The idea of Indianness and patriotism has assumed new dimension after the Anna movement. Thanks to the Grand old man who enacted second Satyagraha to the point that Government was compelled to accept his demand to give a safe passage to the Lokpall bill , which is expected to be introduced in the winter session of the Parliament. Its too early to measure the impact of the civil movement. More than 2 crore people who came out on street to join the crusade against Corruption under Anna , seem to have lost relevance with the the course of the movement led by the Team Anna. The war against corruption has turned into a campaign against Congress as Anna has already announced that he would try to defeat congress in the 4 state assembly elections. In an unwholesome turn of events , the war on corruption has been skewed by the political bias. I rue the that Anna has lost an unprecedented momentum this Country has witnessed for CHANGE. Civil Society was greatly divided. One faction led by the Anna and the other one Baba Ramdev .

Looking Back for a Lost Hero.........

Long before I stated studying perfunctory historical record of Netaji and his freedom struggle, I discovered Netaji as an epic hero from a romantic novel. Tales of his unflinching patriotism, of great escape and episodic military adventure against the mighty British made him a character of a heroic folklore. Sadly enough people outside Bengal find it bit off the cuff why sentiments and emotions run high in the name of Netaji. I have grown up with a sense of distraught that our Nation is yet to accord Netaji the position he deserves. It is not that the Bengalis have been ditched by the Government. Our Government has manufactured history to leave in impression that Indian achieved freedom only under Gandhian leadership and non- violent Sataya graha movement. History has been scripted with the denial of the contribution of Indian National Army and their freedom struggle against Britain. The freedom that we had to bargain out from Britain, eventually put burdens on Indian leadership. They were not in a position to offend Britain. Nehru knelt down to his Britsh master urged them to treat Netaji as war criminal.Nehru and Congress government tried to detach and disowned Netaji and his battle for freedom. Since then our Government pursued a policy of denial and disapproval of any intelligece of Netaji. Post independence two prominent commissions have been formeulated.Shah Nawaz Committee by Nehru and GD Khosla commission by Indira .They concluded a fabricated truth that Netaji died in Taiwan Plane crash. There are lots of irregularities and loopholes in thier report. Neither Japanese Government nor Royal Army HQ made any official statement regarding Netaji's death at that time. His close aids and bodyguards don’t subscribe to this theory that he was dead in the air crash. There are sufficient intelligence report by Japanese intelligence agency and KJB that he sneaked in Soviet union. Justice Mukharjee Commission ‘s findings negated the the reports of Shanawaz commission and Khosla commission. In 2005 JMC revealed in clear terms that there was no plane crash in Taihoku. Government did not accept the reports of JMC . Government has always kept any documents of Netaji .Lots of sensitive files have been destroyed by the successive Govenrments. Deliberate negligence of the Government has relegated Netaji to a second rung leader whose portrait does not have place in the central hall of the Parliament.

The enigma that surrounds his disappearance and death has made him immortal. Its not only Government, but Nation seems to have no will to remember those whose sacrifice was supreme. We need to relive his ideals and visions. Besides being a braveheart, he was a great thinker as well. His vision of unified India is inspiring and a revelation to the present day policy makers of Indian administration….

India has actually always formed a cultural unit in their history, although not always a political one. In spite of all differences in language, an Indian from North will find all he needs for his private and religious life every where in the South. In our prayers for our country we include by the name all the holy places of India from one end to the other. In former days the numerous founders of philosophical schools in India, who benefited by the proverbial Indian tolerance and provided the outer world with a constant stream of New Thought. Today, our nation is bogged down by menace of external and internal terrorism and an increasingly megalomaniac political class that keeps on forming weaker Government in the center. The Need of his fire brand patriotism is greater than ever now .

I slept past today's solar eclipse. After all the frenzy and excitement fanned by media, a sense of missing out on a Cosmic spectacle creeps into my morning mood. But believe you me , once I woke up from my sleeping eclipse , sun was dazzling like as ever. As the first ray of morning sun touched me ,I found the first flint of sunlight more warm and welcoming because I could not shake off the sense of loss sounded by electronic channels. As I scribble this ...the drooping sun in the dusk looking more inviting than ever. I do not know how many people are there who regret to miss the Solar eclipse. Sense of reinventing the splendor of sun is stronger than the feeling of loosing out on the spectacle of Solar eclipse. It looks more beautiful than ever. But someone who was lucky to behold the cosmic event would discount my assertions as a fleeting effort to disown the depressing reality of missing on some immortal thing. I cant resist to say that sight of eclipse is divine which is out of this world.This was the 2nd episode of solar eclipse in my life time. I was small enough to witness the first episode. It is hard to forget the celestial diamond ring and the awesome darkness that engulfed everything. I watched the entire celestial with awe and suspicion. This episode has made me wise enough to put my previous experience into words.I had to shed my stain of watching eclipse with a redeeming bath. The Belief that" eclipses stain both moon and sun" is still there. This blindfolded belief that the eclipse of Sun invokes minstrels of darkling spirits , does not hold back thousands of Sun gazers who fly above the clouds and cross thousands of miles to catch a glimpse of the Solar eclipse.There are other tribes of faith vendors who cried foul of ill omen before the eclipse , its time they get enlightened and stop fear mongering. Solar or Lunar eclipse are the part of a grand cosmic scheme that reminds the littleness of mere mortals. Its been a revelation of sort that if there were not earth enveloping darkness we would never have realized the brightness of sunlight. Darkness comes with a promise of daylight. If ever again Sun dips in the darkness of clouds , my thirst for light wold increase. Leaving all my philosophical babble, I would put these lines to paint the magnificence of the spectacle :
They call it a great wonder
That the Sun would not
though the sky was cloudless
Shine warm upon the men.