किस्सा ''मौत'' का।

जिंदगी, फुटपाथ पर बिकने वाली सब्जी नहीं, जब चाहा तब खरीद लिया।  जिंदगी तो जाल है - रिश्तों का ,सपनों का ,अपनो का। और यही जिंदगी जब जरुरत और जज्बात में सिमट जाती है।  तब शुरू होती है असली जिंदगी। जो डर गया,  वह मर गया। जो लड़ा, वह अमर हो गया। जिंदगी के सफर में कभी -कभी ऐसे किस्से सुनाई देते है। जिनके बारे में जानकर पूरी दुनिया हिल जाती है। किस्सा कोई भी हो सुनने और देखने में  मजा सभी को आता है। लेकिन  जब किस्सा  जोरदार हो, तो और मजा आता है।  कुछ किस्सा  समाज का होता है,कुछ समाज के लिए होता है।  कहने का अर्थ सिर्फ इतना की किस्सा हो। चाहे  हमारा या आपका। आज किस्सा  एक ''मौत''  का है। देखा भी होगा ,सुना भी होगा।  बात कर रहा हुँ,उस किस्से कि जिसने पूरे समाज को सोचने और समझने पर विवश कर दिया है।  जब पति और पत्नी के बीच कोई तीसरा आ जाये तो वह ''विलेन'' कि भूमिका बेहतर तरीके से निभाएगा। इसकी पूरी गारंटी और विस्वास  भी है।

पूरी दुनिया उस दिन इन्हे जान समझ पायी,  जब आई o पीo एल  का विवाद हुआ।  एक पत्नी के साथ साथ अच्छी मित्र बनकर जीवन व्यतीत करने वाली महिला के जीवन में भूचाल तब आया। जब उसे पता चला कोई मेरे पति के जीवन में आ गया है। किस्सा ''मौत'' का यह पात्र आज दुनिया में नहीं है।  लेकिन एक समाज को सन्देश जरुर दे गया कि  स्त्री सब कुछ बर्दास्त कर सकती है , लेकिन जिन्दा रहते किसी को अपने पति के पास फटकने नहीं देगी। चाहे उसके लिए अपनी जान ही क्योँ न देनी पड़े।

केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन राज्य मंत्री।  प्रतिभा परिचय कि मोहताज नहीं होती, लेकिन जब किसी के साथ किस्सा जुड़ जाये तो बताना पड़ता है कि वह इंसान कौन है।  यही नहीं,  यह इंसान ट्विटर कि दुनिया का बादशाह भी है। उनका परिचय थोडा अलग तरीके सा दिया जाये तो यह इंसान किसी का पति भी है। जो  इस दुनिया में नही है।

मेरे जहन में बस्ते हो , मेरे खयालो में रहते हो। तुम ही तो हो जो दिल और दिमाग में दोनों में रहते हो। वैसे इन मोहतरमा का स्थान  पकिस्तान है।  पेशा पत्रकारिता का। रिश्ता भारत के वीर सपूत माननीये के साथ। विलेन कि भूमिका इन्ही कि है। जो समय बतायेगा कि इनका इलाज क्या होगा।

अंतिम पड़ाव अब जब सब कुछ ख़त्म हो गया है। ''मौत '' अपनी दुनिया में सो रही है। अग्नि के सम्मुख साथ फेरे लगने वाले पति जी ''मौत'' का फेरा लगाएंगे।  पूरी दुनिया मीडिया के कारनामे देखेगी। कोई एंकर चिलाएगा - शाम  ४ बजे देखिये जलती हुई लाश। कुछ लोग चाय  के साथ पकिस्तान में बैठ कर  टेलीविजन पर जलती हुई ''सौतन'' को देखेंगे। सब ख़त्म हो गया।  अब बाक़ी  कहानी फिर कभी ,पर यह सिर्फ एक कहानी नहीं, आज हर घर में एक कहानी है।  कोई अपनों ने लड़ रहा है। कोई सपनों से। 

Krishna Pandey

Student

B.A in Media Studies

University Of Allahabad

Former South African President Nelson Mandela dies

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95 after a prolonged illness.

The lion of South Africa sleeps forever tonight.

Nelson Mandela, who led the fight against apartheid and then pushed for reconciliation as his country’s first black president, died after a prolonged illness Thursday. He was 95.

“He passed on peacefully in the comfort of his family,” South African President Jacob Zuma said in an address to the world just before midnight Thursday in the African nation. “We’ve lost our greatest son.”

 As word of the death of the man South Africans called Madiba spread across the heartbroken country, hundreds of weeping mourners converged on Mandela’s home in Johannesburg, chanting, “Viva Mandela, viva!”

Fittingly, blacks and whites mourned Mandela together.

“If it wasn’t for Mandela, I wouldn’t be chilling with my black friends,” said 19-year-old Dominic Sadie, who is white and was part of the giant crowd of people holding candles and paying their respects. “I love him.”

Mandela died at 8:50 p.m. local time, but Zuma didn’t make his sad announcement until a little before midnight.

Weeping South Africans raced out into streets in their pajamas, including one black mom who rushed over to Mandela’s house with her two daughters.

“I am glad that he is in a better place, but I hope South Africans will be able to deal with his death,” she said through her tears.

Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 with F.W. de Klerk, South Africa’s last president during the era of state-sanctioned racial segregation.

“I liked him and I immediately felt that this is truly a man of greatness,” de Klerk recalled. “I think Nelson Mandela’s legacy is don’t be bitter about the past, take the hands also of your former enemies.”

In Washington, President Obama said Mandela “no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages.”

“I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Mandela’s life,” Obama said at the White House. “So long as I live, I will do what I can to learn from him.”

Obama ordered that flags be flown at half-staff until sunset Monday and prepared to fly out to South Africa for a state funeral.

Prateek Pathak 
Alumni Student
B.A in Media Studies
University of Allahabad

Mrs. Gandhi and Indian Media change your attitudes !

                                                When I analyze ‘Indian Journalism’ as a media studies student, I find “one trait that has become a tradition is not to criticize ‘Nehru-Gandhi Parivar”.  The stature we have provided to this family is inimitable. When we see the world scenario we cannot locate this sort of phenomenon in any country to any other family.

I would be very precise, if I weigh against the royal family of Britain. But there the tradition has changed to an extend now. The  newspapers prints personal photographs of the princess and the Royal Family.

But in India, I have never read or seen a criticism on Sonia and Rahul Gandhi’s decision of not giving interviews to journalists. What does this show? Is this decision right?

India is the biggest democracy of the world, and we know that any person in public life in a democracy cannot keep their mouth shut, they are public faces and the citizens have all the rights to know about them . Therefore not coming forward and denying to give the interviews is a step which is completely wrong. But I haven’t read or seen  any story on this.

Democracy gives the power to the commoners to ask questions to their leaders. Former American President has precisely said - ‘ Whichever leader cannot digest the warmth of politics can merely move out of the kitchen’. But in our country Nehru-Gandhi family designs their own rule and regulation. So from the time Sonia Gandhi entered politics, she has not given interviews and his son Rahul is following her footsteps.

When last year Sonia Gandhi was ill, this story was kept as a secret. She silently went abroad for her treatment. Nobody inquired why not in d treatment took place in India? And till now no one knows in which hospital she had her treatment? From where the money for the treatment was paid?

Moreover when last week Gujrat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a public meeting gave the figure of 1880 crore rupees, he was criticized by the Media. Our media fraternity has forgotten that this is a democratic system and people have right to raise questions like this. If Indian government was not paying for the treatment of Mrs. Gandhi, then who was doing it? How much money has been spent till now? Therefore if these bills were paid by Congress Party then why it is afraid to tell the facts and figures?

Everyone desires that the most important leader of this country is healthy. But transparency is certainly required. What would have happened If it was Narendra Modi and not Sonia Gandhi? If he has not answered this question there would definitely be a ruckus like 2g and Coal-Gate.

Media has a right to raise questions like these. If she finds these questions wrong then the time has arrived to move out of the kitchen. Indian Media should change its attitude like Britain Media did. Hence lastly, Mrs. Gandhi and Indian Media both should change their respective attitudes. 

         

Prateek Pathak 

Student

B.A in Media Studies

University of Allahabad 

Review of ‘Yeh Jo Hai Pakistan’ – book by Shivendra Kumar Singh…!

In this book ‘Yeh Jo Hai Pakistan’ writer  Shivendra Kumar Singh has written his memories about his tours to Pakistan while covering Indian Cricket Team. He is one of the most famous sports journalist in India. He started his career from his hometown Allahabad with print media and then shifted to the media hub Delhi and worked for zee news, star news and now he is a special correspondent with ABP news. 

In this book the title simply reflects that this book is related to the favorite debate topic of Indians i.e. Indo-Pak. But it is new as it is in cricket prospects and well as the ambiance of our neighbor country. It is a reflection of his visit to Pakistan with the Indian Cricket Team in captainship of legendary Saurav Ganguly . It was in the year 2004 when the Indian cricket team was in Pakistan after a break of 14 years. It was a wonderful experience not only for master blaster who started his career with Karachi- which is known as Bombay of Pak.

The writer expresses how he tried to chat with Tendulkar but stopped by the security. Since it was an Indian team security was very tight. While reading this book I must articulate that this is a very interesting book and we all know Indo-Pak is the favorite topic of every Indian right from the childhood. The tittle and initial pinch of the book is the panorama of his views and definitely attracts readers.

Sachin Tendulkar-Master Blaster was the only player in the team to have played in Pakistan before 2004.As we know the team went there after a long break. It was at this stadium in Karachi that Sachin also began his career. So like every player it was a good flashback for Tendulkar. Then came March 13, the first One Day against Pakistan. The National stadium was jam packed. The last over remained and Pakistan needed nine runs to win. Sourav handed over the ball to Ashish Nehra. India won that breathtaking match.

The flow of the book is very interesting. The day after the match, former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas invited journalists  for a dinner at his place. The writer expresses how on their way back, they  wanted to see the Karachi beach. Their taxi driver took them  to the beach. Until then he  does not remember visiting a beach before even in India. In no time he has shown his journalistic mind and he called his cameraman, they  took some shots and bytes from the perspective of cricket, security measures and the fast reaching waves of modernization in Karachi, and above all with an outlook of increasing the popularity of Indian cricket stars in Pakistan. The Indian team visited after 14 years and that too only stayed for a few hours in Karachi. That left people only wanting more as they could not even catch a glance of their favorite stars. Their story was ready. They wanted to experiment. He concluded the PtC with a poetry: “Umre daraz maang kar laaye thay char din - do aarzoo mein kat gaye do intezar mein”. At this point I must express that Writer singh’s PTC are very interesting and nice to hear. He still remembers that he  did not have much luggage while going to Pakistan, as the trip drew to a close and he landed at Delhi airport and was full of baggage- Partly due to his shopping and the fairly large number of gifts that he received from the people in Pakistan. The love and emotions behind the gifts outweighed his urge to refuse them. It would have been impolite too. The acts of gifting started in Karachi only when a friend’s Abba gave him a shawl and a trinket box saying “Son keep this as a souvenir from us, we will always be in your memories.” The box still occupies a place in his home and has been passed on to the next generation - his wife would keep her jewelry in it and now his daughter keeps her anklet their.

Writer Singh visited again in 2005 and 2006 and included these two experiences too in this book.  In 2005, the most beautiful memory he recalls is meeting the great cricketer Hanif Mohammad. When they  reached, the door was closed. Writer pressed the doorbell and Hanif Mohammad came out. They  introduced themselves, apologized for visiting uninformed and earnestly requested for an interview. The writer writes meeting Hanif  was like turning the leaves of Pakistan’s cricket history .  One would be amazed to know that of the first 100 Test matches played by Pakistan, there was not even one in which a member of Hanif Saheb’s family was not a part. The writer started the interview. Instead of putting forth questions to him, he humbly requested him to share anecdotes from his life. Hanif saheb shared how in his childhood days his ammi and abba would dress him like a girl: he would wear a frock and bangles too! I was an attentive listener while he recalled. This experience definitely connects readers as most of us have experienced an identical thing in our lives.

In 2006 when writer again visited Pakistan, he had a chance to visit Karachi third time. Even though the Indian team had lost the test match in Karachi, Irfan Pathan marvelled at taking a hat trick in the first over of the match. Later, the ties between India Pakistan turned unpleasant. The writer  has a great memory of playing a match against Karachi journalists, they  tried their  hands at cricket and the venue they chose was Mohamad Ali Shah Stadium. They played at the ground though writer injured his finger trying to take a catch for which his colleagues still have a great laugh together about it.

The writer has expressed how Karachi’s food was good, a bit spicy and oily. But, once he was familiarized with the city he got the food of his choice. He still have a strong desire to visit Pakistan with his family. To meet all those who gave him so much love that if he have to speak on Pakistan and its people He says he would need days to finish. Good or bad, He remembers every moment spent in Pakistan. As a journalist, the stories that he did he remember the backdrop of each piece. He recalls the streets and road.  He remembers Pakistan.  

Not only all this, the book have some interesting chapters featuring instances of the greatest cricketers of both countries like Inzamam-UL-Haq, Shoib Akhtar, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Dhoni etc.

I am sure since the writer has experienced all this in front of himself, his eyes must be in tears while writing at the end about SriLankan Team tour in 2009 and controversy related to it. It was certainly a black day as a writer puts it.  And on the other hand with the hope to write his next book when Indian team visits Pakistan again.

Certainly this book is a must read book. Very Interesting, good flow, excellent language and the novel bond which we discover between Indo-Pak after reading this book is superb. 

Prateek Pathak 

Student

B.A in Media Studies

University of Allahabad