drdhanakarthakur: June 2018

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Teachers’ Day need other day -Guru Purninma or Lokmanya Tilak's birthday

5.9.08
Teachers’ Day need other day -Guru Purninma or Lokmanya Tilak's birthday

Country celebrates today as Teachers’ day on the birthday of S. Radhakrishanan who was a famous teacher and philosopher. I do not know when it was started but most probably when he was alive.
Whether Dr. Radhakrishanan was most famous teacher of the time or was it so because he could be president of India? In Wikepedia it is said that When he became President, some of his students and friends requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday, September 5. He replied that Instead of celebrating his birthday, it would be his proud privilege if 5 September was observed as Teachers' Day."

I was always wondered as to why Teachers day was celebrated in schools while Radhkrishanan taught in University, never in any school.

His taught as the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921-?) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University (1936-1952).

Hence, either Teachers’ Day should be celebrated in the University or a teacher of school should have been searched if traditional Guru Puja on Ashadhi Purnima was not supposed to be secular for that though that would have been ideal as Vyas was the best teacher who made a series of disciples which continues his teaching as Vedas and Puranas relevant even today. I am surprised as to how Radhakrishanan himself had not pointed out this!

In the historical era too Chankya was ateacher par excellence and Charaka and Sushruta in their branch of science.
Even among teachers of modern age, probably Du Rezio’s fame as a nationalist teacher at Calcutta or Bal Gangadahar Tilak or Master Surya Sen would have been ideal.

This I said to a lady teacher of the local NIFFT who teaches Engineering science and had come to me for a medical certificate and said that her college was opened and had no function today.

Nobody celebrated Dr. Rajendra Prasad’s birthday though he was the first President. Maybe because Nehru did not like him.

Dr. Radhkrishanan’s contribution was in philosophy yet for Philosopher’s day Shankaracharya or Vachaspait’s remembrance would have been ideal.

“BHU: The Cambridge of East “A day at Varanasi 29.1.09

“BHU: The Cambridge of East “A day at Varanasi 29.1.09

Varanasi maybe called the oldest city of the world and it is said to be on the Trishul of Lord Shiva. Varanasi is between two rivers, Varuna ‘ and Asi.
Kash is on the bank of River Ganga and near Gaudaulia Chowk is Dashshwamedha Ghat where I had taken bath thrice before also. My brother Shubhakar, a superintendent in DLW was with me and I had a bath and puja there.
Kashi Vishwanath is the most important Jyotirlonga and I had occasions to have darshana at least 4 times- first in 1977 which is fading in my memory when I had gone there for founding a national organization of medicos (NMO on 5.11.1977 this founded); second time I had been there for long when Dr. Lal Chnadra was student of MD there; in 2003 to attend APICON when my train was 25 hours late and I could have a Pradosh Puja in the temple and fourth on 29.1.09. I had gone in the queue in December 2008 also but ex-PM, DeveGowda had come there and after sometimes I returned back.
Second time when I had gone I had a query for JnanVapi and when I asked a policemen where that mosque was ,he chided me that it was in fact the true Temple of Vishwanath. This time also a Madam Police helped me and hinted me to enter the que and my time was saved.
Then I had gone to Annapurna Mandir also and finally on that Thursday puja of Guru Brihaspati too in the temple on the roadside.
The whole temple complex is very congested. The streets of Varanasi is famous. Sometimes I imagine whether it would be ever possible to relocate all shops in distant multistoried buildings by an ordinance to make free Baba Vishwanath without hurting anybody.

After Darshan we had food and incidentally we met a Maithil shop vendor there who was from village jajuar of Mithila. He told me that Neelkanth was quite near where I went to meet some Maihtils of Maithil Seva Samiti who wanted to have a dharmashala there and are celebrating an annual function every year. Once long back I had visited there the Sanskrit Scgool had visiting students for 1-2 hours and teachers are sitting on gaddis full time 9 to 5 and in between people come for satyanarayan puja, grah shanty etc. The atmosphere was Maithili there. I also contributed a little for the function and came out.
I had to meet a person Dr. mukund Lal D-56/37 K-A Meer Bagh, Aurangabad, WHICH IS IN Varanasi itself. Varanasi-10 not in Bihar or Maharashtra! He had sent me a speed post few days back reading a pamphlet or membership form of the NMO his friend had given him 12 years back. He wanted to know whether the address was still relevant. I got the letter on my changed address and had written a postcard also and sent a copy of Aayurvigyan Pragati also and desired to see him personally. Though it was quite near from temple area I could not go for paucity of time.
I had to visit BHU for meeting some Maihtils.
Prof. sushant Jha whom I had informed had to go Madhubani for some urgent work and had directed Prof.jay Shankar Jha. I went there in the department of English where came Pawan Singh of Ranchi who had done Linguistics course . he could not come to receive me at station though last time he had come and was with me full day.
With Prof. Jha I went to the Department of German where Prof. Abhay Mishra talked with interest and I hope soon BHU will have a unit of the AMP.
We talked a lot on Maithili and Mithila’s problems.
I once more had the glimpse of University which always looked me live and active. True it is so. With pawan, I strolled the campus. I had to got o meet Dr. Vijayendra in the IMS’s Child Surgical Ward and in the way I saw the Herbal Garden. I entered into that and had a memore of my childhood days for herbal collections. There the gardener told that they have Nag keshar also and I went near the tree but could not recognize the same which in childhood I was plucking flowers in huge quantity for days and weeks in the vicinity of Forbesganj, my birthplace!
There was Chitra and many others. Many years back I was in such a garden of Tirupati Ayurvedic College. I had been in the Ayurvedic hostel of the IMS also and I knew Dr.Udupa’s name who was originally an ayurvedic physician on his hame I saw au auditorium this time.
I also from the outside saw Hindi Bhavan and Mahamana Malviya’s house once more which is preserved as Museum.
He was great. He established BHU but became its vice chancellor later on.
Some excerpts from webs on BHU:

BHU was established by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya in 1916
Banaras Hindu University is an internationally reputed temple of learning, situated in the holy city of Varanasi. This Creative and innovative university was founded by the great nationalist leader, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, in1916 with cooperation of great personalities like Dr Annie Besant, who viewed it as the University of India. Banaras Hindu University was created under the Parliamentary legislation - B.H.U. Act 1915. It played a stellar role in the independence movement and has developed into the greatest center of learning in India. It has produced many great freedom fighters and builders of modern India and has immensely contributed to the progress of the nation through a large number of renowned scholars, artists, scientists and technologists who have graced its portals. The area of the main campus of this premiere Central University is 1300 acres, having well maintained roads, extensive greenery, a temple, an air strip and buildings which are an architectural delight. The Air Field of the campus was started for military training for flying during the second world war.
Another campus of the university at Barkachha , in Mirzapur district, covering an area of 2700 acres is coming up. The university comprises 3 Institutes, 14 Faculties 124 Departments, 4 Inter displinary Centers a constituent college for women's and 3 Constituents Schools, spanning a vast range of subjects pertaining to all branches of humanities,social science,technology, medicine ,science, fine arts and performing arts. It has 6 centres of Advanced Studies, 10 Departments under Special Assistance Programme and a large number of specialized Research Centers. Four Degree Colleges of the city are affiliated to the University. Bharat Kala Bhavan, the reputed museum of the university, is a treasure trove of rare collections. The 927 bed hospital of the University is equipped with all the modern a menities. The university provides a wide range of facilities for sport and hobbies, has large playgrounds, a big auditorium, a flying club and many auxiliary services and units like Printing Press, Publication Cell,Fruit Preservation Center, Subsidized Canteens, Employment and Information Bureau, Security etc. The University family consists of about 15000 students belonging to all streams of life, castes and religions and races, about 1700 teachers, and nearly 8000 non-teaching staff A large number of students from foreign countries like the U.S.A, the countries of Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa etc., come to study here. The university has taken a leadership role in promoting new ideas, the spirit of integration of the world, and cultivation of intellect and culture. Banaras Hindu University is small Virtually the universe in microcosm.
VICE CHANCELLORS
Dr. Sir Sunderlal 1.4.1916 - 13.12.1918

Dr. P.S. Siwaswamy Aiyar 13.4.1918 - 8.5.1919
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya 29.11.1919 -6.9.1938
Dr. S. Radha Krishnan 17.9.1939 - 16.1.1948
Dr. Amar Nath Jha 27.2.1948 - 5.12.1948
Pandit Govind Malaviya 6.12.1948 - 21.11.1951
Acharya Narendra Dev 6.12.1951 - 31.5.1954
Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyer 1.7.1954 - 2.7.1956
Dr. V.S. Jha 3.7.1956 - 16.4.1960
Shri N.H. Bhagwati 16.4.1960 - 15.4.1966
Dr. Triguna Sen 9.10.1966 - 15.3.1967
Dr. A.C. Joshi 1.9.1967 - 31.7.1969
Dr. K.L. Shrimali 1.11.1969 - 31.1.1977
Dr. M.L. Dhar 2.2.1977 - 15.12.1977
Dr. Hari Narain 15.5.1978 - 14.5.1981
Prof. Iqbal Narain 19.10.1981 - 29.4.1985
Prof. R.P. Rastogi 30.4.1985 - 29.4.1991
Prof. C.S. Jha 1.5.1991 - 14.6.1993
Prof. D.N. Mishra 8.2.1994 - 27.6.1995
Dr. Hari Gautam 2.8.1995 - 25.8.1998
Prof. Y.C. Simhadri 31.8.1998 - 20.2.2002

Prof P.Ramchandra Rao 20.2.2002-19.2.2005
Prof Panjab Singh 03.05.2005-07.05.2008
Prof D.P. Singh 08.05.2008 to.....
Yesterday I read, Allahabad University as ‘Oxford of East,” which if it is so BHU ,I will like to call, “Cambridge of the East.”
By 3 Pm Vijayendra had left department though he had told me that he wil be till 5 pm.Anyway who waits for a simple man like me? I was tired and Pawan bade me bye in an auto where a passenger from nearby Sasaram was having trace of albumin in urine and Nephrologists of BHU could not convince him the matter and treatment. He asked me whether I knew a homeopath?
I explained him the process of investigation but I could not take up the case in the auto.
Question is whether a high institute can come to the expectations of a common semi-literate Indians?
Whether BHU can come to the desires of Mahamana?
Can it bring leaders in different fields in India not only in the Purvanchal it had discussed in Alumni association going on when I visited?

१६.३.२००९ को लिखी कवितायें

Isee liye aapkee shamat ayee

Mujhe yah Malum nahee tha
Kee mere bade bhai ne hee mang
Liya tha vah jo mera adhikar tha

Par mujhe pata nahee unhone
Vah wapis kiya ya nahee

Wapas main kar sakta hun may sood
par Main vapis karun kisko
Apko ya apkee bahin ko
Vaise bhee devar
Dwitiya var hee hota hai

Par mai de sakta hu apko
Do Var- do var Main kah raha hun
Double nahee na hee Bar(English) ka amantran
aap jab chahen le len
Ye do var
Kaikeyee kee tarah

par iske pahle to mujhe kisi dusre ko bhee lana hoga
Yah sab dekh hee rah
gaye honge Raja Ram akele.

Ab na to mere bhai hee hain
Kee main puchhunga unse kee
Ki Unka kya hisab bacha rah
Gaya tha apse

Jab vah hee nahee bache to
Kya bacha rah gaya hai jamane me
Main Jamata nahee
Main Jaamaata bhee nahee kiseeka
Ek seedha sada lakeer ka fakeer

Jidhar chal jaye
vahee ho jayegee Lakeer
Main sochta that jabab
Par Yah ho gayee Kavita
Holi to chalee gayee
Yah bhee ho lee
Ab jo aap bachee hain
Vah aap bachchee(baby) nahee hain
Par sab bachche banana chate hain
Aaur bache hee rahna chahte hain
Apne bhee koshish kam nahee kee thee
bache rahme kee
Par bhagya ne apko bacha diya
Aaur sath hee de diya var
Jiskle saath aap ho jati hain kanya
Aaur main to koi kanya rashi vala bhee nahee hun
Singh ghas nahee khaya karte hain
Abto vah bakree bhee nahee khate
jabse Gandhi ne bana liya hai chela
Bura mat dekho
Bura mat suno
Bura mat bolo
Bas yahee hai kismat meree
Mere bhai kee kismat achee thee
jab tak jeeye achha jeeye
Natak likhe, Natak Khele
natak khatm kar chal diye
Aaur ham hath malte rah gaye
Apne kyon unkee yaad dilayee
Isee liye aapkee shamat ayee.
Dhanakar 16.3.09

Vanha kya tum jaoge

Main bhee parhee thee
Thodi thodi Madhushala
Par bhul gaya usko jab
Muje maloom hua kee
Mere man me hai jangal
Madhu ka
Mere tan me bhee hai lohu
madhu ka
Jab Ganga Jamuna miltee hai
Sangam to hota hee hai
Par Triveni kee veni
Saras bhutal chal jatee hai
Bade hote vah nahee
Jinhe chhaya Badi Milee ho
Bade hote vah hee jo
Chhaya dete hain sabon ko
Kisne dekha hai Akshyavatke
Us biye ko jisne kabhee
Diya hoga janm
us vishal Vatvriksh ko
Saras saraswati ke veene se
Jhankrit
Utthan Manuj ka tab hota hai
Bade bade uth jate hain
Laghu bhee bade ban jate hain
Karm ya prarabdh
Yaksh prashna
Shesh rah jata hai
Vah jata hai Madhubshala me
Vah ramta hai Madhubala me
Vah ant nahee pata hai
Akshar, ashesh,
Dekhta hai Nirnimesh
Vanha kya tum jaoge
Vanhee sabh kuchh paoge
-Dhanakar 16.3.09

कुछ भी कर लो
ख़ुशी मना लो ,
अपने देश ko yadi ho bhule
Khushi tumhari rah jayegi
Mandi me vah bik jayegi..
16.3.09

Akele kaise jaogee

Akele kaise jaogee
Yah prashna bhee hai jatil
par sabon ko ant me
akele hee jana hai
Khalee hath
Akele aaye the(yadi aap twin no hon)
Par yadi twin bhee hon to akele he
jayenge
yadi na ho sath me antim yatra
Kisee Plane crash me.
Abhyas kiya keejiye akele jane ka
Adesh n mile to karne long march
Mian Nawaz Sharif kee tarah
Bhutto bhee akele gaye
Benzeer bhee akelee gaye
Ab jayenge zardari
Chahe aap kitnee bhee
Kar len unkee tarfdaree
-Dhanakar

A sonorous talk of a Maithil lady on phone

3.6.2009

A sonorous talk of a Maithil lady on phone

Usually phone calls are business calls and people do not talk unnecessarily.

For last few days I am contacting students who had appeared in 2008 merit cum poverty examination held at Madhubani so that they may sent new examinees to 2009 examination to be held at Jainagar and Darbhanga.

Yesterday I talked Dhiraj kr. Mandal of Madhepur he had taken admission in I.Com and also he told me about his friend Anand Kumar Jha who has also taken admission in the same course and college.

Today I called for Puja Kumari of village Ramnagar, Jagatpur near Madhubani. The reply was a sonorous one of a young lady who was her aunt. I guazed from the pronunciation that she was somehow educated and asked her to communicate Puja’s marks who had taken admission in mathematics stream at the RK College, Madhubani.

I asked about Herambnath Thakur, an old man of that village who had participatred in Mithila movement led by Babu jankinandan sdingh in 1954. Herambnath Thakur had been to asansol jail with many,including my uncle Madhukar Thakur on the narration of which I had written an article way back in 1992 in the Ranchi Express and since then I am a votary of Mithila satehood.

Herambnath Thakur had written me letters getting my address from somewhere and I had gone to see him Ramnagar village. He had blessed me.

Babita, the lady on phone said me that he was her grandfather in law and was ill with paralysis at Delhi at the house of his son who work there. I asked her to give me his number so that I can talk him and meet if possible.

Then I asked the lady her naihar.; She was from Karnpur(Supaul) and was graduate who used to teach at Jamshedpur where her husband works and also later at Madhubani. Due to illness of her mother in law she was at Ramnagar and was rearing up her two Laxmis.

I asked her age –she was of 30. I asked her to shoulder her responsibilities and also have some social work which she agreed.

I gave her first work to send some students to that examination.

I told her about Mira Kumar being first women speaker to which she said that women were proud of her. I added that she was not an ordinary women from a family. It was just taking a pride for me that L N Mishra was also a Maithil Brahmin.

The way to find right persons at right place is to nurture talent as we are attempting at our own level. Giving some prize or bringing some students for 3 months coaching(from this year as planned) is not a big thing but a small beginning of a big thing.

“The picture of Mithila will change by such work.” I had told Shatrughna Yadav, a teacher at Salempur, near Ucchaitha, Benipatti I had seen him during my cycle march in October 2008 when he only was taken in confidence by a mad married young girl whom villagers were torching. I had then prescribed some medicines for her and she has recovered. I requested him to come over to Jainagar in meeting and also to send some students for examination.

I know this is a tedious work but let me take track of a few hundred students to have some tangible results till then it is a sonorous talk of that lady on phone.

3.6.2009
A sonorous talk of a Maithil lady on phone

Usually phone calls are business calls and people do not talk unnecessarily.
For last few days I am contacting students who had appeared in 2008 merit cum poverty examination held at Madhubani so that they may sent new examinees to 2009 examination to be held at Jainagar and Darbhanga.
Yesterday I talked Dhiraj kr. Mandal of Madhepur he had taken admission in I.Com and also he told me about his friend Anand Kumar Jha who has also taken admission in the same course and college.
Today I called for Puja Kumari of village Ramnagar, Jagatpur near Madhubani. The reply was a sonorous one of a young lady who was her aunt. I guazed from the pronunciation that she was somehow educated and asked her to communicate Puja’s marks who had taken admission in mathematics stream at the RK College, Madhubani.
I asked about Herambnath Thakur, an old man of that village who had participatred in Mithila movement led by Babu jankinandan sdingh in 1954. Herambnath Thakur had been to asansol jail with many,including my uncle Madhukar Thakur on the narration of which I had written an article way back in 1992 in the Ranchi Express and since then I am a votary of Mithila satehood.
Herambnath Thakur had written me letters getting my address from somewhere and I had gone to see him Ramnagar village. He had blessed me.
Babita, the lady on phone said me that he was her grandfather in law and was ill with paralysis at Delhi at the house of his son who work there. I asked her to give me his number so that I can talk him and meet if possible.
Then I asked the lady her naihar.; She was from Karnpur(Supaul) and was graduate who used to teach at Jamshedpur where her husband works and also later at Madhubani. Due to illness of her mother in law she was at Ramnagar and was rearing up her two Laxmis.
I asked her age –she was of 30. I asked her to shoulder her responsibilities and also have some social work which she agreed.
I gave her first work to send some students to that examination.
I told her about Mira Kumar being first women speaker to which she said that women were proud of her. I added that she was not an ordinary women from a family. It was just taking a pride for me that L N Mishra was also a Maithil Brahmin.

The way to find right persons at right place is to nurture talent as we are attempting at our own level. Giving some prize or bringing some students for 3 months coaching(from this year as planned) is not a big thing but a small beginning of a big thing.
“The picture of Mithila will change by such work.” I had told Shatrughna Yadav, a teacher at Salempur, near Ucchaitha, Benipatti I had seen him during my cycle march in October 2008 when he only was taken in confidence by a mad married young girl whom villagers were torching. I had then prescribed some medicines for her and she has recovered. I requested him to come over to Jainagar in meeting and also to send some students for examination.
I know this is a tedious work but let me take track of a few hundred students to have some tangible results till then it is a sonorous talk of that lady on phone.

Dr. Dhanakar Thakur

www.geocities.com/maithili_parishad

Dilli yatra : Any stranger’s coming to stranger’s house

First time I visited Dilli probably sometimes in 1978/79 with the Shikshik jagaran Jyoti of JP.
And then for various causes related to NMO till 2002,any other work was subsidiary to that except for once when I had gone there to be in a delegation to meet Vajpayee for the inclusion of Maithili in April 2000 but Vajpayee all of sudden became sick and I returned. Despite application of leaves, I was put in a health centre as a punishment which I did not and had to take 21 days leave when I could rejoin my post. I did not like any pairavi though I was knowing a couple of ministers personally in Vajpayee Govt.

Delhi is our national capital and if anybody want some work of national scale that person needs visiting Delhi.

I feel personally it is not fit for our capital on many counts probably developing a new capital , computerized and of small scale in the vicinity of Jabalpur will be fitter yet Delhi is capital I need going there and I may relocate myself, if I continue in my Maihtili and NMO work as of now.
Every Dilli trip is a memorable one but let me write something about most recent one.
Some times back an ex-employee of SAIL and my villager karnaji came to me for some drugs. I have been intimate to him for many years I work for MECON-SAIL.

I asked him whether he would rejoin any service after his retirement. He saud that he does not intend so and then I offered him to work for Antarrashtriya Maithili Parishad(AMP) which he happily agreed.
I had already decided to attend Faridabad’s Kali Puja organized by Mithila Navyuvak Sangh and Sarita Vihar’s Kali Puja organized by Raman Jha of Bihar Sahyog samiti which have become my perennial affair .
I wished a meeting at Karnji’s house in Dwarka which he agreed happily. It was almost a deepawali Milan for a new settler in delhi. He had been there only a few days back with bag and baggage and I had not his new number and hence when I informed on group e-mail of Maihtils that I was coming an unknown Maithil journalist from Dwarka had replied. Without knowing his village and age and profession I requested him to go to harnaji’s house . He went there and also mailed me details about himself. He was a journalist interested in scince and religion, a topic I too like to discuss with. I thought if I stay there it would be doubly benefial as it has been my habit to stay with potential social workers(of NMO or AMP) and to visit there house to be intimate with them.
This looks awkward to many and any suspicious person will smell something different. It happened this time so. Though the young Maithil (not so younger but younger to me) was very open in his reception one of his intimate, a very senior person indeed, an IPS to say was suspicious of any stranger’s coming to stranger’s house. It was then when that person was aware of that I was a qualified doctor and has also listened to my name connected to Mithila movement(I believe, if not boast, that hardly any intellectual Maihtil would not have a reference to my work of Mithila and so among doctors with nationalistic feelings for the medical work rendered through national medicos organization(NMO).

Yet, his suspicion was not wrong after all he belonged to that department but my host was also a suchha Maithil with a faith in Mithila’s tradition- he told him,”He will put a lock,if suspected in night.”

Well, God saved me from locks! My younger brother became suddenly ill and I had to drop the connecting train at Mugalsarai for Varansi and then I came back by Mahanagari express for Allahabad. In the process, from my brother I could get number of DRM, Railways Jhaji from Mohna village near Jhanjharpur and invited him for attending ensuing XX International Maihtili conference at Kanpur(Dec.20-21). My nephews(students of NIT,Jamshedpur and LTM Medical College,Mumbai with their mother had also been at Varanasi to see my brother who had an overdose of antihypertensive drug and had almost recovered.

At Allahabad soon I got Ajmer bound superfast and at Kapur Premkant Jha was waiting for me for discussing matters related to Maithili Conference. That was a Deepawali evening and I saw Deepawali of many towns and villages I crossed.

The train Unchahar express was almost vacant and I was surprised to find a lady TTE on duty that night! There was an old passenger coming from Namisharanya and I talked with him in Sanskrit. He could speak chaste Sanskrit and was pleased to meet me and was surprised to know that I was an MD; probably he was not aware that Swami Shivananda was also a doctor!

Till Fafund, one passenger listened to my talks attentively and when that old man asked his profession and I told guessing his fitness in police(though he was in civil dress), they were further surprised.

In the meantime my host queried where I was and knowing that I would be reaching in morning he might have taken a sigh of relief!

I was also enquired by Kripanand as to where I was and I was staying with him after Dr. lal Chandra left the same Mayur Vihar. Before that Lal Chandra’s Lady Hardinge’s quarters were my halting station and I remember many years back when NMO was not rooted in delhi once I had slept on the grounds of Smt. Sucheta Kripalani Hospital.

Anyway this time I replied Kripanand not to bother but come to Dwarka meeting directly. From Dilli to New Delhi I came by a train and then took Metroride for Dwarka, The booking girl was very polite and asked me to be sure of the Scetor and I asked my host for that and reached there by a Metrofeeder mininus. While I was waiting for that a rickshaw pullar I guessed rom Mithila and he was from Begusarai.

My host received me and welcomed me. Not only he was from the village of legendary MM Umesh Mishara and his illustrious sons(late Jaikant Mishra most known face among them), his wife was from my neighbourhood village, in fact she was so much excited in Atithi from her area that she forgot to look after milk and I went into kitchen after many years to switch off the gas!

Then we went for meeting where many Maihtils were unknown to each othr and I too saw many faces first ime who all promised for AMP work at Delhi. I was surprised to see Bihar Lok manch’s souvenir which was managed by almost entirely Maithils(later I counted only 123 out of 1001 members were looked to me non_maithils!- That souvenir on my table attracted the attention of a Maithil lady for a uniqe photograph of Devi Durga and took that for painting. Every Maithil women is a painter- ‘Aripan’ is an art to testify them!).

The official of Bihar Lok manch informed that when it was fiunded Shri Mantreshwar Jha ,IAS and seniors like him named that organization so on Bihar! I am not surprised that such person bagged a Maithili award!

This double life our seniors have been living.

See what others are doing.Today’s results of Raj Thakre’s MNS who is neither having Hindu ideology nor so called secular Indian but they triumph.

There in the meeting was Ghanshyam who happily agreed for a Maithili workers camp at Burari (Dec.22-25). I cold see him after a long tome. He had been a close confide of mine while I was at Bangalore in posting, he was working for Youth of Mithila.

Youth of Mithila should awake! There awakening will be in the interest of nation. Anil Sah, a young Maithil I saw first him on 2.11.2005 in a Sarita Vihar kali Puja function is still in regular contact with me and had been with me in recent Yatra of Mithila. He was made Secretary of Dilli State, AMP.

With Kripanand I was again on bike to reach sarita Vihar where I talked with a malled group this year of Maithil youth. Again Maithils are pillars there but are mesmerized for word Bihar which has no real entity but was thwarted upon us dismembering Mithila by Mohammad Giyasuddin Tugalaque in 1328.

When I spoke this in my address at Mithila Navyuvak sangh,Faridabad’s mammoth gathering of 5000+ persons, the chief guest Staleja , a councilor 0f BJP, donating 1.51 lakh rupees for kalisthan mandap, repeated this that Mithila statehood is a must and Maithila(and Bhojpuri san Faridabad, Mumbai will have industrial zero- Raj Thakre should note that!).

Last year Cong(I) MP, AICC Secretary, RC Khuntia had echoed that, Every language needs state, demand of Mihtila state is genuine.”

My visit to faridabad started inconsequentially when someone on 9.7.2001 invited me to come while I had gone to sangam Vihar’s new office of AB Mithila sangh. Late Bhogendra Jha, ex-MP was there who had criticized to Chhati and mool gotra etc. on a Marxian vein which I had criticized severely and the Maithils appreciated me.

On someone’s invitation 15.11.2001 I was there and was welcomed by Amarath Jha ‘a’(among many amaranths). And then onwards I have been visiting there and am honoured by them by heart.

In 2002, Devendra yadav, MP spoke so much that we could not have time(though I was willing to say that thanks Maithil’s grace that you who in April 2000 had refused to sign on a Memorundum for Maihtili recognition when I had chided him strongly, had come to Maithili Darbar!)

In In 2003 I could not go there.

On 11.11.2004 I was there(probany my friend of ABVP days. Ex-Minister, maybe Ravishankar Prasad was exclaimed to find me there so far from Mithila).

On 2.11.2005, Rajiv shukla, Cong MP was there and took my notes on Mithila state

On 22.11.2006, I came from Bangalore and chief guest Ranjit Ranja, MP,LJP, repeated my voices in her speech calling me thrice’our guardian from Bangalore,”

In 2007, I was confused after a tiring car journey from Bangalore to Ranchi and while in way at Gaya I could know that the function was on the same day and I missed.

It was 19th kalipuja celebration and I could attend 7th time. I might not have gone this year had not a villager at Sijhouliya, Phulparas spotted me in his village that he had seen me at faridabad and had stressed again to come.

Gradually I think,I should concentrate my leaves in Mithila for movement but sure such gatherings of Maithils can contribute a lot. And among all Dehi/NCR has a potential role .

Again on high speed drive with Kripanand,carrying Mother Kali’s beautifully framed portrait, we reached sarita Vihar where Puja has been turned to orchestra party leaving guests addressal which we were giving in initial years! Probably small is beautiful! Kripanand left me at New delhi station and I went to my berth in last train towards east Reanchal express) which left in time and reached Allahabad in time.

We went to Anil’s shouse for dinner and he packed so much sattu that taking that next morning at Allahabad I had no idea that sattu with water will swell too much and I could not eat that and gave part of that to a poor boy in Lal Quila express!

Anyway it was not my desire like Ayrangjen’s father Shajenha to take one grain”Sattu” when he was imprisoned by son. And one work’, -to teach students;

-listening to which son retorted-“Grown old but hukumat karne ki tammanna nahi gayee.”

Maybe youth I like so but two youths were at hot words on the question of putting Kali portrait in Lal Quila express anad other of Dehri (who had his friend TTE for Rs.10 each day journey without ticket) in Ranchi bound intercity from Mugalsarai in sleeper coach. Of course I found a young Dubey ,CA, working for IFFCO who took interest in my talks on various points.

Of course in Lal Quila when one Inspector Police traveling of course without ticket asked me who should have been best PM,if not VP,Rajiv, Nehru,I quipped me( in past life I might have been subas and in present life am better and more knowledgeable and honest than those numerated and that person having praise for VP,Mayavati had a tight lip!)

When I got down at Ranchi and reached house safely with photo I took a sigh of relief and forgot what many things happened in train.(0r will happen tomorrow..in train.. which has become my house living with strangers with a faith unseen and many of them have become my friends and some in close social work with me.

Dh. 22.10.2009
. Dhanakar Thakur
Spokesman,
Antarrashtriya Maithili Parishad
www.geocities.com/maithili_parishad

Anti corruption rally at Shyamali, Ranchi

Anti corruption rally at Shyamali,Ranchi Yesterday night I witnessed a candle march by young students and was immensely pleased- the colony I live is having one of the best institutions of the country DAV JVM Shyamali and DPS which each year give dozens of IIT and CBSE medical students-(apart from famous Dhoni is its product). They were self inspired. I attach some of the files video and photo of them I could get as incidentally a camera was in my pocket(after recording a discourse on the Ramcharitmanas)..

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