It is not befitting of a defence minister of the biggest democratic govt of the world to plead his inability to attend the funeral of a great warrior like Maneksha whose strategy and leadership brought a thundering victory to India in a war for the first time and who became instrumental in giving birth to "Bangla Desh".Mr Anthony does not look that sick not to be able to travel by air and some miles by road.Whatever be the reason,it is just & proper for the Defence Minister to make his presence on such occasions of solemnity filled with grief-especially when the funeral is being organised with state honours in contrast to what normally happens at Delhi for such celebrities.It is thoroughly disheartening to note that none of the three chiefs of the defence is also not participating the funeral of their role model;it is just belittling the departed soul and thereby the honour of the country it brought to the country.As in case of Narsimha Rao who too was glossed over even after death despite his great contribution to the nation, sheerly due to political reasons,Samji also is not getting the due honour, certainly,for reasons that donot meet the eye.It is time for the politicians to shun their spite,if any,against such an illustrious and proud son and salute to his soul with all respect. Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Hormsuji Framji Jamshedji Maneksha Amar Rahe!May God rest his soul in peace.We are proud of you Samji!Your soul continues to inspire our forces.Salute to you!!!!!!
RE:Tributes to Maneksha
by bhaskar guha on Jun 30, 2008 02:43 PM Permalink
As an Indian,I and many more like me ,feel disgraced as Indian Govt had declared 3-days of National mourning with our tricolour at half-mast on all Govt. establishments when the First Viceroy of Free India,Lord Mountbatten had died -The greatest scoundral on whose influence Nehru/Jinnah sneeked patition of India in 1947 on basis of religious following - People of Non-Islamic and Islamic faith had fought shouler-to-shoulder in the freedom struggle but the cunning Britisher, Mountbatten, implanted the seed of hatred and successfully inflenced the then power hungry political leaders to break the unity of the Indian patriots and freedom fighters thus betraying our National unity, effects of which we in the post independence regime have never could sleep in peace BUT the death of a valliant soldier of the nation went off unsung by the lecherous politicians of today's India, let alone a national mourning.It is therefore heartening that at least the people of this generation , to whom National Pride and honour is of utmost importance have expressed their solmen gratitute to this brave warrior.I recommend the younger generation of our times to read accounts of pre and post freedom struggle , the annexation of native states ,the cease fire on the north eastern front of the then united Kashmir (now Azad Kashmir),plea of the then Kashmir Maharaja, Hari Singh , for similar annexation , Sadar Patel's futile convincings to Nehru and Shekh Abdullah, but for which the History of India would
