Just A Thought

According to Hindu belief system, its scriptures and books associated with it, the time is divided into four Yugas. It started with Satyuga when every one was righteous. It was followed by Tretayuga, the Yuga marked by the presence of Shri Ram and the way of life established by him. Then we entered into the Dwapar Yuga, when Krishna set foot on this earth and gave us a new way of life. And finally came the age or the Yuga in which we all were born i.e. Kali Yuga. The reason I started off with a brief description of Yugas is because if we take out Satyuga, the age where everyone was righteous and Kaliyuga, a time when which is marked by chaos, we are left with two Yugas, Treta and Dwapar. These two yugas were specifically important, because in both these Yugas, world witnessed the emergence of two iconic personalities, whose deeds were so great that they were conferred with the titles of Vishnu Avatars or Incarnations of Vishnu. With their deeds and efforts they established new ways o

On the evening of 23rd March 1931, when The British government hanged Bhagat Singh along with Sukhdev and Raj Guru, they were merely 23 years old. With a smile on their lips and sparkle in his eyes, they kissed the noose and met their death as if they were meeting a long lost friend. At 23 when our youth are still confused about what they intend to do in their lives, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev inspired millions of Indians with their revolutionary ideas and the call for complete independence and laid down their life for his nation. But today after 70 years of India’s independence, can we stand up and tell those martyrs that we have created an India of his dream? That their martyrdom has not been wasted and India has achieved total independence, from oppression, from obsession, and imperialism. The answer sadly is NO. We have not only failed Bhagat Singh but we destroyed his dream and built a nation that is being destroyed by its citizens and leaders more than its enemies. Bhagat