“This poem of Kavita Karkare is an epitome of the state of the nation. It verily defines rashtra dharma. The rashtram which does not know how to honour her heroes is an adharma nation.
The rashtram which knows how to honour her heroes and patriots who have laid down their lives in defence of the motherland is a dharma nation.
Kavita ji, you have rendered a great service to the rashtram.
Yours is a wake-up call to every bharatiya as Hero Hemant Karkare's aatman has attained the paramapadam of the paramaatman.
May paramaatman give you the strength of will to take the rashtram to great heights. Do not despair. People of this punyabhumi bharatam will not let you down.
Hemant's dharma will protect you, your family and all the citizens of Bharatam. For the sake of the children of Bharatam, don't despair Kavita ji. Be brave, like pujaniya Hemant ji. Dharmo rakshati rakshitah."
kalyanaraman
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From
A POSTING IN A "VETERAN'S GROUP"
Kavita Karkare’s heart-rending poem which she read out on the occasion
of the Marathi edition launch of `To The Last Bullet’ on December 22,
2009 in Pune should pierce the heart of every conscientious citizen of
this country.
Title: Do not become a martyr in this country
by
Mrs Kavita Karkare
Do not commit the mistake of becoming a martyr in this countryYour image will be tarnished by being called as `Headless Chicken’ or
`Dumb Ass’
Hence, never commit the mistake of being a martyr in this country.
Why has the martyr being adorned with `Ashoka Chakra’?
Is what they will argue aimlessly and insensitively
Even the `Ram Pradhan Committee (meant to give justice) will hang the martyr
Hence, never commit the mistake of being a martyr in this country.
While fighting terror, why didn’t help come in time? Why were the injured
lying for 40 minutes without help?
As a martyr’s wife in this country, never ask such questions.
Firstly, never commit the `crime’ of being a martyr in this country.
Nowhere in the world is a martyr tested for alcohol, but in this
country this humiliation is also not spared
Never try to understand the politics behind this irrational demand.
Never commit the mistake of being a martyr in this country.
Which senior officer switched off his mobile during the hour of terror?Or which senior officer twiddled his fingers on a terrace?
Never pick up courage to point such fingers.
Never commit the mistake of being a martyr in this country.
We have been reminded a hundred times about compensation to martyrs
As also the money we got as their `Leave Encashment’ and `Provident Fund.’
If that was not enough, we were reminded they paid us Rs.15,000 for
our husbands’ funeral,
Never commit the mistake of being a martyr in this country.
By being in the government service
Never make the mistake of being a martyr in this country
In this country, the crime of murder is pardoned
The corrupt released from the prison
Walk in public, with their head held high
But if you become a martyr, you are ostracised from society
Never commit the mistake of being a martyr of this country.
Should the martyr be hanged?
Or should he be kept alive?
You will decide that
We have set aflame the torch,
Which you will keep it burning.
2 comments:
heartening..
This is so apt at a time when Rajiv Gandhi assasination accused are being made into heroes by the publicity given. While I dont want to see Periavalan hanged but must we be so blind to the feelings of the 28 odd people who died for no reason of theirs, they were martyrs. Whatever Rajiv Gandhi did right or wrong the 2 foreigners(Sri Lankan Murugan and Santhan)are accomplice to a crime on Indian soil. How different is it from what Kasab did?
I am yet to see a channel which shows the victims of this heinous act other than Rajiv Gandhi.Is being human more important or being Tamil?
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