarios when people came to know that Sachin is going to play today, youngster
used to collect 2-3 big tractor batteries so there is no risk of missing the
match. People used to complete their work before the match start , they kept
watching until Sachin played and switched off the TV in case Sachin got out
saying “Sachin to out ho gya , ab match me kya rekha h ?”.
It was not just about a game, It was more
about a person who gave his all for this game, He was the best but he never
said so, He never break the heart of those people who believe in him. His dignity,
dedication, commitment became an inspiration for the people and it will always be. He became old , he might not be seen in cricket grounds any more, but
every time I will see a cricket match It will remind him, even few years later
If I find a kid playing well, I will only wish for him “You should become Sachin
one day” and every time that boy will give an easy hit on the ball and it will
be out of boundary I will say “Sachin is still playing”.
Even after playing and watching Sachin If I used to get some
free time, I used to sit with my elders (Uncle, Papa, Dada ...), They used to
talk about few name often M Yadav, Atal Bihari, Kalyan singh and most often a
name Lal Krishna Advani . Every one used to say “Kalyan singh is a student of
Advani political class”. In our
neighborhood in some families we used to see Mudha ( a special chair) , We were
told that people bought these chairs while coming back home from their visit to Ayodhya in last
couple of years. I never knew that my parents have always been
congress supporter and even in today’s date they are. People used to tell how
Mulayam Yadav asked police to open fire on Sadhus and women in Ayodhya to get
some benefits in poll. Some people thought it just about Ram temple in
Ayodhya but for others it was a struggle of freedom, a freedom from 2000 years
of injustice done to Hindus. There were millions of Hindu temple ruined and
destroyed in these years and getting back Ayodhya was a matter of pride not
just a matter of priest. There were people who started thinking that India
might become a Hindu nation now, there were others who were hoping this from last 40
-50 years and thought finally their dream will come true. L K Advani became a
Bhagat Singh of this struggle. I don’t
want to justify any of those events happened during that time frame, I know
people and nation paid a lot during this time. Finally the momentum came out
as a vote bank, after struggling 50 years on an Agenda BJP ( old Jan Sangh) came to power in
2000 era and it forgot all those promises, I don’t know if that agenda was
right or wrong for the nation, but what I know BJP had promised something and
more than that Advani had made some promises and after enjoying 5 years in
Delhi as a NDA Government BJP did nothing about that Agenda. For me it was like
“तबायत के घुंघरू
सुन के वो
अपने यार को
भूल गये !!” . People who used to be fan of Advani some of
them started hating him, some said "he is a lost Warrior now". He is
old now, many times he do useless things, I know there is no chance for him
left in politics, I know a large part of the society hate him, but still no one
can deny that there are some silence noises to fight for those Agenda which
Advani picked up that time, Until those noises are not totally silent, Advani will
a Leader !!
PS: This is not a attempt to prove some one right or wrong, It's just based on some of my old memories ( memories which will be forgotten but can't be changed ) and a small knowledge of past !!
