POWER OF FAITH. THE HEROES WE DONT EVEN REMEMBER! Then Ram Janmbhumi Mandir movement had nowhere even been thought of.The Hindus of Ayodhya and surrounding areas had of course captured the Janmnhumi site on a Ram Navami day in early fifties because of devotional leniency shown by the Keralite ICS District Magistrate KARUNA KRISHNA NAIR (later dismissed by PM JL NEHRU on the instigation of Maulana Aazad). The Bangladesh war was raging and skirmishes were taking place on the Punjab border when I was deputed by my News Agency to cover them. Dead of night, total darkness and biting cold. I sat huddled with jawans of a mixed battalion when an AP correspondent also joined me. In a trench I heard in a very low voice someone reciting Hanuman Chalisa. He is from UP, a Captain told me adding his platoon is the next to go to the front. can I see him? I asked you can only hear him because of the blackout.He is a pucca Hindu. Has even a choti on the head. We allow jawans to recite their religious books. At the end of the recitation he would say jaya Shri Ram and other jawans join him in the lowest permissible voice. I translated this all to the AP man. I crawled to the nearest spot when a sergeant stopped me. This is an underground bunker you cant enter. They are getting ready and would emerge from the other end. After a few moment I heard the slogan I longed to hear JAYA SHRI RAM and I involuntarily responded Jaya Shri Ram in almost a whisper. I dont know what happened to him as the war ended soon and the forces dispersed. Years after I ponder why shouldnt the BJP send such jawans to Parliament in stead of fighting Johnnies!
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:31:28 +0000
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