Sunday, July 23, 2006

ZINDAGI ZINDADILI KA NAAM HAI.....

Seldom does one find real life examples which justify the aptly placed title above, seldom do TV channels shift their schedules to incorporate stories as unbelieveable as this one, seldom do emotions erupt in form of prayers cutting across boundaries of caste,creed,religion for some1 we dint even know till a few hours ago.

Prince of Kurukshetra,Haryana is the protagonist of this simply amazing real life script which ran for 50hours straight, without any cuts and retakes. The so very significant 50hours for the whole world(BBC,CNN were all there) though we cannot say the same for the child as well coz he seemed so oblivious of the happenings outside but then what else can you expect from the child who quite ironically turned 6 today.
This guy fell into a borewell which was about 16square inches wide and 60feet deep while playing. And only after almost 2days of struggle the indian army along with support from the local police/fire brigade experts were able to rescue the child.
No signs of major physical injury have been observed but his condition is being monitored.

how could he manage all this ? what was going through his mind ? would the ordeal have lastng impact on the life or mental condition of the child? if put in a simiar condition, do you think an older person say 12yrs+ old would have been able to face the stark reality of being in the situation the way the child did ? questions galore but amongst all the commotion its the child who has taught us how to come out(both metaphorically and literally) of the most difficult situations of life....He truly symbolises triumph achieved through deep embedded patience for me.

And yea not to miss firefighters from Mumbai were called upon to overlook the whole crisis at hand and to put their expertise to use which they must have gathered from the Bomb Blasts that have been shaking the city out of the i-am-like-shanghai dreams.
I dont want to comment on how to tackle the ever-growing fear of not coming back to home after work but just one question to dear mr leader :
Why couldnt CCTV cameras be installed at the ever vulnerable stations....?? lack of funds may be ?? But then 15 Honda Civics for the honourable MPs cost much more dude...get a life man....n plz let us savour what we have.

I have decided to end each of my post from here on with the lyrics of a song which i relate with the writing above.
So here goes the song for all us from Prince:

jeena kya jeevan se haar ke-2

kaali ghaneri raat mein, chaandni khil jaayegi
tujhe andheron mein kahi roshni mil jaayegi
rehta nahi saari umar, saathi yeh gardish ka safar
deti hain manzil ka pata, kaaton bhari mushkil dagar