Brave soldiers of my country !!

Hemant Karkare, Ashok kamthe, Vijay Salaskar, three big names in the security industry are gone very easily and the way their lives ended doesn't suits their personality. These lives, along with many others are a big loss to the nation.

Narendra Modi offered Rs. 1 crore to the family of Hemant Karkare, which was refused by the widow Mrs. Karkare. My point here is of uniformity. Mr. Modi might have some compensation for other junior officers who died, but not 1 crore. Their compensation is less than what is there for Mr. Karkare. Do Mr. Karkare had shot more terrorists as compared to other junior officers. That might be true. But thats not the basis on which Mr. Modi is offering his condolences. More amount of compensation for more popular officer and less amount for less popular one. Why so? Do less popular officer's family require less money to survive?

When we say a brave soldier died, we show our pride to them and their sacrifice for the motherland. Let their families too feel proud of their beloved one who left them forever.

In the newspaper i saw the kid of Late constable A R Chitte taking snap of her late father from one of the hoardings in the city. She definitely might be proud of her father but somewhere unhappy and spooky too. Now how are they going to earn their livelihood? The earning member is Gone. If they will get that rejected compensation plan of Rs. 1 crore, we will let her feel extremely proud of her father and in the way let her realise that her father did a commendable job. Respectable Mr.A R Chitte might never earn Rs 1 crore throughout his life, but he sacrificed his life for the security of other human beings, which is the biggest service of a mankind, and he deserves such accolade. In the process we will, on real terms,let his family feel proud of him and let them feel that we really care for his sacrifice and there are many such sacrifices which should be taken care of.When we do some commendable job in our software industry, are we awarded at that very moment, or do our awards are kept aside, and is presented to us when we retire or fired?

All these newspapers and articles, circulating after the terror attack are only talking about the brave soldiers who have died during the evacuating process. What about those who are not died in the process. The services provided by one who had not died and those who had died are equally appreciable and worth rewarding. Why should we wait the others to get succumbed in the next terror attack, and then he will be given respect and accolades. Getting succumbed in the uniform should not be the parameter to reward them. All of the security personnels should be rewarded and should be declared as National Heroes. All the brave wives of these brave soldiers should be given the tricolour saree so that they can wear it and can be differentiated among others and should be saluted by each and every individual on the roads and should be shown equal respect which we show to our National Anthem. My respect is for all those wives of the brave soldiers whose husbands are dead and whose husbands are alive.

Our Respected CM Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh visited Taj on Sunday, accompanied by his actor son Ritiesh and flop film maker Ram Gopal Varma (once i was a die hard fan of him after the movies like Rangeela and Satya). All the three were looking extremely happy during their visit. RGV was happy coz he got a topic to shoot a C grade movie like RGV ki Aag. Acc to insider information, he called up a production company and stated that he had a script to make a quickie film (which he is expert of doing - he completed the film Kaun in 21 days). Comedy actor Ritiesh was happy as he got one more assignment to do, imagine of a comic actor doing such a real plot movie in which we, in real life, have lost many national heroes. I appreciate Ritiest for his comic timing, but this time i myself will come on streets to burn the posters of such a movie in which our national heroes will be made fun of by a C grade movie director and a comic actor. Mr. Deshmukh was obviosly happy because his son got one more assignment to work on to boost his career.

We don't need TV interviews of any of the Page 3 artists, or the hi profile politicians, what we want is to listen to these national Heroes, their views, their source of motivation, on the basis of which they forget their own families and ready to face the bullets on their hearts. I am sure i will skip the interview of Akshay kumar, for any such National Hero. Imagine the bedside talk of a soldier and his wife. Wife might be asking him to quit the job of a security personnel, because their is a risk of life, and do something else in order to earn the livelihood, because they really want them, want them 'alive'. What might be the answer of that soldier to his wife? I want to hear that. Because the very next day he go for his duty and his wife too looks very happy and complacent. I beg the news channels to telecast the interviews of these National Heroes.

I was devastated by reading the news of Damodar Tandel, president of Akhil Maharashtra Machchimar Kriti Samiti. This fisherman claims that they had written to Deputy Chief Minister RR patil four months ago, warning that two boats carrying RDX and weapons might enter the city after August 20. He said that the state authorities ignored their warning and sat on the information. I was literally crying like a smmall child after reading this news as if Hemant Karkare is my father, and the proper use of this information might have saved my father's life. I can feel the same pain in my chest which Akash Karkare, son of Mr. Karkare might have felt while giving fire to his father's funeral. The same RR Patil gave the statement that " Bade Bade shehro mein aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hai". This man, along with Raj Thakrey should be hanged till death. They are the real terrorists.Damoder Tandel stated that they can share various vital informations if the authorities will take them into confidence, and is sure enough that the government might wake up after this tragic incident. Everyone please go through the article of this fisherman on Page 3 of Mumbai Mirror, 1 Dec 2008 issue. ( http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Archive/skins/pastissues2/navigator.asp?AW=1243953912859 ). I beg you all to go through this article. Here you will get to know the very reality of the inefficiency of our coastal security force, who provide the fishing licence to anyone for the meagre bribe of Rs.10000. There are only three boats available for the coastal security personnel, for the 720 km coastal line of Maharashtra, and even no patrolling is ever done. Fishermen from Gujarat enter into the Mumbai zone for fishing which is illegal. 5 boats employ almost 200 Bangladeshis, who mostly bring drugs and RDX in the fish box illegally.

Guys, this is height of anything.
Wake up.

----The Shekhar
1 Dec 2008