Saturday, January 24, 2009
True Legends on this 26th January
Our heroes and freedom fighters have repeatedly set examples of the right attitude towards caste. I give here one particularly moving instance of this. When the most celebrated martyr of them all- Sardar Bhagat Singh – was to be hanged he asked to touch his mother’s feet before he was killed. The British government, it may be recalled, was hanging him a day earlier than scheduled and so did not permit this. Bhagat Singh then said that he would like to go to the gallows after touching the feet of the lady who cleaned the prison toilets for she was like a mother to him. His mother used to clean him up when he was a child because she considered him her own. But the cleaning lady was no worldly relation of Bhagat Singh but yet cleaned his toilet and hence was as venerable as his mother. He was allowed this wish of his. Such is the example that the torch bearers of our freedom struggle have left for us and if we ignore it, We do so at our own peril.
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3 comments:
Touching and motivating story, but sadly, again, not backed by reference.
Au contraire, the well-referenced wikipedia article [see here] says that his last wish was to "the desire to get "amrit" from Panj Pyare including Randhir Singh and to adorn full 5 k's[32][33]". A much more "grantable" wish, but still not granted by the british [33].
For an example of how to cite, have a look at [31], [32], and [33].
bests,
-A
touching instance..
yes touching one, but who cares in todays time for such heros
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