Saturday 31 October 2015
As the nation celebrates the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 31st October, we remember him alongside former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi who was martyred on this day.
One united India physically and the other died for the unity of India.
Sardar Patel is remembered as the powerful Home Minister of India, who united the nation. He was a staunch supporter of Mahatma Gandhi, and joined the freedom struggle under the Mahatma in Kheda.
While the BJP, devoid of any nationalist icons, is trying to usurp Patel and paint him as a Hindu nationalist. It bears reminding that it was under Patel was was instrumental in passage of Articles 29 and 30 in the Constituent Assembly, guaranteeing to the minorities in India the right to practice their own faith, maintain their own culture, and establish educational institutes of their choice.
If Sardar Patel was the Iron Man, who united India, then it was under Indira Gandhi that India became one of the most influential nations in the world. It was under her leadership that India conducted her first nuclear test, launched its first satellite, and brought the economy back from high inflation and recession.
Sardar Patel and Indira Gandhi were both guided by the same ideal, making India a strong and confident nation.
पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री इंदिरा गाँधी एक निडर नेता थीं जिन्होंने परिणामों की परवाह किए बिना कई बार ऐसे साहसी फैसले लिए, जिनका पूरे देश को लाभ मिला और उनके कुछ ऐसे भी निर्णय रहे जिनका उन्हें राजनीतिक खामियाजा भुगतना पड़ा लेकिन उनके प्रशंसक और विरोधी, सभी यह मानते हैं कि वह कभी फैसले लेने में पीछे नहीं रहती थीं। जनता की नब्ज समझने की उनमें विलक्षण क्षमता थी।उनके समकालीन नेताओं के अनुसार बैंकों का राष्ट्रीयकरण, पूर्व रजवाड़ों के प्रिवीपर्स समाप्त करना, कांग्रेस सिंडिकेट से विरोध मोल लेना, बांग्लादेश के गठन में मदद देना और अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति रिचर्ड निक्सन को राजनयिक दाँवपेंच में मात देने जैसे तमाम कदम इंदिरा गाँधी के व्यक्तित्व में मौजूद निडरता के परिचायक थे। साथ ही आपातकाल की घोषणा, लोकनायक जयप्रकाश नारायण तथा प्रमुख विपक्षी नेताओं को जेल में डालना, ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार जैसे कुछ निर्णयों के कारण उन्हें काफी आलोचनाओं का सामना करना पड़ा।
लाल बहादुर शास्त्री के बाद प्रधानमंत्री बनी इंदिरा को शुरू में 'गूंगी गुड़िया' की उपाधि दी गई थी। लेकिन 1966 से 1977 और 1980 से 1984 के दौरान प्रधानमंत्री रहीं इंदिरा ने अपने साहसी फैसलों के कारण साबित कर दिया कि वह एक बुलंद शख्यिसत की मालिक हैं।उड़ीसा में एक जनसभा में श्रीमती गाँधी पर भीड़ ने पथराव किया। एक पत्थर उनकी नाक पर लगा और खून बहने लगा। इस घटना के बावजूद इंदिरा गाँधी का हौंसला कम नहीं हुआ। वह वापस दिल्ली आईं। नाक का उपचार करवाया और तीन चार दिन बाद वह अपनी चोटिल नाक के साथ फिर चुनाव प्रचार के लिए उड़ीसा पहुँच गईं। उनके इस हौंसले के कारण कांग्रेस को उड़ीसा के चुनाव में काफी लाभ मिला।एक और वाकया 1973 का है। इंदिराजी कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ताओं के एक सम्मेलन में भाग लेने इलाहाबाद आईं थीं। उनकी सभा के दौरान विपक्षी नेताओं ने जबर्दस्त विरोध प्रदर्शन किया और उन्हें काले झंडे दिखाए गए। लेकिन उस जबर्दस्त विरोध प्रदर्शन से इंदिराजी के चेहरे पर कोई शिकन नहीं आई। अपने संबोधन में विरोधियों को शांत करते हुए उन्होंने सबसे पहले कहा कि ‘मैं जानती हूँ कि आप यहाँ इसलिए हैं क्योंकि जनता को कुछ तकलीफें हैं। लेकिन हमारी सरकार इस दिशा में काम कर रही है।' इंदिराजी खामियाजे की परवाह किए बगैर फैसले करती थीं। आपातकाल लगाने का काफी विरोध हुआ और उन्हें नुकसान उठाना पड़ा लेकिन चुनाव में वह फिर चुनकर आईं। ऐसा चमत्कार सिर्फ वही कर सकती थीं।प्रथम प्रधानमंत्री पंडित जवाहरलाल नेहरू की पुत्री इंदिरा का जन्म इलाहाबाद में 19 नवंबर 1917 को हुआ। स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन के दौरान उन्होंने अपनी वानर सेना बनाई और सेनानियों के साथ काम किया। जब वह लंदन के ऑक्सफोर्ड विश्वविद्यालय में पढ़ रही थीं तो वहाँ आजादी समर्थक ‘इंडिया लीग’ की सदस्य बनीं।
भारत लौटने पर उनका विवाह फिरोज गाँधी से हुआ। वर्ष 1959 में ही उन्हें कांग्रेस का राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष चुन लिया गया। नेहरू के निधन के बाद जब लालबहादुर शास्त्री प्रधानमंत्री बने तो इंदिरा ने उनके अनुरोध पर चुनाव लड़ा और सूचना तथा प्रसारण मंत्री बनीं।वह वर्ष 1966 से 1977 और 1980 से 1984 के बीच प्रधानमंत्री रहीं। ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार के बाद वह सिख अलगाववादियों के निशाने पर थीं। 31 अक्टूबर 1984 को उनके दो सिख अंगरक्षकों ने ही उनकी हत्या कर दी।
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Eating Fruit on Empty Stomach
This will open your eyes ! Read to the end and then send it on to all on your e-list. I just did !
Dr Stephen Mak treats terminal ill cancer patients by an "un-orthodox" way and many patients recovered.
Before he used solar energy to clear the illnesses of his patients, he believes on natural healing in the body against illnesses. See his article below.
It is one of the strategies to heal cancer.
As of late, my success rate in curing cancer is about 80%.
Cancer patients shouldn't die. The cure for cancer is already found - its in the way we eat fruits.
It is whether you believe it or not.
I am sorry for the hundreds of cancer patients who die under the conventional treatments.
EATING FRUIT
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths.
It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and *when* to eat the fruits.
What is the correct way of eating fruits?
IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!
FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH
If you eat fruits on empty stomach, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.
The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so due to the bread taken before the fruit.
In the meantime the whole meal of bread & fruit rots and ferments and turns to acid.
The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So please eat your fruits on an *empty stomach* or before your meals !
You have heard people complaining :
Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc.. etc..
Actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.
The fruit mixes with the putrefying of other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat !
Greying hair, balding, nervous outburst and dark circles under the eyes all these will *NOT* happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.
There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter.
If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the * SECRET * of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only * fresh* fruit juice, NOT from the cans, packs or bottles.
Don't even drink juice that has been heated up.
Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all.
You only get its taste.
Cooking destroys all the vitamins.
But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.
If you should drink the fresh fruit juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.
You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse or detoxify your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fresh fruit juice throughout
the 3 days.
And you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look !
KIWI:
Tiny but mighty.
This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber.
Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
APPLE:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
STRAWBERRY:
Protective Fruit.
Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging and free radicals.
ORANGE :
Sweetest medicine.
Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.
WATERMELON:
Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system.
They are also a key source of lycopene the cancer fighting oxidant.
Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.
GUAVA & PAPAYA:
Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.
Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation.
Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.
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Drinking COLD water or drinks after a meal = CANCER
Can you believe this ?
For those who like to drink cold water or cold drinks, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold water or cold drinks after a meal.
However, the cold water or drinks will solidify the oily stuff that you have just eaten.
It will slow down the digestion.
Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food.
It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into FATS and lead to CANCER !
It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks.
HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE : ( THIS IS NOT A JOKE! )
Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.
Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.
A cardiologist says:
if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
So letsdo at least 1 good work today.
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Sunday 25 October 2015
Saturday 24 October 2015
I liked this msg .. Felt like sharing 😊
Are we earning to pay builders and interior designers, caterers and decorators?
Whom do we want to impress with our highly inflated house properties & fat weddings?
Do you remember for more than two days what you ate at someone's marriage?
Why are we working like dogs in our prime years of life?
How many generations do we want to feed?
Most of us have two kids. Many have a single kid.
How much is the "need" and how much do we actually "want"??
Think about it.
Would our next generation be incapable to earn, that we save so much for them!?!
Can not we spare one and a half days a week for friends, family and self??
Do you spend even 5% of your monthly income for your self enjoyment?
Usually...No.
Why can't we enjoy simultaneously while we earn?
Spare time to enjoy before you have slipped discs and large prostates.
We don't own properties, we just have temporary name on documents.
GOD laughs sarcastically, when someone says,
"I am the owner of this land"!!
Do not judge a person only by the length of his car.
Many of our science and maths teachers were great personalities riding on scooters!!
It is not bad to be rich, but it is very unfair, to be only rich.
Let's get a LIFE, before life gets us, instead....
One day, all of us will get separated from each other; we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing; the dreams that we had.
Days will pass by, months, years, until this contact becomes rare... One day our children will see our pictures and ask 'Who are these people?' And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say: 'IT WAS THEM THAT I HAD THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE WITH'.
Send this to all your friends that you will never forget.
Put this on the whatsapp of those who made you smile in any type of way.
It might surprise you but look at how many will be sent back.
Thank you for making me smile for sometime in my life.
Thursday 22 October 2015
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Mumbai Police Helpline Directory
WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE POLICE? Here are some useful numbers for you to know and keep with you at all times. DO TELL US HOW THEY WORK OUT WHEN YOU CALL.
Remember, under law you don’t have to identify yourself.
The main Police Helpline number is 100. You can use it for any emergency and all purposes where you need help or have something to report to the police. You can complain on this number for -- grievance redressal/ any law and order problem/ eve teasing / any form of harassment/ Domestic violence/ noise pollution/ names and telephone numbers of the Senior Police Officers/ Police Stations. The 100 operator may also refer you to other helplines made for special purposes. It is actually a directory for the Mumbai Police.
1. Police Helpline : 100
2. Police Helpline for Women: 103
3. SMS Cell : 7738133133; 7738144144
4. Senior Citizen Helpline: 1090
5. Travel Safe When Alone - Mumbai Police number for women: 9969777888 (When travelling in an auto/taxi just feed the auto/taxi number and the GPS system will track the movements of the vehicle)
6. Mumbai Police Spokesperson- DCP Detection Dhananjay Kulkarni: 9823895095; 22621220
7. Mumbai Police Commissioner: 22620826/ 22620111
8. Mumbai Police Commissioner: Email id: cp.mumbai@mahapolice.gov.in
9. Maharashtra Police Website: www.mahapolice.gov.in
10. Special cell for women and children: Crawford Market: 22620111 Ext 20
Dadar: 2469161 Kandivali: 24691753 CBD Belapur: 2750255
Kurla : 26500478 Vikhroli: 25779356 Thane: 77359632
Mumbai Police Regions
1. South Region - 23080023 - addlcpsouth@mtnl.net.in (Colaba, Azad maidan, Dongri, Pydhoni, Girgaum, Gamdevi, Yellow Gate, Wadala)
2. Central Region – 23782636 - addlcpcentral@mtnl.net.in (Tardeo, Agripada, Worli, Bhoiwada, Matunga, Sion, Dadar, Mahim, Kurla)
3. East Region -25230893 - addlcpeast@mtnl.net.in (Chembur, Trombay, Deonar, Ghatkoper, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Mulund)
4. West Region - 26408688 - addlcpwestcontrol@mtnl.net.in (Vakola, Kherwadi, Airport, Bandra, Santa Cruz, D. N. Nagar, Meghwadi, Sakinaka, Andheri)
5. North Region – 28854625- addlcpnorth@mtnl.net.in (Goregaon, Malvani, Borivli, Dindoshi, Samata nagar, Dahisar)
Mumbai Police Zones
1. Zone I - 22620453 - dcpzone1@mtnl.net.in
2. Zone II - 23073663 - dcpzone2@mtnl.net.in
3. Port Zone – 22611620 - dcpportzone@mtnl.net.in
4. Zone III – 23700608 - dcpzone3@mtnl.net.in
5. Zone IV – 24021101- dcpzone4@mtnl.net.in
6. Zone V – 24976960 – dcpzone5@mtnl.net.in
7. Zone VI - 25229303 - dcpzone6@mtnl.net.in
8. Zone VII - 25645228 - dcpzone7@mtnl.net.in
9. Zone VIII - 26508381 - dcpzone8@mtnl.net.in
10. Zone IX - 26422042 - dcpzone9@mtnl.net.in
11. Zone X – 28367767 - dcpzone10@mtnl.net.in
12. Zone XI – 28903899 - dcpzone11@mtnl.net.in
13. Zone XII – 28283889 - dcpzone12@mtnl.net.in
Railway Police Helpline
1. Railway Police Helpline: 9833311111
2. Railway Protection force: 1275 / 1311
3. Commissioner of Railway Police: 022-23759251
Email: cp.mumbai.railway@mahapolice.gov.in
4. Railway Police Whatsapp no: 9333312222.
If harassed while travelling by train or at the railway station, please send a message
on this number with details.
RTO/ Traffic Helpline
1. RTO Helpline: 1800- 22- 0110
2. Traffic Police Control Room: 24937755
Ancillary Help Line numbers:
1. Child-Helpline: 1098
2. Ambulance: 108
3. Fire Brigade: 102
4. Anti-Corruption Bureau: 24942618/ 24921212
5. Majlis: 26662394 / 26661252 – Women’s Rights & Legal Aid
Dolphy D'souza
NAGAR Coordinator - Better Policing
9833884227 E: dolphydsouza@nagar.org.in
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Saturday 10 October 2015
Thursday 8 October 2015
The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give...
Wednesday 7 October 2015
💫7 Little Truths 💫
( litmus tests in life ) Must read...
1st
Don't let someone become a priority in your life, when you are just an option in their life. Relationships work best when they are balanced..
2nd
Never explain yourself to anyone. Because the person who likes you doesn't need it and the person who doesn't like you won't believe it..
3rd
When you keep saying you are busy, then you are never free.When you keep saying you have no time, then you will never have time. When you keep saying that you will do it tomorrow, then your tomorrow will never come..
4th
When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices. Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams.
Choice is yours..
5th
We make them cry who care for us. We cry for those who never care for us. And we care for those who will never cry for us.This is the truth of life, it's strange but true. Once you realize this, it's never too late to change..
6th
Don't make promises when you are in joy. Don't reply when you are sad.
Don't take decision when you are angry.Think twice, act once..
7th
Time is like river. You can't touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again
"Someone Asked Swami Vivekanand:
"What is poison ?"
He had given a great answer:
"Everything excess in life, is poison"...
Have a great day
Tuesday 6 October 2015
Monday 5 October 2015
"करम माँगता हूँ, अता माँगता हूँ,
मेरे मोला मैं तुझसे दुआ माँगता हूँ। रहम कर जहाँ पर ऐ मेरे
मालिक,
मैं सारे जहाँ का भला माँगता हूँ,
न मांगूंगा तुझसे तो मांगूंगा किससे ,
तेरा हूँ मैं तुझसे दुआ माँगता हूँ ।।
जो मुफलिस हैं उनको तू दौलत अता कर,
जो बीमार हैं उनको सेहत अता कर,
मरीजों की खातिर शफा माँगता हूँ
ऐ मेरे मोला मैं तुझसे दुआ माँगता हूँ।।
जो हैं बदनसीब कुछ नहीं जिनके पल्ले,
उन्हें भी दिखा दे नसीबी के
जलवे,
अता कर तू शान-ए-करीमी का सदका,
मै सबके लिए ये दुआ मांगता हूँ ।।
न मांगूंगा तुझसे तो मांगूंगा किससे ,
तेरा हूँ मैं तुझसे दुआ माँगता हूँ ।।
Sunday 4 October 2015
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Good day
What is Maturity ?
Maturity is when you stop trying to change people, and instead focus on changing yourself.
Maturity is when you accept people for who they are.
Maturity is when you understand that everyone is right in their own perspective.
Maturity is when you learn to "let go".
Maturity is when you are able to drop "expectations" from a relationship and give for the sake of giving.
Maturity is when you understand that whatever you do, you do for your own peace.
Maturity is when you stop proving to the world how intelligent you are.
Maturity is when you focus on positives in people.
Maturity is when you do not seek approval from others.
Maturity is when you stop comparing yourself with others.
Maturity is when you are at peace with yourself.
Maturity is when you can differentiate between "need" and "want, and you can let go of your wants.
Maturity is when you stop attaching "happiness" to material things.
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Saturday 3 October 2015
Friday 2 October 2015
पढ़िए और तब तक पढ़िए जब तक इसमें
कही बात समझ में और अमल मेंना आ जाए ।
अपने आखरी हज के समय अल्लाह के रसूल (सल्लल्लाहो अलैहि वसल्लम) ने जो आखरी भाषण (खुतबा) दिया जो अपने
आप में एक ऐसी मिसाल है
की किसी भी धर्मगुरु या नेता ने
ऐसा भाषण न दिया होगा जो की मानवता और
समानता के उपदेश से परिपूर्ण है|
मेरा सभी मुस्लिम और गैर-मुस्लिम
भाइयों से निवेदन है की इसे ज़रूर पढ़ें:
हज़रत मुहम्मद (सल्लल्लाहो अलैहि वसल्लम) ने
फ़रमाया: प्यारे भाइयो! मैं जो कुछ कहूँ, ध्यान से सुनो।
ऐ इंसानो! तुम्हारा रब एक है। अल्लाह की किताब और उसके रसूल
की सुन्नत को मजबूती से पकड़े रहना।
लोगों की जान-माल और इज़्ज़त
का ख़याल रखना, ना तुम लोगो पर ज़ुल्म करो,
ना क़यामत में तुम्हारे साथ ज़ुल्म
किया जाय गा. कोई अमानत रखे तो उसमें ख़यानत न करना।
ब्याज के क़रीब न भटकना।
किसी अरबी को किसी अजमी (ग़ैर
अरबी) पर कोई बड़ाई नहीं, न किसी अजमी को किसी अरबी पर,
न गोरे को काले पर, न काले को गोरे पर, प्रमुखता अगर
किसी को है तो सिर्फ तक़वा(धर्मपरायणता) व परहेज़गारी से है अर्थात् रंग, जाति, नस्ल, देश, क्षेत्र किसी की श्रेष्ठता का आधार
नहीं है। बड़ाई का आधार अगर
कोई है तो ईमान और चरित्र है।
तुम्हारे ग़ुलाम, जो कुछ ख़ुद खाओ,
वही उनको खिलाओ और जो ख़ुद
पहनो, वही उनको पहनाओ।
अज्ञानता के तमाम विधान और
नियम मेरे पाँव के नीचे हैं।
इस्लाम आने से पहले के तमाम ख़ून
खत्म कर दिए गए। (अब किसी को किसी से पुराने
ख़ून का बदला लेने का हक़ नहीं) और सबसे पहले मैं अपने
ख़ानदान का ख़ून–
रबीआ इब्न हारिस का ख़ून– ख़त्म
करता हूँ (यानि उनके कातिलों को क्षमा करता हूँ)|
अज्ञानकाल के सभी ब्याज ख़त्म
किए जाते हैं और सबसे पहले मैं अपने
ख़ानदान में से अब्बास इब्न
मुत्तलिब का ब्याज ख़त्म करता हूँ।
औरतों के मामले में अल्लाह से डरो।
तुम्हारा औरतों पर और
औरतों का तुम पर अधिकार है।
औरतों के मामले में मैं तुम्हें वसीयत
करता हूँ कि उनके साथ भलाई का रवैया अपनाओ।
लोगो! याद रखो, मेरे बाद कोई नबी नहीं और तुम्हारेuबाद कोई उम्मत (समुदाय) नहीं।
अत: अपने रब की इबादत करना,
प्रतिदिन पाँचों वक़्त
की नमाज़ पढ़ना। रमज़ान के रोज़ेuरखना, खुशी-
खुशी अपने माल की ज़कात देना,
अपने पालनहार के घर का हज करना और अपने
हाकिमों का आज्ञापालन
करना। ऐसा करोगेतो अपने रब
की जन्नत में दाख़िल होगे।
ऐ लोगो! क्या मैंने अल्लाह का पैग़ाम तुम तक पहुँचा दिया!
(लोगों की भारी भीड़ एक साथ
बोल उठी–) हाँ, ऐ अल्लाह के रसूल!
(तब हजरत मुहम्मद स. ने तीन बार
कहा) ऐ अल्लाह, तू गवाह रहना(उसके बाद क़ुरआन की यह आखिरी आयत उतरी)
"आज मैंने तुम्हारे लिए दीन (सत्य
धर्म) को पूरा कर दिया और तुम पर अपनी नेमत (कृपा) पूरी कर दी".
Quran 5:3 Reference: See Al-Bukhari, Hadith
1623, 1626, 63 •
Thursday 1 October 2015
Mahatma Gandhi Biography
Born:
02/10/1869
Died:
30/01/1948
Birthplace:
Porbandar, Gujarat, India
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as ‘Mahatma’ (meaning ‘Great Soul’) was born in Porbandar, Gujarat, in North West India, on 2nd October 1869, into a Hindu Modh family. His father was the Chief Minister of Porbandar, and his mother’s religious devotion meant that his upbringing was infused with the Jain pacifist teachings of mutual tolerance, non-injury to living beings and vegetarianism.
Born into a privileged caste, Gandhi was fortunate to receive a comprehensive education, but proved a mediocre student. In May 1883, aged 13, Gandhi was married to Kasturba Makhanji, a girl also aged 13, through the arrangement of their respective parents, as is customary in India. Following his entry into Samaldas College, at the University of Bombay, she bore him the first of four sons, in 1888. Gandhi was unhappy at college, following his parent’s wishes to take the bar, and when he was offered the opportunity of furthering his studies overseas, at University College London, aged 18, he accepted with alacrity, starting there in September 1888.
Determined to adhere to Hindu principles, which included vegetarianism as well as alcohol and sexual abstinence, he found London restrictive initially, but once he had found kindred spirits he flourished, and pursued the philosophical study of religions, including Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism and others, having professed no particular interest in religion up until then. Following admission to the English Bar, and his return to India, he found work difficult to come by and, in 1893, accepted a year’s contract to work for an Indian firm in Natal, South Africa.
Although not yet enshrined in law, the system of ‘apartheid’ was very much in evidence in South Africa at the turn of the 20th century. Despite arriving on a year’s contract, Gandhi spent the next 21 years living in South Africa, and railed against the injustice of racial segregation. On one occasion he was thrown from a first class train carriage, despite being in possession of a valid ticket. Witnessing the racial bias experienced by his countrymen served as a catalyst for his later activism, and he attempted to fight segregation at all levels. He founded a political movement, known as the Natal Indian Congress, and developed his theoretical belief in non-violent civil protest into a tangible political stance, when he opposed the introduction of registration for all Indians, within South Africa, via non-cooperation with the relevant civic authorities.
On his return to India in 1916, Gandhi developed his practice of non-violent civic disobedience still further, raising awareness of oppressive practices in Bihar, in 1918, which saw the local populace oppressed by their largely British masters. He also encouraged oppressed villagers to improve their own circumstances, leading peaceful strikes and protests. His fame spread, and he became widely referred to as ‘Mahatma’ or ‘Great Soul’.
As his fame spread, so his political influence increased: by 1921 he was leading the Indian National Congress, and reorganising the party’s constitution around the principle of ‘Swaraj’, or complete political independence from the British. He also instigated a boycott of British goods and institutions, and his encouragement of mass civil disobedience led to his arrest, on 10th March 1922, and trial on sedition charges, for which he served 2 years, of a 6-year prison sentence.
The Indian National Congress began to splinter during his incarceration, and he remained largely out of the public eye following his release from prison in February 1924, returning four years later, in 1928, to campaign for the granting of ‘dominion status’ to India by the British. When the British introduced a tax on salt in 1930, he famously led a 250-mile march to the sea to collect his own salt. Recognising his political influence nationally, the British authorities were forced to negotiate various settlements with Gandhi over the following years, which resulted in the alleviation of poverty, granted status to the ‘untouchables’, enshrined rights for women, and led inexorably to Gandhi’s goal of ‘Swaraj’: political independence from Britain.
Gandhi suffered six known assassination attempts during the course of his life. The first attempt came on 25th June 1934, when he was in Pune delivering a speech, together with his wife, Kasturba. Travelling in a motorcade of two cars, they were in the second car, which was delayed by the appearance of a train at a railway level crossing, causing the two vehicles to separate. When the first vehicle arrived at the speech venue, a bomb was thrown at the car, which exploded and injured several people. No investigations were carried out at the time, and no arrests were made, although many attribute the attack to Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fundamentalist implacably opposed to Gandhi’s non-violent acceptance and tolerance of all religions, which he felt compromised the supremacy of the Hindu religion. Godse was the person responsible for the eventual assassination of Gandhi in January 1948, 14 years later.
During the first years of the Second World War, Gandhi’s mission to achieve independence from Britain reached its zenith: he saw no reason why Indians should fight for British sovereignty, in other parts of the world, when they were subjugated at home, which led to the worst instances of civil uprising under his direction, through his ‘Quit India’ movement. As a result, he was arrested on 9th August 1942, and held for two years at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune. In February 1944, 3 months before his release, his wife Kasturbai died in the same prison.
May 1944, the time of his release from prison, saw the second attempt made on his life, this time certainly led by Nathuram Godse, although the attempt was fairly half-hearted. When word reached Godse that Gandhi was staying in a hill station near Pune, recovering from his prison ordeal, he organised a group of like-minded individuals who descended on the area, and mounted a vocal anti-Gandhi protest. When invited to speak to Gandhi, Godse declined, but he attended a prayer meeting later that day, where he rushed towards Gandhi, brandishing a dagger and shouting anti-Gandhi slogans. He was overpowered swiftly by fellow worshippers, and came nowhere near achieving his goal. Godse was not prosecuted at the time.
Four months later, in September 1944, Godse led a group of Hindu activist demonstrators who accosted Gandhi at a train station, on his return from political talks. Godse was again found to be in possession of a dagger that, although not drawn, was assumed to be the means by which he would again seek to assassinate Gandhi. It was officially regarded as the third assassination attempt, by the commission set up to investigate Gandhi’s death in 1948.
The British plan to partition what had been British-ruled India, into Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India, was vehemently opposed by Gandhi, who foresaw the problems that would result from the split. Nevertheless, the Congress Party ignored his concerns, and accepted the partition proposals put forward by the British.
The fourth attempt on Gandhi’s life took the form of a planned train derailment. On 29th June 1946, a train called the ‘Gandhi Special’, carrying him and his entourage, was derailed near Bombay, by means of boulders, which had been piled up on the tracks. Since the train was the only one scheduled at that time, it seems likely that the intended target of derailment was Gandhi himself. He was not injured in the accident. At a prayer meeting after the event Gandhi is quoted as saying:
“I have not hurt anybody nor do I consider anybody to be my enemy, I can’t understand why there are so many attempts on my life. Yesterday’s attempt on my life has failed. I will not die just yet; I aim to live till the age of 125.”
Sadly, he had only eighteen months to live.
Placed under increasing pressure, by his political contemporaries, to accept Partition as the only way to avoid civil war in India, Gandhi reluctantly concurred with its political necessity, and India celebrated its Independence Day on 15th August 1947. Keenly recognising the need for political unity, Gandhi spent the next few months working tirelessly for Hindu-Muslim peace, fearing the build-up of animosity between the two fledgling states, showing remarkable prescience, given the turbulence of their relationship over the following half-century.
Unfortunately, his efforts to unite the opposing forces proved his undoing. He championed the paying of restitution to Pakistan for lost territories, as outlined in the Partition agreement, which parties in India, fearing that Pakistan would use the payment as a means to build a war arsenal, had opposed. He began a fast in support of the payment, which Hindu radicals, Nathuram Godse among them, viewed as traitorous. When the political effect of his fast secured the payment to Pakistan, it secured with it the fifth attempt on his life.
On 20th January a gang of seven Hindu radicals, which included Nathuram Godse, gained access to Birla House, in Delhi, a venue at which Gandhi was due to give an address. One of the men, Madanla Pahwa, managed to gain access to the speaker’s podium, and planted a bomb, encased in a cotton ball, on the wall behind the podium. The plan was to explode the bomb during the speech, causing pandemonium, which would give two other gang members, Digambar Bagde and Shankar Kishtaiyya, an opportunity to shoot Gandhi, and escape in the ensuing chaos. The bomb exploded prematurely, before the conference was underway, and Madanla Pahwa was captured, while the others, including Godse, managed to escape.
Pahwa admitted the plot under interrogation, but Delhi police were unable to confirm the participation and whereabouts of Godse, although they did try to ascertain his whereabouts through the Bombay police.
After the failed attempt at Birla House, Nathuram Godse and another of the seven, Narayan Apte, returned to Pune, via Bombay, where they purchased a Beretta automatic pistol, before returning once more to Delhi.
On 30th January 1948, whilst Gandhi was on his way to a prayer meeting at Birla House in Delhi, Nathuram Godse managed to get close enough to him in the crowd to be able to shoot him three times in the chest, at point-blank range. Gandhi’s dying words were claimed to be “Hé Rām”, which translates as “Oh God”, although some witnesses claim he spoke no words at all.
When news of Gandhi’s death reached the various strongholds of Hindu radicalism, in Pune and other areas throughout India, there was reputedly celebration in the streets. Sweets were distributed publicly, as at a festival. The rest of the world was horrified by the death of a man nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Godse, who had made no attempt to flee following the assassination, and his co-conspirator, Narayan Apte, were both imprisoned until their trial on 8th November 1949. They were convicted of Gandhi’s killing, and both were executed, a week later, at Ambala Jail, on 15th November 1949. The supposed architect of the plot, a Hindu extremist named Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, was acquitted due to lack of evidence.
Gandhi was cremated as per Hindu custom, and his ashes are interred at the Aga Khan’s palace in Pune, the site of his incarceration in 1942, and the place his wife had also died.
Gandhi's memorial bears the epigraph “Hé Rām” (“Oh God”) although there is no conclusive proof that he uttered these words before death.
Although Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, he never received it. In the year of his death, 1948, the Prize was not awarded, the stated reason being that “there was no suitable living candidate” that year.
Gandhi's life and teachings have inspired many liberationists of the 20th Century, including Dr. Martin Luther King in the United States, Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko in South Africa, and Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar.
His birthday, 2nd October, is celebrated as a National Holiday in India every year.
Quotes :
“When it (violence) appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
"Hate the sin, love the sinner."
"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
"अल्लामा इकबाल"
सजदा-ए-इश्क़ हो तो "इबादत" मे "मज़ा" आता है.....
खाली "सजदों" मे तो दुनिया ही बसा करती है.....
लौग कहते हैं के बस "फर्ज़" अदा करना है.....
एैसा लगता है कोई "क़र्ज़" लिया हो रब से.....
तेरे "सजदे" कहीं तुझे "काफ़िर ना कर दें.....
तू झुकता कहीं और है और "सोचता" कहीं और है.....
कोई जन्नत का तालिब है तो कोई ग़म से परेशान है.....
"ज़रूरत" सज्दा करवाती है "इबादत" कौन करता है.....
क्या हुआ तेरे माथे पर है तो "सजदों" के निशान.....
कोई ऐसा सजदा भी कर जो छोड़ जाए ज़मीन पर निशान.....
फिर आज हक़ के लिए जान फ़िदा करे कोई.....
"वफा" भी झूम उठे यूँ वफ़ा करे कोई.....
नमाज़ 1400 सालों से इंतेज़ार में है.....
कि मुझे "सहाबाओ" की तरह अदा करे कोई.....
एक ख़ुदा ही है जो सजदों में मान जाता है.....
वरना ये इंसान तो जान लेकर भी राज़ी नही होते.....
देदी अज़ान मस्जिदो में "हय्या अलस्सलाह".....
ओर लिख दिया बाहर बोर्ड पर अंदर ना आए फलां और फलां.....
ख़ोफ होता है शौतान को भी आज के मुसलमान को देखकर,
नमाज़ भी पढ़ता है तो मस्जिद का नाम देखकर.
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