Brave-hearts of India

On this 61^st Republic Day, let me introduce you to some great people whom most of us does not recognise because they do not have ‘Gandhi’ as their surname so our government will never bless us with an holiday on their birthday or with their photo on currency notes and our history textbooks will never care to teach us about them. These people are less famous revolutionaries without whom it was not possible to kick those British butts out of India. Yup, it took more than just Gandhi & Nehru to do so! Here they come:

Baba Gurdit Singh: This surd charted a ship to Canada in 1914 with 376 Indian Passengers abroad. The Canadians refused permission to dock, attacking it instead. This surd along with other passengers repulsed the attack creating a great stir among Indians.

Badal Gupta: On 8^th December 1930, this brave man entered the Writers’ Building in Kolkata and shot dead N.S. Simpson, Inspector General of Prisons, who was infamous for his brutal oppression on Indian prisoners in jails. With no wish to get arrested by British assholes, he took loads of cyanide and died on the spot.

Bagha Jatin: As the leader of the Yugantar Party, he kicked off the Hindu-German plot to ferment unrest and trigger a revolt in the British Indian Army from Punjab to Singapore. He was finally killed in an encounter by British police.

Basanta Kumar Biswas: On 23^rd December, 1912, this young boy of 17, dressed as a woman, threw a bomb at Governor General Charles Hardinge in Delhi. He was hanged to death at Ambala Central Jail, at the age of 20; he was one of the youngest to be executed. Respect!!!

Champakraman Pillai: The predecessor of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, Pillai began the International Cadet Corps with the help of the Germans. He is also credited with being the first few to shout “Jai Hind” openly. I so wish he can pass on some of his bravery to Omar Abdullah and Congress. Period!!!

Khudiram Bose: At the age of 16, Bose was already bombing police stations and targeting government officials. In a failed assassination attempt he killed two British women instead, sending him behind the bars. He was awarded with death penalty. He was 18 years old at the time of his execution. He smiled as he hung.

Ashfaqulla Khan: Thanks to Rang de Basanti, most of us know him. Born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Ashfaqulla Khan was one of the men behind the looting of money that British people were looting from us. Kakori train robbery was an awesome move!

It is sad when you see that history of our country is full of such brave people who were so passionate and patriotic. At the age of 16, 17 they scared those assholes. And now we see these spineless leaders who are continuously raping our national pride in front of the whole world just because we are silent. We are letting them to do so. It’s time now to break that silence and to amplify our voices to make India free of these pathetic vultures. It’s time to show some responsibility towards our nation.     

P.S: Vande Mataram!!!

Aaila! I was sitting with a cup of green tea in my hand, a laptop and a word document on which I was trying to jot down all my New Year resolutions (yawning side by side). And while reflecting on all the funny and serious thoughts I got this idea of making all my resolutions public by writing a blog piece. Feel free to adopt any of these or all of these for yourself too. Happy New Year!

1. Beat people for good reason: I look closely at the old people when I travel in the metro. They seem so guarded and alert. And that’s because we treat them so intolerantly (Oye budhe! side mein ho) and so rudely. Well I would like to share a top secret; you are going to surely reach their age (until you manage to get yourself killed in a bomb blast). So treat them kindly and hope that somebody treats you kindly too when you are there. So the next time I see somebody ill treating old people, I am going to follow the famous saying: ‘Uska Sar Mera Joota’!!!

2. Make a miracle happen for someone:  Yes! You can make miracle happen for someone. Someone you know or someone you don’t know. I just gifted a pair of shoe to my society guard and he was too happy to get them in this chilly winter. A heater for your maid? Blanket for your car cleaner. I don’t know. You figure it out. Make 2011 a year of miracles you made happen for someone else.

3. Turning more ideas into realities: Thinking of this, there is regret in my heart that last year there were many ideas on which I could not work and now they are all buried deep down somewhere in me and I am in no mood to dig them. So this year I will try to turn more of my ideas into realities. I wish the same for you. Go and turn your dreams into realities. Make 2011 the year of possibilities.

4. Becoming a child again: I had enormous fun from 1-14 years. From 14-20, I was beating people, bunking classes, getting failed, and dating random girls. From 20-22, I was busy choosing the path of my life. From 22-24, I was confused, still confused, and right now I am being more cynic. But now I have decided to wake up the ‘disobedient, ill-disciplined child’ inside me. I am going to talk more nonsense, going to make faces at animals on street, going to make fun of people right on their face(I still do this one), and doing whatever I want to do. If possible for you, try to live like a child and you will be surely thankful to me at the year’s end.

P.S: I am not sharing the funny resolutions like 'To make sure I am in the bathroom when I pee in the middle of the night :)