A terrorist; A hero

A Saga of 'cheap' conciousness and lost morality

Yesterday I read received an email which talked about news coverage in these screwed up times and how news-channels in search for 'masala' are nothing more than sleaze beams ....

Sample this: We, on a normal night in our ordinary existences -- having had dinner, watching TV, rejoicing 'Sanjay Dutt' getting off the hook from Tada charges despite him possessing AK47/56s, greandes etc. ...

A major dies the same night fighting a known and dreaded terrorist on a dark night, far from his home, far away from family, doing his duty, living upto the oath he had taken, protecting the likes of 'us' ... (us who are busy watching a discussion between numerlogists and astrologers on what the color of Sanjay's shirt should be in order to bring him good fortune) ..

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By the time u guys read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with fullmilitary honors.

On Tuesday, this news swept across all the news channels 'Sanjay Duttrelieved by court'. 'Sirf Munna not a bhai' '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam' 'although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay canbreath sigh of relief as all the TADA charges against him arewithdrawn' Then many personalities like Salman Khan said 'He is a good person. We knew he will come out clean'. Mr Big B said "Dutt's familyand our family have relations for years he's a good kid. He is likeelder brother to Abhishek". His sister Priya Dutt said "we can sleep well tonight. It's a great relief"

In other news, Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad;Greg Chappell said something; Shah Rukh Khan replaces Amitabh in KBCand other such stuff. But most of the emphasis was given on Sanjay Dutt's "phoenix like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges.Surfing through the channels, one news on BBC startled me. It read"Hisbul Mujahidin's most wanted terrorist 'Sohel Faisal' killed in Anantnag , India . Indian Major leading the operation lost his life inthe process. Four others are injured.

It was past midnight , I started visiting the stupid Indian channels,but Sanjay Dutt was still ruling. They were telling how Sanjay pleaded to the court saying 'I'm the sole bread earner for my family', 'I havea daughter who is studying in US' and so on. Then they showed howSanjay was not wearing his lucky blue shirt while he was hearing the verdict and also how he went to every temple and prayed for the lastfew months. A suspect in Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted under armoryact...was being transformed into a hero.

Sure Sanjay Dutt has a daughter; Sure he did not do any terrorist activity. Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in terroristcommunity and also one who possesses an AK47 has a right to possess apistol so that again is not such a big crime; Sure Sanjay Dutt went to all the temples;

Sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then........ ...

Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his sources aboutthe terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp, killed Hisbul Mujahidin's supremo and in the process lost his life tothe bullets fired from an AK47. He is survived by a wife and daughter(just like Sanjay Dutt) who's only 18 months old.

Major Manish never said 'I have a daughter' before he took the decision to attack the terrorists in the darkest of nights. He neverthought about having a family and he being the bread earner. No newschannel covered this since they were too busy hyping a former drugaddict, a suspect who's linked to bomb blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he defied the TADA charges and they were sosuccessful that his conviction in possession of armory had no meaning.They also concluded that his parents in heaven must be happy and proud of him.

Parents of Major Manish are still living and they have to live rest oftheir lives without their beloved son. His daughter won't ever see herdaddy again.

So guys, please forward this message around so that the media knows which news to give importance, as it is a shame for us since this ArmyMajor's death news was given by a foreign TV channel!!!

If you believe in this, please let all like-minded people know.

Obituary for Major Manish H Pitambre.