Yesterday while
surfing youtube, I came across some stories.... Short but true Stories of freedom struggle.. They
just disturbed me deep inside... I came across some
familiar stories like one of Bhagat Singh's and also some new stories.. Let me
share few of them first.
I may get
confused with the name of characters, so better I didn't use names...
Story 1.
Freedom Struggle Period. Gandhi ji have announced not to use foreign clothes and
the campaign have spread over the nation. In Mumbai port, the consignment of
foreign clothes arrives. It gets unloaded in trucks and were yet to move in
line... There a 14 yrs old boy who support Ghandian movement, ran and laid down
holding the Tricolour Flag, in front of the first truck in line... The driver
driving that was an Indian. He came down and begged him, “Son, these British
animals will drive the truck over you. please move away son..” The brave youth
replied “If you are afraid, you go away, I won’t move.”
The British officer got in the truck and raised the
engine to move. No reaction from the boy except the chanting of the slogan “Vande
Madaram”. The Unfortunate fact is that the clothes came inside our country only
after driving the truck over that boy.
………
Story 2.
One of a freedom fighter was being chased by the British
Police officers. He was running through a slum area. For cover he got into a
small hut. Inside the hut there was a poor lady making her infant child sleep
in a cradle. She’s illiterate and belongs to the lowest part of the community.
She doesn’t know who this leader was. But she knew that they are fighting for
the freedom. She never told anything and asked the Freedom fighter to hide in
the rack available overhead and he hid there. The British officer came and
asked the lady whether someone came here. The lady said no. The officer was carrying
a long rifle in which a knife is attached in the front. He kept that knife over
the chest of the infant sleeping and again asked whether someone came here. She
again replied no. And, this time the officer pierced the knife fully into the
chest of the child and lifted the child through knife and again asked whether
anyone came here. She still replied no.
………
These stories and
the other stories really disturbed me a lot. Lot of Blood shed. They’ve just given their lives
like that, let it be Bhagat Singh or the 14 Yr old Boy or any other. Remember one thing, they always had a choice of not to die.
May be our independence would’ve been delayed for 20 more years if they were not
died. But still they took the tougher choice. They never worried about their
lives, that’s one thing. But still it is not an easy thing to do. Lets
understand how did they did that and rather why…?
Just empathize yourself
in their position. Let’s assume you, your wife and your son are there in your
family. You love your wife really very much. And you never bothered about your
life. Now you are in a situation where you have to die for your wife. Even
though you are ready to do anything for her, will you die leaving your loved
one alone. If I was in that situation I will not die.
I will not die,
unless I believe that my son & others will take care of my beloved one.
Now you can relate
it to them. Those great souls died leaving the country they loved only because,
they believed in us. Their thought process was that “My next generation will take
care of my nation. So, without any worry I can sacrifice my life for her...”
They kept such confidence
in us hence gave their lives.
Now I’ll end this topic
open for your thoughts. Imagine the belief and confidence they kept on us. And
look what we are doing… Are we keeping their beliefs or just backstabbing
them.
Friends, truly my eyes are wet
while writing this.., But it’s not time for sentiment. It’s time for
commitment. I commit myself to the wellness of this country.
This is not an emotional
dialogue. I mean it.
Jai Hind..,
Excellent !
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