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My View
The front page of last Saturday’s Times of India, with the
header of colourful kites flying near, what seemed to be Sabarmati’s view from
somewhere near Gandhi Ashram, seemed to be greetings of Uttrayan, make the kites
of my thought fly way out of reach.
On one hand I could see the controversial decision of Indian
Govt.’s agreement to prosecute Google, Facebook, Yahoo and 18 other, and on the
other hand the low morale of Dhoni’s men, knows as world champions, going
through their worst in test matches since 1968. Such will be written about the
issue of prosecuting websites and even more about the World Cricket Champions.
Till this time the kite of my mind was in my control and was
flying high without much effort from my side. Modi-Jaya meet seemed just
another step in the politics’ new found tradition of treating friends and foes
with equal fervour. Air India pilots were on strike but Uttrayan kites seemed
to make up for it.
But then the thread which had held my thoughts just slipped
from my hand just like a puja thali falling from the hands of a religious
person due to sudden shock.
The news of the incident near Shahibaug was like an
explosion that made me let go the thread. I no longer wanted to hold my
thoughts in control. I read it once. I read it twice. I read it thrice. The
feeling that went through me was like everything was falling apart.
The act of volunteering to save a bird had taken lives of
two young and, not to mention, BRAVE teenagers.
Akash Rajput & Sambhu Desai, being members of Sanjeevani nature group,
which is the part of the forest department’s initiative were trying to save a
bird entangled in manjha (kite thread) and stuck on a tree. I read the news
again and again to find what was their educational qualifications to find if it
was an accident or lack of knowledge, that made the duo use an iron pipe. As they has also tried to climb
the tree before using the rod and, what you may call fate, took a different turn
and made them use an iron rod, according to me is also a failure of forest
department and the Nature group for not training or give proper guidance and
support their volunteers.
This news might be forgotten in a few days and might be
called and accident, as it always happen, however Akash and Sambhu proved that
they were no less than our heroes fighting on the borders.
Protecting a life is a very noble cause according to all
faiths and cultures and giving up one’s own life in order to save another is
even nobler. At the age of just 18 years they proved their conviction and became martyrs while saving a
bird, which according to them (and me), was no less than a Human’s life.
I would urge the state and central government to confer them
with bravery award for one of the bravest deed one could dream of.
Regards,
Rudra Kapalin
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