Something to think about...
By the time you read this, Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military honors.
On Tuesday [a few weeks ago], this news swept across all the news channels: 'Sanjay Dutt Relieved by Court'. 'Sirf Munna not a bhai'; '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam'; 'Although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay can breathe a sigh of relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn.' Then many personalities like Salman Khan said: 'He is a good person. We knew he will come out clean.' Mr. Big B said "Dutt's family and ours have relations for years; he's a good kid. He is like elder brother to Abhishek."...
In other news, the Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad; Greg Chappell said something; Shah Rukh Khan replaced Amitabh in KBC, and other such stuff. But most of the emphasis was on Sanjay Dutt's "phoenix like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges. Surfing through the channels, one news on BBC startled me. It read "Hisbul Mujahidin's most wanted terrorist Sohel Faisal killed in Anantnag. An Indian Major leading the operation lost his life in the process. Four others are injured."
It was past midnight. I started visiting the Indian channels, but Sanjay was still ruling. They were telling how he pleaded to the court saying 'I'm the sole bread earner for my family, I have a daughter who is studying in US' and so on. Then they showed how he was not wearing his lucky blue shirt while hearing the verdict and also how he went to every temple and prayed during the last few months. A suspect in Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted under armory act, was being transformed into a hero.
Sure Sanjay Dutt has a daughter; sure he did not do any terrorist activity. Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in the terrorist community and also one has a right to possess a pistol, so that again is not such a big crime. Sure Sanjay went to all the temples; sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then...
Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his sources about the terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp, killed the Hisbul Mujahidin's supremo and in the process sacrificed his life to the bullets fired from an AK47. And just like Sanjay he is survived by a wife, and daughter just 18 months old.
Major Manish never said, 'I have a daughter' before he took the decision to take on the terrorists in the darkest of nights. He never thought about having a family and he being the bread earner.
But no news channel covered this since they were too busy hyping a former drug addict, a suspect who's linked to bomb blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he defied the TADA charges and they were so successful that his conviction in possession of armory had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents in heaven must be happy and proud of him.
Parents of Major Manish are still living and they have to live rest of their lives without their beloved son. His daughter won't ever see her daddy again.
It is a shame for us that news was given by a foreign TV channel--where they understand Patriotism.
- R Sathya Murthy [Edited by Vishwa]
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Where else such things could happen, other than India? I knew very well, just like millions of other common conscientious citizens in this country, that not a single hair of Sanjay Dutt would be touched, as he is the legal heir of a ‘National’ party stalwart. Our leaders get elected only to incite crime, shield criminals and amass wealth. Glory of our software technology leadership in the world and our rich spiritual heritage is effortlessly eclipsed by these dirty leaders. All such politicians, bureaucrats, law enforcing authorities and even many ‘directed’ adjudicators should be placed in the “Hall of Shame” and not in the hall of fame as they are presently enshrined, undeservedly catching the national and international limelight.
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