Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu with a heart full of love for people of India and she was not afraid to show it openly like a loving mother who felt pain if her child was in trouble. Sarojini Naidu started her public career to work for Indian woman’s cause, to wake her up from her sleep and bring her into the mainstream of the nation. Sarojini Naidu talked about pride of nation, about culture and values of our country, she tried to bring about a sense of duty, the role our women could play to help develop this country. She was a role model for women as a mother, a woman of principles, whatever she did for nationalistic feelings in our women folks would always remain in the minds of generations to come. She had a strong feeling for the country and was full of self-confidence, a gem of a woman with full of qualities are in a single woman.
Life of Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad on 13 February 1879 in the family of Doctor Aghornath Chatopadhyay, a renowned scientist who earned the highest degree in science from Edinburgh University, in United Kingdom. Incidentally, Doctor Aghornath was an eminent educationist who worked constantly in the field of education and established Nizam College in Hyderabad. He took best care for the education of Sarojini Naidu in his personal supervision. Her mother, Varad Sundri was a religious lady but had ample interest in literature and Sarojini inherited the best virtues of life from her both parents. She was brilliant, studious and willing to learn. She studied English language especially to prove her point after her father found her wanting in the language on one occasion. Later she had such a mastery over the English language that astounded each and everyone whoever had a conversation with her in this language.
Her father wanted to see her as a mathematician therefore he emphasized that she practiced math regularly but Sarojini did not have much interest in math. She wanted to write poems as her mother used to write poems in Bengali language and even her father was good at writing poems. Writing poems was another hobby that she inherited from her parents. As she admitted once that when she was 11 years old, she could not solve a problem of Algebra in her class despite her repeated efforts. The question was an ordinary one but due to lack of interest in the topic, Sarojini was unable to cope with it. She left it unsolved at that point of time and started to write a poem instead. She was astounded to see that she completed a poem within no time and showed it to her class teacher. Her class teacher was impressed to see her efforts and said that she will become a great poetess one day in the future. When her father was told about the incident, despite the circumstances those prevailed in that period, he provided her with all facilities to develop her interest in the field of poetry writing. He wanted to see her daughter grow naturally therefore even provided her a room especially for the purpose of development of her talent.
Sarojini completed her matriculation from Madras in the tender age of 12. In the meantime, her father had appointed tutors to teach her French and English at their home. By the age of 13, she had gained enough knowledge about literature by reading writers including Shelly Browning, John Keats and Tennyson. She was ready to become a poetess herself as she managed to write a poem containing 1300 lines in that tender age. However, being overworked affected her health adversely and doctors suggested her complete rest for sometime. But that was not Sarojini’s idea and to make her doctor believe that she was all right she wrote a long drama having 2000 lines. After this particular incident, she authored a drama in Persian language with the title ‘Mehar Muneer’. To encourage his daughter Aghornath had that drama published for private distribution among his friends and a copy to Nizam of Hyderabad. The Nizam was so overwhelmed reading that drama that prompted him to grant Sarojini with scholarship in foreign country for studying the literature.
Sarojini Naidu in King’s College
Sarojini went to England for further education but could not get admission in Cambridge University because she was under 18, considered under age for admission in Cambridge therefore she had to go to King’s College London. Sarojini was lucky in the sense that the house of her local guardian was like a meeting point for writers and literature lovers. She met people like Edmund William Gosse and William Arthur, the famous writers, which proved very useful in her future development. She never forgot what Gosse once said to her “Never try to follow European culture and style in your work even if you perfect the European style of writing in your poetry. We the western people would prefer to see the culture of your country through your work.” Sarojini accepted him as his mentor and never forgot his teachings. She began working in the direction where her work reflected not only the Indian culture but also the soul entire east was her target.
Her marriage
During her stay in England, Sarojini came in contact with a south Indian doctor Govind Rajulu Naidu and fell in love with him. After 3 years when she retuned to India, completing her education in 1998 she married Dr. Naidu but it stirred the orthodox society because the couple belonged to the different communities that was a big issue in that era. But her father, being a social reformer was with her on this issue so they faced it with courage and later the matter was not only subsided but she earned praise for her decision. Sarojini had a loving, peaceful and joyous family life throughout.
Her poetry
Despite the fact that she was busy with her family, she did not give up her writing. She was a poetess par excellence who was dedicated to Mother Nature and beauty. She portrayed Nature in her work through mountains, rivers, streams, love and joy through her poetry. Love was main subject of her poetry that reflected in her work along with happiness of life, love, nature, beauty etc. Her poetry spoke of love, the passion, desire and feeling of being in love. Her theme was if you can share your love and life with others, your world is entirely different, falling in love with nature, human and whatever that is associated with you could be one of the greatest feelings ever. When you are with most loved ones, there is no greater joy in the life.
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore once wrote to her "I feel jealous reading your poetry because it has so much to offer. At the same time I enjoy reading your great love poems having so much on offer." Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru thought ‘Sarojini Naidu has provided a unique value to our National Freedom agitation with her artistic and culture literature.’ Sarojini Naidu influenced millions of Indians that prompted them to call her ‘Nightingale of India.’ She was among the top writers in the world and was loved by her readers for the though-provoking quality of her work. Every word she wrote would agitate the minds of people those read her.
All her work was much appreciated but the books which gave her recognition are listed below-
1- The Golden Threshold – Swarna Dehalij
2- The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India - Jeevan our mritu ki Kavitayen
3- The Bird of Time – Kaal Pakshi
4- The Broken Wing – Toota Hua Daina
There are hundreds of poems which come in popular category touching the hearts of millions of people all over the world, here are some of them
Nightfall in the City of Hyderabad
Indian Dancers
The Indian
Palanquin Bearers
Indian Love-Song
The Pardah Nashin
Sarojini Naidu - her Career
Sarojini Naidu was a poetess but she had adjusted herself well between the services toward Nation and her literary world. Sarojini Naidu was to become the first woman President of the I.N.C. and also the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. This would be interesting to know that like her literary career, her political career too started by chance. Once the great freedom fighter Gopal Krishna Gokhale spoke in her presence, “Come, and stand with me to surrender yourself to the service of Mother India. Take the oath in front of the stars, Sun and the Moon that you will stand like a mountain in the service of your Nation. Make these mountains, rivers and Nature your witness that you will serve the thousands still not aware of their duty towards their motherland. The day you would be able to do this, your poetry will worth and know its real value.” That changed Sarojini Naidu’s life forever.
She worked with masses
She later met Mahatma Gandhi and dedicated her services for the welfare of this country. She had extra qualities of an expert orator because she practiced it right from her childhood. She made the listeners spellbound whenever stood to deliverer a speech in a large public gathering. Her speech had a strange combination of poetic and nationalism values that attracted the masses to keep them glued in total silence. People will listen to her godly voice laden with love for nation and humanity sitting for hours. Most of her speeches were held in Madras initially with women and girls s her listeners but later her popularity took her to different parts of South India. Later she delivered her speeches in Mumbai and soon became very popular there also.
She joined Indian National Congress
Meanwhile Sarojini Naidu joined Congress and traveled all over the country to deliver the message of love for nation and social awakening to the masses for a better life for all. In 1917, she did couple of important work first, she visited all over India and started the movement for right of voting for women. She was inspired by Mrs. Margaret Cajuns and led a delegation of 18 women to meet Lord Chelmsford and Mr. Montague in this connection. She demanded that women be granted the right to vote just like their male counterparts. Her demands were fulfilled in 1922 when women were given the right to vote.
There was not a single incident in the history of Congress right from 1917 to 1947 where Sarojini Naidu did not show her presence or participated actively. She began to show her importance right from the beginning when she delivered her speech under the then president of congress Mrs. Annie Besant. Here is some of the speech, she spoke and that would always be remembered by people of this country.
“I am a woman and as a woman, I wish to assure you that I will be with you whenever you will fell lost in the darkness of life or to keep the great aims you have set for yourselves. Whenever you will need someone to guide you, I shall be there right besides you. We, the women of this nation will not remain in background for the cause of the nation but fight with you rubbing our shoulders for the same.”
Sarojini Naidu was absolutely clear with his thoughts regarding her aims and would straight forwardly reply “People often ask me about my purpose to come into the rough political world leaving my dream world of poetry behind. I have nothing but to say that poets are also members of this very society. They are not from a different world but have the same issues as other citizens of this country and face the same problems what the other people of this nation have to face. A poet cannot look away to a different side when the nation needs him.” The words she spoke at that time are still as precious and have their own message for the masses of this country.
In 1918, Mrs. Naidu went to Europe and represented Indian women for the right of voting. The speech she delivered in the women’s right conference in Geneva won the hearts of everyone present and assured that women in India got what they deserved. She participated in many meetings against the Jaliannwala Bagh incident and the lecture she gave in London’ Kingsway hall as a member of Home Rule League shook the citizen of England the way she spoke against the atrocities of British in India. She spoke very fearlessly whenever she went abroad she delivered a speech describing about the ruthless tactics applied by British rulers in India. She did a very good job wherever she went by gaining sympathy of the people present for our country.
Her achievements
In 1925, the annual meeting of Congress at Kanpur saw the new president for the party. Sarojini Naidu as president of Congress made her longest, probably the best speech at that meeting. Here is the main theme her speech – “Feeling of disappointment is the biggest crime in a freedom movement for a country”, she was again elected president of Congress in 1926.
Prior to that in 1922, Sarojini Naidu went to South Africa to represent Congress, she was elected member for Bombay Corporation and president of Bombay State Congress. In the month of March that year, she had addressed a meeting at Calicut to describe in detail about atrocities committed on people in Mopla by Brits. The government of Madras that was on high alert accused Mrs. Naidu for false allegations which made her react too sharply against the government and did whatever she could to prove her points just and reasonable. Gandhi Ji was arrested by government almost the same period which affected Sarojini Naidu who was sick then but she visited the entire length of the nation to enlighten the people of the country about the principles of Gandhi Ji. She visited Colombo the following year and left an unforgettable memory on the hearts of people of Sri Lanka.
Her activities
Sarojini visited the United States of America in the end of 1928 to convey the problems India was facing and also to let the Americans know about Gandhi’s thoughts followed by a visit to Africa where she was elected the president of the local wing of the Indian Congress party. She came back to India to participate in ‘Namak Andolan’ in support of the salt producers despite the fact that Gandhi Ji wanted to keep women away from violent agitations but Sarojini refused to stay behind male workers. Sarojini participated in different agitations alongside Gandhi Ji including ‘Dandi March’ that she led after Gandhi was arrested followed by Tayyab Ji and then she was sent to jail. She was released from jail after the pact in between Gandhi JI and Irwin for a round table conference participated by Madanmohan Malviya, Gandhi Ji and herself. She did a wonderful job alongside Gandhi Ji in London during the second round table conference held there. Sarojini Naidu kept the good work for the independence movement of India continuously until she was again sent to jail in 1942 for her participation in ‘Leave India’ movement. She was released in 1943 from the jail due to her sickness but she never looked back and kept doing her duties for the sake of people of the country and the nation without caring for her own illness.
15 August 1947
India was a free country on 15 August, 1947 that made everyone proud. Sarojini Naidu wanted to express and share her joy with fellow countrymen. She greeted the people of India through All India Radio, Delhi with a message to the nation and wished them. She expressed her desires for other slave nations to obtain their freedom. She was appointed first Governor of a state of independent India. Sarojini Naidu despite her inexperience in administrative matters showed extra ordinary talent and was able to manage the responsibilities very intelligently. She showed to the world that a poet having tender feelings could stand to occasion and perform her duties toward the betterment of the nation.
Multiple faces of her personality
She will always remain in the history of India as first woman President of Congress party and first Governor of a state of Independent India. Sarojini was a combination of a poetess, a lady with nationalistic feelings, a leader par excellence, an orator that could keep the listeners spellbound, an able administrator, qualities of an organizer and best of all ‘a never say die spirit’ that kept her apart from the crowd. Despite being too busy she loved humor and often showed her witty side cracking jokes even not sparing the big leaders like Gandhi Ji, Nehru Ji, Sardar Patel, Acharya Kriplani etc. She used to address Prince Charming to Nehru Ji, Mahatma Gandhi was Mickey Mouse for her, Sardar Patel was ‘Bardoji Bull’ and Acharya Kriplani was Skeleton for her.
Sarojini Naidu was concerned for women’ cause
Sarojini fought her whole life for the cause of Indian women. She wanted education for every woman, right for voting, right of equality in every field for women was her motto that she kept uppermost in her mind. She fought against dowry system, impractical religious beliefs and other similar bad traditions like covering of face were her prime concerns. She used to say that she represented the women like Sita, Savitri, Damyanti and Laxmibai those were her ideals for different reasons. Sarojini undoubtedly was gem of a woman with unique qualities and extra ordinarily talents. She had all the qualities of an ideal housewife and leader at the same time. She despite coming from a very rich family lived a simple life. She was closely associated with Indian Women’s Association started by Margaret Cajuns and Home Rule League of Annie Besant. She was president of Indian women’s Association in 1930.
Finally..
Sarojini Naidu left for her heavenly abode on 2 March 1949 to an unknown world, to never come back again but she left behind a light of knowledge, deeds and good work that will speak for itself and keep permanently in the minds of millions who shall never forget her for different reasons for ages to come.
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Dr Varghese Kurien
Dr Varghese Kurien is the man behind the success of Operation Flood, the movement that helped treble the country's milk production, making itself-sufficient in the production of milk and milk products.
India is a land of villages and a majority of the farmers of these villages keep milch cows and buffaloes. They sell the milk in towns and cities. India leads in the production of milk, but as the villagers were not working in cooperation with each other, they did not benefit from the sale of the milk. This also affected the production of milk. Verghese Kurien formed a co-operative society of such farmers that not only took care of poof, marginal farmers, but also inspired them to expand their business. In this way he lead the foundation of the dairy industry.
Kurien studied engineering at the Michigan University in America. Back in India in 1949, he took up a job at Anand in Gujarat. His dream of improving the farmers lives was fulfilled by the milk co-operatives. Today, the Anand Co-operative is a well-known industry and the name AMUL is famous the world over.
Very few people know who really was the inspiration behind the co-operative movement. It was Sardar Patel who first worked towards the betterment of the farmers of the area. Later he entrusted the work of improving the living standard of villagers of Kaira and the adjoining areas to Tribhuvandas Patel, who mobilised milk producers into cooperatives.
When Varghese Kurien went to Anand, he changed the concept of dairying. He established a network of veterinary service and cattle-breading centers. In 1965 he took over as the head of the National Dairy Development Board. He proposed establishing the 'Anand Pattern' all over the country. In 1970 came operation Flood - a movement that involved 170 million people. It has the credit of being the largest dairy development network in the world. Around six million dairy owners belonging to 75,000 village cooperatives supply milks to 500 towns and cities. Operation Flood has helped stabilise milk prices in the country and ensure the supply of fresh, hygienic milk. India has ceased to developed on milk imports and the co-operative provides a source of regular income to the farmers. Apart from whole and skimmed milk, Anand produces condensed milk, butter, cheese, and cheese spreads.
Varghese Kurien has been honored with several national and international awards. The award include the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan, the Magsaysay Award, the world Food Prize and the Padma Vibhushan. But Varghese Kurien is a modest man. He says that he owes his success ti the farmers of Gujarat.
It was in November 1989 that Sachin Tendulkar played his first Test Match against Pakistan and that was to launch him into an illustrious career. In 1991-92, the then Finance Minister Dr Manmohan Singh presented a revolutionary budget which was to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indians and lead to the globalization of the Indian economy. The budget launched Dr Singh into a political career which has seen him become the Prime Minister.
Both Sachin and Singh were professionals in their chosen fields. Sachin practiced long hours from the age of eleven and under the watchful eye of his coach was to learn the fine points of the game. He was to make an impact at all his first three domestic appearances in the Ranji trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy by scoring centuries a record which holds today also. Singh hailed from a refugee family and was brilliant in his studies which culminated in him getting a doctorate degree in economics from Oxford. Singh also presented path breaking budgets which brought him tremendous laurels and boosted the economy of the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narsimha Rao.
The initial few years performance by both were so powerful that they soon became the darling of the Indian masses. Runs flowed magnificently from Sachin's bat not only in India but on foreign grounds also. He squarely faced fast bowlers and their ire and hit them to all corners and beyond. His fame got established in cricketing circles and crowds thronged the stadiums to watch him play. Sachin's batting prowess brought him immense recognition and comparisons with the great Bradman.
Dr Singh also gathered accolades for steering the Indian economy from a dismal state in 1991 when the foreign exchange holdings had come down to around $ 4-5 billions capable of meeting the barely three weeks of exports. His removal of controls, introduction of banking reforms and abolition of licensing system was to broaden the industrial base and lead to a rise in India's international trade considerably. Singh soon was being hailed by international experts as one of the world's finest Finance Minsters.
Emerging from an acute financial crisis both Sachin and Singh by their able performances brought positive appreciation for India in foreign countries. The almost simultaneous emergence of India as a growing IT power was also to bring lot of respect to India and Indians after a long time could walk with their heads held high in world capitals.
Along with Sachin other players also were contributing and soon BCCI started cashing on the love of cricket in Indians and started exploiting the game for earning unheard of revenues. This led to the players at all levels of the game getting handsome emoluments far more than they could ever imagine. The game of cricket was successfully corporatized. Soon BCCI was to become the richest cricket body in the world and would play an important role at the international level.
Similarly Singh's boost to the Indian economy saw the global interest in India and attracted enhanced foreign investments. All this led to increased job creation and also saw the emergence of a new class of entrepreneurs and new areas of investment. The economy was liberalized and this created a level playing and led to India's image being enhanced in global financial markets. So much so that many Indian industrialists brought ownership holdings in many foreign companies. India's foreign exchange reserves were to jump to nearly $300 billion against single digit holding in 1991.
As often happens, in both their careers a period of slump came. Sachin was creating record after record and was being hailed for it all over the world. He frequently suffered from injuries but the determined person in him saw him emerge stronger every time. But age was beginning to catch up with him. His reflexes were slowing down. The number of times he was getting clean bowled was a reflection of this slowing down. The very fans who raised him to the level of a demi god were now suggesting that he should retire from the game. He announced his retirement first from the T20 and then from the One day format, but not before he had set further records and scored his 100th hundred. The BCCI supported him throughout by saying that he will decide his time of retirement . For the immense contributions he made to the game he deserved this honour.
Singh was in for a shock when in spite of trail blazing economic reforms his government was voted out of power in 1996 elections. He was elected to the upper house and was to act as Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha till his party was elected back to form the government in 2004 as UPA 1. He was the surprise choice of Sonia Gandhi for the post of PM a post he continues to hold it till date. In between the UPA won the mandate in the 2009 elections also and Singh is the PM of UPA 2. During UPA 1 and initial years of UPA 2 the economy saw handsome growth in its GDP growing at as high a rate as 9%. The economist PM got lot of respect and credit for it from all over the world. But today the growth rate hs fallen to less than 5%. His government has been periodically rocked by corruption scams. All this have caused a severe dent in his image not only in India but outside also. An honest and dedicated person has been let down by his own corrupt colleagues and coalition partners. He is today seen as a honest person but a weak leader.
Today Sachin has retired from Test cricket also. No longer will we see him play again for the country. He has managed his retirement very well. In an well crafted and highly emotional farewell speech there were many a tearful eye in the Wankhede Stadium. The whole cricketing world has bid him a fond farewell. He has entered into the history books as a legend with multitude of records and will always be remembered as one of the finest cricketer the world has ever produced. It was India's good fortune that he was born in our country.
Singh has a few more months to go before the 2014 elections are held. Will his government be elected back to power. As of today the chances look bleak. Even if it does manage to come back the chances are high that Singh may not be the PM once again. His innings is getting over in 2014 for sure. He has also to retire after a long stint as PM and before that as Finance Minister. However in his case even though he laid the basis for an economically strong India and guided it through very high GDP growth rates, he will be quitting politics as someone who was badly let down by corrupt colleagues which reduced his hold and dented his own reputation. He came as an honest person and will leave as a dented honest person.
Both came at a time when India was suffering from the impact of a collapsed economy at the start of 1990's. In their separate ways they handsomely contributed to raise the esteem of India and Indians globally. They sincerely worked hard and won the affection of the country's masses. However Sachin manged to maintain his reputation intact till his retirement but Singh lost it on the way.
Sachin lost many battles in the field but won the war but Singh won many a battles in the Parliament but seems to have lost the war.
Our freedom fighters
India became a free country in 1947 although it was only half the independence as we lost two big parts of motherland in the name of Pakistan. That is what we got after a long struggle to get our freedom from the clutches of foreign invaders. They ruled more than two hundred years on before leaving this country and would have been still here had it not been for the brave men and women who fought gallantly against them. If we go back into the middle of 18th century, we shall see that this was perhaps the most crucial time when the fight for freedom began and women took as active part in it as men did.
The famine in 1770 was the trigger point, which agitated Sadhus and saints of this country to revolt against British who did nothing to save dying Indians that perhaps motivated them to take our country out of clutches of foreigners. We often read about our male freedom fighters but women did not leg behind in the struggle for fight for freedom. Let us know about some of those big-hearted women who fought for the cause of freedom for their motherland.
We know women like Laxmibai the brave queen of Jhansi, queen of Ramgarh Avantikabai who led the fight from the front, the lady from Budri who helped built revolutionary funds and revolt of Begum Hazarat Mahal against British will always be the golden chapters of Indian history. We have another example of woman contribution toward freedom struggle of India that perhaps is the unique most in itself. Azizen a professional dancer found the cause for freedom as fascinating that she stopped dancing and began gathering women in night hours to train them to help revolutionaries in every possible way. Later she came to Kanpur where Tatya Tope one of the greatest among the contemporary revolutionaries had been active those days.
Rani Laxmibai
Whenever we shall mention Indian freedom fighters and their great efforts, especially by women, Rani Laxmibai will stand in the forefront of them all. She was brave girl right from her childhood with full-fledged martial training who was expert in fighting, riding and other planning level expertise in chalking out strategies of war. She was full of bravery, self-respect and had immense love for her motherland. She fought many wars against British in the battlefields as well hidden when it was so demanding. She was in close contact of other revolutionaries of her time who were fighting to set India free from the clutches of foreign rulers.
Rani Laxmibai the queen of Jhansi, declared war against British and fought with them with her adopted son tied on her back having a single thought in her mind to see India free from ruthless British rule. But as it was a common practice in that period, there was no dearth of traitors and back-stabbers, who informed British forces about her whereabouts. The British forces surrounded her and followed her until she was left with no force and ultimately was killed by a fatal sword of a British soldier. Rani Laxmibai is no more but she will always remain in the memory of every Indian who loves this country.
Begum Hazarat Mahal
The Begum of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah popularly known Begum Hazarat Mahal took the reins of Oudh after her husband was kept under house arrest by British. It was around 1857, when the freedom movement was in its full gear. The British found this intolerable and surrounded the state of Oudh with heavy forces. The Begum fought with all her strength and even wrote a letter to the Queen of England expressing her concern about her willingness to live in free air. She wrote to Queen Victoria ‘If you are living in free air how you expect to live others in slavery, this was sheer injustice’ but Queen of England had no answer to Begum Hazarat Mahal.
Begum even attacked through her secret armed attackers on the British headquarters, The Residency, which caused British army lots of troubles. However, the Begum made a statically wrong move to fight with them directly on the ground level that caused her defeat. She went to Nepal ultimately and died there later but she will be among the one who will always be in the history books for her gallantry.
Azizen the community dancer
Azizen the community dancer from Nitur was another example of our women revolutionaries who was a dancer by profession but her attraction toward freedom fighters and movement was so spellbinding for her that she stopped dancing and participated in freedom movement. She gathered women from her surrounding areas to teach them about freedom movement and trained them in different matters related to how to help freedom fighters. In fact, she formed a whole women-brigade who participated in the movement secretly.
Azizen set another strategy to help the cause by wearing male dress in day hours and supply as many arms to revolutionaries and as much money as possible along with strategic information she gathered from the British army. Her dance was very popular and regular feature among the British soldiers, which she did for the particular purpose of gathering information and giving it to Nana Saheb and Tatya Tope. Later when she was captured during Kanpur phase of struggle for freedom fighting and was brought in front of General Havelock. The general found her beauty so astounding that he offered her to pardon on condition if she confessed herself guilty and surrender herself to general. Azizen refused and accepted the death-sentence, executed immediately by the firing squad.
Chennamma the queen of Kittur
Who can forget the famous queen Chennamma of Kittur a small place in Belgaum district in Karnataka, who gave stiffest of fights to the British army as one of the most fearful revolutionary force India has ever fought. Her fighting force was so immense that British army was unable to face her but she was captured due to some of her own unfaithful people who back-stabbed her helping British forces in capturing her. She was sent to nearby Dharbar Jail where she died later. She set an unforgettable example and will always remain in Indian history for her contribution towards the great cause for freedom along with other great freedom fighters of this country.
Conclusion of this chapter of brave women of India
There are thousands of such examples of women, who fought gallantly for the cause of freedom for India. The history will never forget the women like Umda Begum of Oudh, who was hanged by British government for her contribution to the cause of revolution. So was the case of Bhimabai Holker who fought until she breathed her last but kept fighting for the freedom of her country. Who can forget the contributions of Tahkurain of Buddi Baijabai, Alia Begum, Vassi Begum and Devi Choudhrani who participated with all their might for purpose of liberty for their country. They displayed to the world that women are not the weaker citizen or showpieces but real fighters as well when needed to stand together with men.
Indian women like Mohasiya, Bera Maina, Haseena Zameel, Asha Devi, Rani Tejabai, Ganga, Ekka, and Surabhi also contributed with all their might for freedom in their own ways. Women fought from the front in Meerut in 1857, they were shot at when they tried to hoist the Indian flag on Fort of Mysore. Women lead from the front and we can prove from various examples available in every part of our country.
Photos from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Lakshmibai
Life is beautiful, wonderful. People with different nature, diversified choice originating creative ideas into valuable contribution forms part of life that we are living in. It is more like a play, where everyone is performing his part and leaving as soon as his part ends, but the problem is that in drama the part is short and not everyone is playing together, means in a play while one is performing others are silent. But it does not hold true with Life, it goes on, everyone is performing its part, no one cares what you are doing because it goes on and it does not stop for anyone. And also you never know for how much time you have to perform. Life is a mix bunch of all expressions of the world like Happiness, sorrow, sadness, anger, love etc. Sorrow forms the majority, as it stays longer and comes much more than any other expressions or feelings. Why is it so? May be because of the Basic Economical phenomenon that we are hearing from childhood " Human Desires are unlimited and resources are scarce with multiple uses". Human desires or wants keeps on creeping in, even when one gets satisfied, other thousands left in line, the unfulfilled desire to achieve them make a person sad. Even when he priorities his needs, it is more like a sacrifice which though prevents his resources but makes him sad from inside. No matter how much we get we still gets unsatisfied. There are various levels of Human wants, and everyone is in different level having different wants. Their inability to fulfill any of the wants makes them unhappy leading to events of sorrow. The studies of Management are based on day to day human experience only. If we take an example of Maslow's Needs hierarchy theory, it says Human wants are divided into 5 levels:- 1]physiological needs 2]safety needs 3]social need 4]esteem need 5]self actualization needs. Physiological need is the very basic needs which includes food etc once this need is satisfy, human wants safety, after safety he does not stop, he wants social needs which includes friends, family, relatives, love life etc, then he needs esteem needs, the things to flaunt about, respect etc. So everyone of us is right now is within the desire of any of these 5 needs only.
Maslow has very well classified out life into a bunch of needs which are of 5 types, and is the sole cause of our sorrowfulness. Because we never get satisfied with what we have, we don't value what we are having today, the desire to achieve more makes us feeling depressed under the present situation and even after achieving the desired state, some other desires creeps in or some times we desire to get back to the old situation which is not possible manier times.
Thus because of our unwanted desires none of us can be truly said to be Happy, You can ask even the happiest person, he will say he is not Happy. I was thinking one day, that the richest people must be Happy, but even they are not. I was going through the facebook profile of one of my friends, she had flaunted her rich state in all of her pics, Her big luxurious house like a king palace, her ferrari wow, Her never repeating branded cloths, accessories, makeups, foreign trips etc was sufficient enough to make anyone jeolous. I was wondering how rich she is, she is so lucky and I thought she must be so very Happy, but that I opened many other of her pics where she was praying god to take away her sorrow and to make her Happy. I was shocked, she can have anything in life that she desires because of the Money she is having and still she is not happy that she is begging for happiness. I'am worried what is Happiness? And is there anyone present on this Earth who is Truly Happy? Some says friends are happiness, but I don't agree, they all are at some or the other point become selfish, even you become selfish at some point with friends. We fight with friends and invites sorrow. What is the way for achieving the real happiness? I guess this world is all fake and no one can really be Happy. But even after struggling, facing troubles and challenges, there is nothing wrong in living cheerfully. As some has rightly said that "Believe that life is beautiful even if it does not always seem to be. It's good to have, hope it will be worth it.
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