Dr. Sujit Dhar (5.11.1934-5.10.2008): An Ideological pillar- an elder brother to me

Dr. Sujit Dhar (5.11.1934-5.10.2008): An Ideological pillar- an elder brother to me

I got the news of Dr. Sujit Dhar's demise on 6th October morning when I had just finished my Sandhya vandan and was about to start Chandi path at Jaynagar on the Indo-Nepal boarder where I was to be busy for a cycle march and a workers' training camp for the statehood of Mithila and was in no position to go to Kolkata.
I remained very close to him from 1986 to a few years back till he was mentally active.
I saw him first on December 7th 1986 at the National Medicos Organisation’s fourth(and in fact first nationally invited) conference. Ma. Shrishankar Tiwary had suggested me his name for inviting in conference and I had requested him by letter to preside over the concluding session of the conference where Mananiya Bhaskar Rao ,A.I. organizing secretary, Akhil Bhartiya Vanvasi kalian Ashram was to speak.
Dr. Dhar arrived by morning train from Kolkata and we put him in a hostel room of the MGM Medical college for rest.

Ma. Tiwary hinted me to give him some responsibility and I initially thought for vice president and asked a few workers younger to me- as I was the founder and key worker of the NMO everybody used to accept my verdict. I told Pramod Tiwary that I was not sure whether Dr. Dhar was an allopathic doctor or of any other system as his envelop had no mention of any degree or designation. He told me that at least that must be ensured before any declaration as ours was an organization of MBBS,BDS students and doctors.
Asking introduction from a such senior person was not easy yet I went to his room and asked that I wanted a few lines for introducing him in the concluding session. He gave me a CV which was very unusual and I took a few seconds to scan that he was on the editorial board of JIMA(Journal of Indian Medical Association) implying that he as MBBS at least and in fact I did not read other lines(and in later course could see one of his stamp that he was a DTCD and from someone could know that he was a MBBS from Medical College (the first Medical College of country is only named this in Kolkata)..
He could not have his MD, I presume because he opted for social work and truly Dr. Shanti Prakash, a senior friend of me, once told to me that he himself was degree.

I declared his name as the national President of the NMO in the concluding session; even without consulting him or the incumbent president Dr. S. J. Kale who for a few second, I guessed frowned in exclamation. Dr. Kale, in fact was a true Rishi, a sage in every respect and he was on chair. Not only he, many were exclaimed but wait after speech of Dr. Dhar everybody, had a satisfaction that the NMO got even a greater person as its President. I felt, I was a bit haste and undemocratic also but till such unusual decisions are taken, one could not get persons like Dr. Dhar to had an organization who was not even its member till date.
And Dr. Dhar remained NMO’s president till 8th February 1997 despite his reminders every year to change for other.
In him I found the sense of a true worker, a swayamsevak who embodied Sangh principle in life, a spirit what Swami Vivekananda would have in his vision and an action what Ma. Eknath Rande would have,
He was simple, sober and a man of unusual wisdom who wanted that the NMO be remain independent in its growth though with all ideological roots. He had asked us not to convene meetings at the Keshab Bhavan, not to have office in the premises of Vanvasi kalian Kendra, not to shift office to metro of Delhi , not because he was an ideologically deviant like me but had sad me once that posting a person from this to that post does not improve the working.

He had a vision for the NMO’s distinct image which I ever craved and in this respect he was close to Ma. Abaji who always wanted its self growth.

Dr. Dhar was close to Vajpayee and Advani and had told me the secrets of the day when they were tossing in Dr. Dhar’s house whether to make Government or not? Once while I was taking him to station he even told me that four persons were giving PM’s secretariat a bad name- when I spoke two such names he did not open his mouth further.

After Dr. Madhup and me dissociated from the NMO, grabbed by some workers, I had occasion to talk to him and he was sorry.
On 31st august, I had gone to his house from my sister’s house nearby at Kolkata, thinking to see him and also to take my bath there but his wife said that he was sleeping and also I felt that thee was a change in her response to me because I had dissociated myself from the ideological banyan though not left its roots in anyway.
I came out and went to Burra bazaar thinking that that was my last visit to that great Dr. Dhar’s house who was not only my elder brother in fact his name was printed above the name of my elder brother in my marriage card which made my brother too in a vexed mood though himself a root of the same banyan he could not reconcile who Dr. Dhar was at whose residence my marriage too was fixed on 16.12.1988 and there after on break of my marriage he was so sorry at.
He had told to the grandfather of Suman, my would be wife that he would happily go to distant village for my marriage which I did not agree and called him at Ranchi for marriage.
Last I talked to him in his son’s marriage where Ma. Sudarshnaji, Ma. Ashok Singhl were present. He recognized me and said a few sentences. I was always thinking a time will come when such persons were not with us and he had left us – when I was in fact to traverse the same village area where Dr. Dhar wold have loved to go to the interiors of Mithila where Mother Seeta had once seen Lord ram first ther in Pushpwatika
Country lives in village was known to Dr. Dhar though he was born and brought up in Kolkata and was the youngest among four( Puri, Bapat and one more I do not remember) who established Sangh in Bengal. Other three said him to marry and Puri provided his house where he remained till his death and even Purji was there and I could know after long that what was the story behind that house which was my Pushpwatika..

I recall how Dr. Dhar was distributing even food to delegates at Gwalior conference, convened by Dr. Madhup who organized any conference out of Bihar for the first time amid difficulties. My wife could not understand the ragged truths behind the novice like me’s work and though she attended conference left me too afterwards despite my saying that I was doing a nation building work like Dr. Dhar’s in erecting a Rock memorial of Vivekananda.
Ma.Eknath Ranade had said he was not putting one brick upon other by making the Memorial and so Dr. Dhar was making persons like me and my friends who can shplder the health responsibilities of the nation.
Whether we can do that is a question and a true obituary to him from us the members of NMO?
-Dhanakar Thakur

NMO will oranise Ist Dr. Sujit Dhar Oration in his memory at its XXXII National Conference, BHOPAL on Nov.15-16,2008. His life sketch as on web is following:

Dr Sujit Dhar, Member of Central Advisory Council of Vishwa Hindu Parishad,
passes away on October 5, 2008.

Born on November 5, 1934 in Calcutta, Dr Sujit Dhar had a brilliant academic career all through his student life. A merit scholar in the undergraduate medical course in the Calcutta Medical College, from where he graduated in 1957, he topped the merit list in the postgraduate examination of the
Calcutta University in the subject of his specialization Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases. He has to his credit 12 original scientific papers published in leading medical journals. For a long spell of 10 years (1964 – 73), he was the Chief of the Editorial Department of the Journal of the Indian Medical Association. Since 1974, he is practicing in Calcutta as a Consulted Physician and Cardiologist.

In his early boyhood he was attracted to RSS movement and as an ardent worker of the organization, shouldered various guidance of the Late Eknath Ranade from 1949 and it was at his behest that Dr Dhar became a Pracharak (a whole time worker) of RSS for 3 years (1960-63). In 1964, Dr Dhar joined Sri Ranade to work for the Vivekananda Rock Memorial Project. In 1970, when West Bengal was passing through a critical phase and the atmosphere was surcharged with violence and terror, a forum for rendering social services and fostering a nationalist intellectual movement was started in Calcutta under the name of “Yoyakshema”, and Dr Dhar was the General Secretary of this well-known and prestigious forum ever since its inception.

Besides being the Mahanagar Sanghachalak (President) of RSS, Calcutta, he was a member, Central Board of Trustees and an All-India Vice-President of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad; Vice President, World Buddhist Cultural Foundation; Member of the Governing Council of the Rural Development and Research Project, New Delhi, Member of the Managing Committee of Deendayal Research Institute, New Delhi; All-India President of the National Medicos Organisation (NMO); Honorary Visiting Cardiologist of the B M Birla Heart Research Centre and the Vivekananda Sishu Kalyan Kendra; and was connected with many other social organizations. As the Convener-Secretary of the Purvanchal Council of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, he had been closely watching the complex cross-currents operating in the sensitive and problem-ridden North-Eastern region of the country and disseminating valuable information on the subject to various all-India forums.

Dr. Dhar was very close to three RSS Sarsanghachalaks Sri M.S.Golwalkar, Sri Balasaheb Deoras and Sri K.S.Sudarshan and he was a close associate of RSS stalwart Sri Balasaheb Deoras. Under his guidance Dr. Dhar did a lot of work at time of Bangladesh War on this eastern front in 1971.

An impressive orator, who was equally fluent in Bengali, Hindi and English and published many articles in different national news magazines and journals. He was also known for his in-depth study of Bangladesh affairs. Recently, he took over the onerous duties of the General Secretary of the Seemanta Shanti O Suraksha Samiti, West Bengal, which had been set up in February 1986, to mobilize public opinion against the massive illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi Muslims in West Bengal.

Jai Jai Mithila Abhiyan

Jai Jai Mithila Abhiyan
13.10.2008
I may write it again afresh but let me post it for a quick information with matters posted by BK Karna on our different Maithili groups.

I am just back- thanks to all who have watched me via B K Karna's postings.
Let me add after reaching Parsa camp continued till 12th. 9 10+ students were addressed for memory and retention methods by me and career counseling by Kripanand Jha.
For villagers Dr. Kamalkant Jha and Shri Kapildev Kuanr and also me conducted Training camp for the Mathili workers..though had to leave the camp on 11th for meetings at Kaluahi Madhubani, Birasair(apart from a hectic few minutes visits t my ancestral village Samaul where I could see after 11 years my uncle 96=year old Shri Kshemkar Thalur(only uncle alive) and one aunt and few Bhaujis , I could not even recognize many of my nieces and nephews who all were excited to see me- so near but so far..My uncle entrusted a taks to Shri Gopiraman Choudhary, President,AMP, Jamshedpur,to come up with a plan with a date of completion(one year I suggested)for YUGAL Mithila Bhavan to be built on our 40' X 60' main roadside ancestral land at Madhubani
which may be AMP headquarters in future.. My uncle told Shri Chowdahry that I would have no time..true, I crossed that road may be 50 times in 11 years but had not gone to see my ruinous small home built by my parents..

We need to built Mithila than our own houses and for me a lonely person has no meaning for a house..

At Birsair a nukkad sabha..villagers were amazed to know that Shri Bidhu Jha , MP in Canada was from that very village..They assurred me to work for Mithila..
Same was the view in nukkad sabha at Kaluahi and distributing posters at my Bhitti Chowk I went Gopiji's house..
My left knee otherwise improving after being cycle-ragged on ragged roads of Mithila( shame to Govt. of Bihar for high claims on good roads!) were relieved on Gopiji's Bolerao that day but more important was his father's (and son's)many experiences with great Dr. Subhadra Jha who had first doctorate in our area north of Madhubani(and Dr. Laxman Jha south of Madhubani)..
It will take an article shape how scientific and development oriented Dr. Subhadra Jha was!

On 12th I was dropped at Jaynanagar where a meeting was held in Manish Tutorials to strengthen AMP and Mithila Movement.
Kamalkant ji briefed me after my departure on 11th how Parsa camp was held and finally following nine(with their mobile number) were awarded certificates(totalling 246 with previous 12 such camps in various districts):
1.Upendra Yadav(from Belsandidin, Samastipur) 9771292808, others frpm local village
2. Indradev Jha Sharma 9931689272
3.Mukteshwar Sharma- 9930038928
4.Devendra Yadav- 9939817092, 9835229586
5.Thakku panjiyar- 9931361530
6.Sonelal Ram
7.Asharfi Pandit
8. Ramsufal Pandit
9. Ramnaresh Rai

I was dropped at jainagar station by Satish Mishra of Narar, Office secretary, AMP and became busy in signature campaign for regularisation of Ranchi-Jaynagar-Ranchi special train which continued till we passed Barauni in night(at Sakri for breaking Pradosh fast many things were brought by my elder sister and a bhagina came with bahinoi and also a younger sister's husband from Darbhanga). I had forgotten to have lunc on 11th also which Gopiramanji had mentioned in night when I had a multi-cuisne typical Maithil bhojan which was enough for previous and next day!)

Many Maithils, especially Anil Jha 9934152996 helped me in signature campaign for regularisation of Ranchi-Jaynagar-Ranchi special train as if their own work. And not only some 500 signatures are with me to present it to DRM, Hatis in a week, the mobile numbers will help in spreading Mithila message in their villages which also i have taken with naerest Mithila railway station.
Old ABVP full timer, Mithilesh Kumar Jha 9304492732 recognised me at Madhubani and assured me for Dhanbad work where he was a teacher. He also informed me last year's inquiries from a key person for fighting me MP election from Mithila area but I was not interested.
My obkective is to awake Maithils for Mithila .
The train was full of Maihtili sound and even one ex-Gen.Secretary , RJD, Bihar signed whose son was a student of DPS in my colony.
In the morning I invited the boy and his friends(Roshan Kumar 9431474316, Amrit raj 9810524530and Bipul Jha all Shandilya gotri ) for the Chhaya bhoj of my father on 27th October. I tought them geography and history of Mithila ilke our training camp in short from the proofs of Maithili Sandesh 28 which will be shoprtly in your hands and on web.
I came to my chamber directly to see my patients and had bath and puja in the afternoon and am still in trance as if Mrinal pande had written in her Manthan artlce in the Hindi Hindustan on 12th October,2008,
Kaath ki Mithila, Videh Rajbansh aaur Lukathi liye log...
Though no mention of any matter of Mithila but of national scene ,She is more than right for my Mithila is today in fact turned of woods..

Dhanakar






On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 Karna BK wrote :
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>Completion of Cycle Yaatra
>Jai Mithila
>Jai Jai Mithila, Jai Jai Mithila
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>Two KMs Covered : ?150
>Durations: October 02-11, 2008
>Nukad & Organized Meeting: approx 50
>Team Leader: Dr. Dhanakr Thakur
>Person Interaction: 1000 (approx.)
>Patient treatment: 20
>Poster pasted : 5000
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>October 10-11, 2008: Activities:
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>1)????? Shri Devendra Yadav, Parsa has brought attention about the Rail announcement where announcement is done in every local language in the country except Mithila region. AMP will have to work for Rail information announcement in Maithili.
>2)????? Shri Kripanand Jha, General Secretary, during his very short visit to camp has appeal to all youth of Mithila to come forward for Mithilia Mission for Progress.
>3)????? Dr. Dhanakr Thakar expressed to see & inspired everyone to know an art to fit physically and mentally to Mithila State.
>4)????? Shri D K Jha Dheeru, Editor, Prawasi, conveyed through poem to Dr. Dhanakr as Gandhi of Mithila.
>5)????? ?Shri Manikant Thakur and Mr. Mahesh Jha : US Based Maithil always very serious, sincere and Guiding Force.
>6)????? All AMP Mithila Worker are Committed the Concern for MITHILAk VIKAS
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>Observation where action to take:
>1)????? Rural Based Maithil is not aware about progress. Non-migrated Maithil should be cared and throw the hope to grow.
>2)????? Everyone is leader but no one is follower until the end.
>3)????? Mandir manthan will be supported
>4)????? Mithila State Movement will be powerful in coming years.
>5)????? Tough but not difficult.
>6)????? This yaatra was an approach to link migrated and non-migrated maithil. We will organize Interaction Meet time to time.
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>Dr. Dhanakar Thakur Saheb will express his experience very shortly. I have only expressed whatever I got information during telephonic conversations
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>October 09, 2008 (Mithila Movement Koelakh to Parsa)
>Last day of Cycle Yaatra: Started from DEVI Sthan of Koilakh.
>Slogan in Mithila for Mithila by Maithil i.e.
>Jai Mithila
>Jai Jai Mithila, Jai Jai Mithila
>Dr.SK Jha (09934755694), President, AMP Koilakh Chapter has organized meeting at Bhagwati Sthan. Meeting was focused on Mithila?s art & culture : UP or Down.
>Shri Pramod Jha, Journalist, expressed concerned for common people and appreciated the movement of AMP.
>Prominent dignitaries such as Nikhil Mishra (09835649593), Uttim Ram (06273-243722), BadriNath Jha (09835952741), Nilesh Jha (09893104375) have expressed their support and made it very clear that It is our Morale to look after our culture. How can we tolerate to decline further?
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>After meeting at Koilakh, When Dr. Dhankar asked Ms Rupam Jha ( Daughter of Shri Lal Babu Jha) about Mithila Raj. She replied with very logical manner that Goddess Sita asks about Mithila as sovereign state, are we working in this concern. Our Progress has blocked, Mithila as Separate State will be only answer for our development.
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>Shri Moti Lal Thakur, UAE based Maithil from Koilakh has constructed very good Hospital for free medical treatment to all villagers. Good Medical Specialists do visit? at regular Interval. Great work by Mr. Moti Lal Thakur.
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>Observation during Visit: Rtd. persons feel very isolated in almost every village. No engagement, no better communications. ?We should have manthan on this
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>There was Nukad meeting at BhootNath Chowk before Rajnagar.
>Good response from Local People.
>Thereafter, Balaha, Big Village having 7 tolas. Every Tola should be treates as on village itself. Meeting conducted under the support of Shri Parameshwar Prasad Kushawaha (09430469070).
>Meeting at Rail Platform of RajNagar was the unique. Good debate concluded about the need of development through Mithila State only. Ramvriksh Sah (09955552731) was the architect of this meeting.
>CYCLE Yaatra Concluded at PARSA CAMP for Personality Grooming of Mithila Worker.
>Few Participants such as Azaz Deep, Dilip Kumar Karn, Akhilesh Kumar, Mohd. Irfan, Anwar ALI,? Mithilesh Kr. Prasad, Amit Kr. Jha
>Slogan was very Charging by Shri Umesh Jha (06276 240557).
>The meeting chaired by Indradev Jha,
>Key note address by KamalaKant Jha, Vice President, AMP
>Special Address by Dr. Dhanakar Thakur.
>Convener of the Camp: Dr. PJ K Pandit
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>Dr. Dhanakar and his team will exercise their experience and plan for future.
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>I will keep reporting these activities at PARSA CAMP
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>Subject: Update: Mithila Yaatra of Dr.Dhanakar Thakur for movement of progress: Awareness campaign
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>Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 12:18 PM
>October 08, 2008 (Mithila Movement Zarail to Koelakh via Suarath)
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>Slogan with high pitch in Mithila for Mithila by Maithil i.e.
>Jai Mithila
>Jai Jai Mithila, Jai Jai Mithila
>Good & Great
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>Dr. Dhanakar and his team always observing about the
>Pathetic condition of
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>-???????? Floods,
>-???????? Agriculture,
>-???????? Industry,
>-???????? Education,
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>Who can deny the above facts? What is solution we got in 50yrs? How the best AMP can reach to the people to explore the solution?
>Dr. Mani Thakur, US based Maithil and his teams with Dr. Mahesh Jha are continuously keeping tract serious eye watch. They have proposed for generation of Fund. Necessary action will be taken after the yaatra. Our concern was to have active participation of Charted Accountant who can be nominated as the head of Fund Committee.
>Meanwhile, Shri Braj Kishore Jha, Environmental Engineer (Rtd) from Noida had called Dr.Dhankar and appreciating for great work and asked his query that
>?Production of Agro-product in Mithila is self sufficient If so, then how to enhance production to convert into wealth as like Punjab ?.
>Dr. Dhanakar Saheb has assured to work about the status.
>I appeal to all,
>Please call Dr. Dhanakar Saheb (Mobile: 09470193694) and encourage him for Cycle Yaatra. Regular Cycle yaatra is not causing stress on him. He is committed. We must call him and ask about his health condition. He is fit.
>At ?Zarail, Dr. Dhanakar Saheb and his team after performing Durga Navami Puja started cycle yaatra under Mithila Vikas Abhiyaan through the solution can only be possible by as Mithila as Separate State.
>The team reached Bhairon Sthan of Baraha Village (Bhogendra Jha, ex. MP) and participated in meeting organized by Vijay Kumar Jha. Dr. Dhanakar has projected the objective of this yaatra. Everyone assured for participation in the way whatever possible.
>This is interesting part that Shri Ashok Jha of Baraha Village has launched Maithili daily Newspaper named ?Samwad? from Kolkata. We salute for good work and appeal to put special coverage of this Yaatra.
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>After Baaraha Village , team reached at Devpura Goan, where Dr. Dhankar Saheb felt about the TRAINGLE OF SHAKTEEPEETH
>1)????? UCHAITHA 2) ZARAIL and 3) DEVPURA
>During Durga Puja,, Ramayana path was on at Devpura Dev Sthan. Mithilamanthan Group with Videha will take this task under Mandir manthan.
>Mr. Sunil Kumer Choudhary, reporter, DD News felt the correct step of Cycle yaatra and assured to work for Mithila?s Progress.
>There was nukad meeting at Bharampura and Dumara. Poster has brought significant vibrations.
>In between, Vidyapati ?Statute was also giving good impact but script was narrated in Hindi.
>Dhagjari tea stall is unique. Dr. Dhanakar has felt same taste & flavor of tea as he had tasted in 1993 during his first Paidal Yaatra. Mr. Ugramohan Mishra, Mukhiya jee of this area has taken very keen interest on change in Mithila.
>Nukad meeting at Dhagjari, Arer and Nagadah had grate attraction in terms of participation from Youth and Mahila.
>Meeting at chowk of Balain and Loha was very effective. Local people started debate on many economic concerns but they realize at end that ADHIKAR LEB, MITHILAK VIKASAK LEL.
>Shri Gopiram Jha, Mr. Amit Jha extended support at the maximum.
>During yaatra, Dr. Dhanakar has seen the ignorance of Poerful temple by local tructee that there was no provision of light, always poor maintenance at every front.
>Without further any soptage, Team of Dr. Saheb reached at Koilakh, Road is under the repair since 2yrs. highly qualified Goan of Mithila is lacking with basic amenities.
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>Few Strong Observations on Mithils Song (Music):
>1)????? Maithils are ignoring Maithili gana. Every function in Durga Puja, Bhojpuri Songs are very popular.
>2)????? Good Mithil Artists are getting opportunity in Bhojpuri
>Market of Maithili Song has low base due to poor interest of Maithil. Some body will have to take risk. AMP will explore the vibration in Best POSSIBLE WAY.
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> From: Karna BK
>Subject: 2nd report: Mithila Yaatra of Dr.Dhanakar Thakur for movement of progress: Awareness campaign
>Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 9:20 AM
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>October 05-07, 2008 (Movement of Jayanagar, Ungoan,?Bisual, Phulahar, Harlakhi, Uchaith, Benipatti, Zarail)
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>Progress Report of Dr. Dhanakar 's Yaatra
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>Cycle yaatra : Almost 20 Kms every day
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>Speech: 5 to 6 locations during Cycle Yaatra
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>Gathering to support on Mithila cuase : 200-1000 without publicity
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>Associate Fellow: Shri Mahakant Jee: Spent almost 30yrs at Kolkata, Jaipur, Delhi and now he visits Mithila's village to Village by Cycle only with one permanent banner i.e
>"Mithillaak Chhi Maithili Baaju
>Uthoo apan Rajyak lel Jaagu"
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>Values of Dr. Dhanakar: During his Cycle yaatra, his social service is being rendered to the patient towards prescribing the correct medicines: Everyday 10-20 patients come to him during Yaatra.
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>Dr. Kamalakant, Vice President, waived flag for Cycle march at 3 pm. Heaviest rains of the seasons?since morning delayed the activities. 100 maithils enchanted slogan
>Jai Mithila
>Jai Jai Mithila, Jai Jai Mithila
>with high intensity to delight Dr, Dhankar and Shri Mahakant and extended best wishes:
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>On his yaatra, there have seen the pathatic condition of Maithil, as if they are 100 years behind from the current development in India .
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>a) Newspaper comes in village after 2-3 days, No pint of TV Channel Wars
>b) No electricity: Modern society can not stay without electricity but Society in Mithila have been living without electricity.
>c) Hospital only building, but no doctors. People survived with RMP
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>Yaatra team led by Dr. Dhanakur stayed at BISAUL. This village has historical asset i.e. temple of Vishwakarma . The place has got immense vibrations but who is here to feel. Dr. Dhanakar conveyed MithilaManthan Yahoo Group to work on Vishwmitra Temple .
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>During yaatra, he met Shri Raj Kishore Yadav at Ungoan, Rtd.Teacher and was very much impressed to know his vision towards Mithila Rajya.
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>Night Stay was arranged under the supervision of ShyamSunder Thakur. Mr. Shyam Sunder Saheb has extended very good Hospitality.
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>A nukad meeting conducted under the president chair of Mr. Raj Kishore Yadav and he had been given the responsibilty as the president of?AMP-HARLAKHI Chapter, and ?Brajesh Mishra as Secretary.
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>There after, Cycle yaatra continued, made many observations.
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>Once Team led by Dr. Thakur reached Pipraoun Goan, Mr. Ram Narayana Rai brought team to Durga Sthan and arranged an effective meeting with support of Mr.Sunil. The entire village supported the move of Dr.Dhankar and his team for Mithila Rajya.
>Phulhar is place where Lord Ram & Sita met first time. Yaata Team reached Phulhar and visited Grija Sthan, Pujari was the female and widow. Yaatra seek blessings from Pujaari Mata. This is the Shaktipeeth of Mithila. Mr. Umesh Kr. Singh (Mobile: 09431403083) has been suggested to consult with Mithilamanthan with details.
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>Meeting was held at Vashishtha Sthan. there after, with slogan Jai Jai Mithila, jai jai Mithila, Yaatra team was on hold at? KAMTAUL GOAN?,Tea Stall ( Powerful place of Mithila?to discuss many National and International problems). Mr. Akhilesh, Student of Local Area arranged meeting towards awareness campaign.
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>With the slogan of Jai Jai Mithila, Yaatra team reached at Uchaitha ( Shaktipeeth) and performed puja for blessing towards economical development of Mithila.
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>Mr. Dhanik Lal Yadav, sarpanch, arranged one meeting and Dr. Dhankar spoke among 500 people on
>1) Sanitary Condition: Latrines on road, No Sulabh Shauchalaya
>2) Road: Very Very poor condition, unable to name and explain: NH104: only name on paper
>3) Local MP: Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Union Minister : Hopless for Area
>4) Local MLA: Mr Rama S Yadav: No help to the area and people: Hopeless.
>The meeting was architectured by Prof. M N Mihra (09431631779) and has been given the responsibilty as Convener of AMP (Benipatti Chapter)
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>Last meeting of the October 07 at Community Hall. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Ugradev Jha, Sarpanch. 200 maithils gathered to realise the need. Everyone waived their hands to support.
>Stay under the Courtsey of Shri Prem Chandra Jha?at?Zarail Goan?who has come from Ranch.
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>Next update as information received from Dr. Dhanakar
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>Happy Durga Puja,
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>With Regards,
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>Dear Maithil,
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>!!! Happy Navaratri to all !!!
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>Dr. Dhankaur Thakur will write about his experience in details, meanwhile, I keep?informing the updates, based on telephonic talk.
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>Dr. Dhanakar,?devotional worker of ?AMP, has taken the lead to visit Mithila by Bi-cycle from October 05,2008. This is 3rd visit since inception of AMP (1992).
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>The day to start?Train Yaatra has been selected on the spiritual consideration of October 02 -a very auspicious day in our country and Navartri Puja ( divine power to control devil forces).
>Flood crisis in Mithila has forced Dr. Dhanakar to move Mithila after given adequate social services to flood victims. AMP workers have rendered effective services from different corner of the globe. Our 50 workers are on the field to provide necessary assistance to the needy.
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>Meanwhile, AMP core committee approved the? ?MITHILA YAATRA of Dr. Dhanakar Thakur.
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>Objective? of Yaatra:
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>1) Enchanting of Jai Mithila for Cultural and Industrial Progress
>2)?Poster campaign?(Contribution of?Dr. Manikant Thakur, US Based Maithil)?Maithil rights for progress
>3) Floods remedial action
>4) No progress since independance then why not to care 5crore Maithil ???
>5)?Cause of Mithila State Movement
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>October 02-03, 2008 (Movement of Barauni/ Dalsinghsarai)
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>Dr. Dhanakar Thakur has started his Yaatra from Dalsingh Sarai. Prof. PN Chaube, President, AMP-Dalsinghsarai, Mr. Anil Kumar, Secretary,AMP-Dalsinghsarai and other respectable members Mr.Deepak, Mr.Shyam Prasad have organized historical start. Mr. Upendra Yadav became the associate member of this event. 200 Maithils attended the meeting, voiced one, and raised hands for significant moves. Local member to all trains which stay at Barauni, has pasted the poster.The day was hectic and successful has pasted 1000 posters.
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>October 04, 2008 (Movement of Muzaffarpur)
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>The day started with great intensity and enthusiasm with local people.
>As soon as Dr. Dhanakar Thakur reached at the meeting venue, slogan with high intensity has enchanted as Jai Mithila, Jai Jai Mithila.
>Mrs.Ranjana Jha and Mrs Meera Mishra felt the need to have such begining. We are too late in our progress. Nevertheless, we will not allow ourselves to be as backward region. Mithila Mahila is powerful. We will keep alive of Mithila Movement for progress.
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>October 04, 2008 (Movement of Jayanagar)
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>On the way to Jayanagar, there was celebrations of AMP to welcome train 0825 (Ranchi-Jayanagar)?of the Inaugural Train. Dr. Dhankar?expressed sincere thanks to Railway to consider the long awaited demand of AMP to have train from Ranch-Darbhanga extended?to Jayanagar.
>Dr. Dhankar completed his train journey to Jayanagar to start Cycle Yaatra on October 05,2008.
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>Next updates very shortly
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>Regards,
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>Karna BK
>Hyderabad
>www.mithilamanthan.com
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>Slogan in Poster composed by Shri Mani Thakur
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>KARBA? LAY??? SAMPOORNA?? VIKAS
> ?????? BARHI KAI MAANGOO MITHILA RAAJ
>SHADYANTRAK NAHI RAHAB SHIKAR
>MITHILA???? JANMA-SIDDH???? ADHIKAR
> ?????????? BAARHI GARIBI? SHOONYA VIKAAS
> ???????? BIN? MITHILA?? KE?? NAHI??? UGRAAS
>PATNA?? Ranchi K?? CHHORU??? AAS
>O KEWAL? BAKAAND? PRATYASH
> ?????????? KOTI? KOTI? MAITHIL?? JAP- MANTRA
> ???????? SIDDH? KARAT? SHRI MITHILA TANTRA
>MITHILA RAAJYAK DRIDH ABHIYAAN
>AAU?? BARHAAU?? LAGAA? JEE- JAAN
> ?????? NAHI? KYO DET? PARASI? KAY? RAJ
> ?????? MAUKA? ACHHI?? UTHAAU? AAWAJ
>BHAABI? SANTATI? AUR? SAMAAJ
>SAB? LAY? MAANGU? MITHILA RAJ
> ?????? KARU PRAYAAS GARHU ITIHAAS
> ???? JAAGU? MAANGU? MITHILA? RAAJ
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>Historical slogan in Poster?composed by?Shri Mani Kant Thakur
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Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 7:24 AM

Dear Maithil,

!!! Happy Navaratri to all !!!

Dr. Dhankaur Thakur will write about his experience in details, meanwhile, I keep informing the updates, based on telephonic talk.

Dr. Dhanakar, devotional worker of AMP, has taken the lead to visit Mithila by Bi-cycle from October 05,2008. This is 3rd visit since inception of AMP (1992)..

The day to start Train Yaatra has been selected on the spiritual consideration of October 02 -a very auspicious day in our country and Navartri Puja ( divine power to control devil forces).
Flood crisis in Mithila has forced Dr. Dhanakar to move Mithila after given adequate social services to flood victims. AMP workers have rendered effective services from different corner of the globe. Our 50 workers are on the field to provide necessary assistance to the needy.

Meanwhile, AMP core committee approved the MITHILA YAATRA of Dr. Dhanakar Thakur.

Objective of Yaatra:

1) Enchanting of Jai Mithila for Cultural and Industrial Progress
2) Poster campaign (Contribution of Dr. Manikant Thakur, US Based Maithil) Maithil rights for progress
3) Floods remedial action
4) No progress since independance then why not to care 5crore Maithil ???
5) Cause of Mithila State Movement

October 02-03, 2008 (Movement of Barauni/ Dalsinghsarai)

Dr. Dhanakar Thakur has started his Yaatra from Dalsingh Sarai. Prof. PN Chaube, President, AMP-Dalsinghsarai, Mr. Anil Kumar, Secretary,AMP-Dalsinghsarai and other respectable members Mr.Deepak, Mr.Shyam Prasad have organized historical start.. Mr. Upendra Yadav became the associate member of this event. 200 Maithils attended the meeting, voiced one, and raised hands for significant moves. Local member to all trains which stay at Barauni, has pasted the poster.The day was hectic and successful has pasted 1000 posters.

October 04, 2008 (Movement of Muzaffarpur)

The day started with great intensity and enthusiasm with local people.
As soon as Dr. Dhanakar Thakur reached at the meeting venue, slogan with high intensity has enchanted as Jai Mithila, Jai Jai Mithila.
Mrs.Ranjana Jha and Mrs Meera Mishra felt the need to have such begining. We are too late in our progress. Nevertheless, we will not allow ourselves to be as backward region. Mithila Mahila is powerful. We will keep alive of Mithila Movement for progress.

October 04, 2008 (Movement of Jayanagar)

On the way to Jayanagar, there was celebrations of AMP to welcome train 0825 (Ranchi-Jayanagar) of the Inaugural Train. Dr. Dhankar expressed sincere thanks to Railway to consider the long awaited demand of AMP to have train from Ranch-Darbhanga extended to Jayanagar.
Dr. Dhankar completed his train journey to Jayanagar to start Cycle Yaatra on October 05,2008..

Next updates very shortly

Regards,

Karna BK
Hyderabad
www.mithilamanthan.com



Slogan in Poster composed by Shri Mani Thakur

KARBA LAY SAMPOORNA VIKAS
BARHI KAI MAANGOO MITHILA RAAJ
SHADYANTRAK NAHI RAHAB SHIKAR
MITHILA JANMA-SIDDH ADHIKAR
BAARHI GARIBI SHOONYA VIKAAS
BIN MITHILA KE NAHI UGRAAS
PATNA DILLI K CHHORU AAS
O KEWAL BAKAAND PRATYASH
KOTI KOTI MAITHIL JAP- MANTRA
SIDDH KARAT SHRI MITHILA TANTRA
MITHILA RAAJYAK DRIDH ABHIYAAN
AAU BARHAAU LAGAA JEE- JAAN
NAHI KYO DET PARASI KAY RAJ
MAUKA ACHHI UTHAAU AAWAJ
BHAABI SANTATI AUR SAMAAJ
SAB LAY MAANGU MITHILA RAJ
KARU PRAYAAS GARHU ITIHAAS
JAAGU MAANGU MITHILA RAAJ

Historical slogan in Poster composed by Shri Mani Kant Thakur

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--- On Wed, 10/1/08, dhanakar thakur wrote:

Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 3:02 PM
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I am leaving for Mithila(Dalsingsarai 2nd - - Muzaffarpur 4th - Darbhanga 4th- from Jaynagar cycle yatra 6th via harlakhi-Saharghat- Madhvaur- Saharghat- Ucchith- Benipatti- manpaur- Barha-Brahmpura-Arer- Nagadh-Balain-Rahika- Madhubani-Balha- Sibipatti- Jaymagar- Parsa camp from 9th to 12th and will be back on 13th when I may see your input on mail. In between may contact me on 9470193694

Part of Mauthuku Sandesh 28th issue 5000 coies and 10, 000 posters with Manikantji's slogan for Mithila state will be distributed as per my promise to Sri MD Jha. Hopefully I am getting those in train by 530 pm.
Others will have dispatch later on.
Dhanakar

Postering for Mithila State

October 3, 2008
Yesterday was Gandhi-Shastri Divas and incidentally I had gone to Chhabilapur village near Dalsing Sarai but in Begusarai district . I cound recall advocate Suryanarayan mahto’s name but not his face when in the meeting at Dalsing Sarai hed under the presidentship of Prof. Choubey, the president of local AMP unit.
Veteran journalist Chand Musafir asked to strengthen unit of Amp, to go for Maithili songs in CDs and to organize Vidyapati parva.
And in the evening I decided to go accept the invitation of Mahtoji and was in a village where Gandhism lived still. I had in fact given a discourse more on Geeta and Bhagwat than Mithila state or seeing patients.
Incidentally, I returned to Patna this evening from Barauni taking a passenger train via Bacchwara when lei(paste made of of flour) was exhausted by pasting posters in double colour for Mithila Rajya since morning in trains kamla interercity(Darbhanga-patna), Barauni-New Delhi Vaishali, Katihat-Patna Intercity, Saharsa-Patna Intercity, Hajipur-barauni passenger, and also some posters in Awadh-Assam going to Guwahati and in Patna-Jaynagar intercity and Muzaffarpur-Sealdeh.

In fact we were only four-and I was seeing my luggage and the main work was done by Upendra Yadava, whom I know for many years as Maithili PG who received my postcard on Oct. 2 morning and reached Dalsing sarai afternoon as well as Rajiv Chaudhary ‘babbu’ and Ashokji. Dr. Deepak Chaudhary missed the train in the ,morning and when he arrived paste was over and we were boarding train to Bacchwada.

I had asked son of Bhaskarji, Bergusarai to join us at Barauni but he did not come and in fact a young man of Saharsa asked for some posters who is running Shashi sarojini rangmanch Seva sansthan at Saharsa who knew Dr. LN Jha and I gave him a bundle to delver him.

Tomorrow I will be at Muzaffarpur for a meeting and have asked Manjar suklaiman to organise one at darbhanga on 5th before I join Dr. Kam Jha on6th for kamalkant J who hjas modiofied my cyucle venture tha on 6tho a four wheeler when he too accom[panies me for 3 days whirlwind Durga ;puja jagran visit to madhubani districts jaynara- harlaklhi-saharghat Benipatti-tBrahmpura=barha- nagdah-Arer- Rahika-Madhubani- Pandaul-sakri- Ugna- Koilakh- Balha- Jaynagar where fro camp m 9th we have a workers' training camp till 12th,

The posters written by Manikantji whave reached today to every parts of Mithila though a great task- only 1000 of 10 000 printed can be pasted today. We aim for a lakh in coming 3 years.
We need many workers and fund.
MD Jha should be satisfied that today a promise to him has been done partly.
Really poster is attractive- in two colours- having a sketch of all districts of Mithila and mother Janaki as well as Flage of Mithila state- a plough and a kalash on its pointed edge depicting birth of mother Janki,
People of Mithila has seen today in various parts and we are to fulfill their dreams.
I got down at Nalanda medical college for my friend's son is a student here .
I saw Vidyapati Nagar's temple from the train today only for the first time.

Postering for Mithila State

October 3, 2008
Postering for Mithila State
Yesterday was Gandhi-Shastri Divas and incidentally I had gone to Chhabilapur village near Dalsing Sarai but in Begusarai district . I cound recall advocate Suryanarayan mahto’s name but not his face when in the meeting at Dalsing Sarai hed under the presidentship of Prof. Choubey, the president of local AMP unit.
Veteran journalist Chand Musafir asked to strengthen unit of Amp, to go for Maithili songs in CDs and to organize Vidyapati parva.
And in the evening I decided to go accept the invitation of Mahtoji and was in a village where Gandhism lived still. I had in fact given a discourse more on Geeta and Bhagwat than Mithila state or seeing patients.
Incidentally, I returned to Patna this evening from Barauni taking a passenger train via Bacchwara when lei(paste made of of flour) was exhausted by pasting posters in double colour for Mithila Rajya since morning in trains kamla interercity(Darbhanga-patna), Barauni-New Delhi Vaishali, Katihat-Patna Intercity, Saharsa-Patna Intercity, Hajipur-barauni passenger, and also some posters in Awadh-Assam going to Guwahati and in Patna-Jaynagar intercity and Muzaffarpur-Sealdeh.

In fact we were only four-and I was seeing my luggage and the main work was done by Upendra Yadava, whom I know for many years as Maithili PG who received my postcard on Oct. 2 morning and reached Dalsing sarai afternoon as well as Rajiv Chaudhary ‘babbu’ and Ashokji. Dr. Deepak Chaudhary missed the train in the ,morning and when he arrived paste was over and we were boarding train to Bacchwada.

I had asked son of Bhaskarji, Bergusarai to join us at Barauni but he did not come and in fact a young man of Saharsa asked for some posters who is running Shashi sarojini rangmanch Seva sansthan at Saharsa who knew Dr. LN Jha and I gave him a bundle to delver him.

Tomorrow I will be at Muzaffarpur for a meeting and have asked Manjar suklaiman to organise one at darbhanga on 5th before I join Dr. Kam Jha on6th for kamalkant J who hjas modiofied my cyucle venture tha on 6tho a four wheeler when he too accom[panies me for 3 days whirlwind Durga ;puja jagran visit to madhubani districts jaynara- harlaklhi-saharghat Benipatti-tBrahmpura=barha- nagdah-Arer- Rahika-Madhubani- Pandaul-sakri- Ugna- Koilakh- Balha- Jaynagar where fro camp m 9th we have a workers' training camp till 12th,

The posters written by Manikantji whave reached today to every parts of Mithila though a great task- only 1000 of 10 000 printed can be pasted today. We aim for a lakh in coming 3 years.
We need many workers and fund.
MD Jha should be satisfied that today a promise to him has been done partly.
Really poster is attractive- in two colours- having a sketch of all districts of Mithila and mother Janaki as well as Flage of Mithila state- a plough and a kalash on its pointed edge depicting birth of mother Janki,
People of Mithila has seen today in various parts and we are to fulfill their dreams.
I got down at Nalanda medical college for my friend's son is a student here .
I saw Vidyapati Nagar's temple from the train today only for the first time.

Saharsa Flood Relief Work : A sign of unity of India:

Saharsa Flood Relief Work : A sign of unity of India:
Learn to live with floods than trying to control that by bandhs.
-Dr. Dhanakar Thakur
dhanakarthakur@rediffmail.com

I wanted to go to serve Koshi flood victims and had applied for leaves and when Mrs. Punita Rai of Jindal requested me to join Jindal Steel’s team going to Saharsa I happily joined

I was introduced to team members at Ramgarh lead by Debashish Banerjee who became close to me in many ways by the time I returned.

There were other eight members in the ambulance loaded with drugs worth Rs. one lkh purchased as per my advices and everyone had a service mentality.

We stayed at night at Begusarai in a hotel which was hot and humid. Other doctor, young Dr. Arun Kr. Singh could not sleep and at 330 am he took batch and I too became ready by 6 am. I had not taken food at night as it was a non-vegetarian hotel and took some bananas in the morning.

We went to Mrs. Rai’s brother, Dr. Sandeep Pandey’s house who had a good nursing home. We had a good breakfast there. I asked him to pack few rotis for me which he did with a lot of sweets.

When we moved on Scorpio from Khagaria towards Mansi in way to Saharsa, we saw many lorries carrying various banners of organizations returning from flooded area.
The first we saw of UNICEF and then of some Kisan and Shikshak (Farmers and Teachers) Associations. We saw many lorries returning after unloading materials which had small stickers India-Nepal with the name of some organization which might have sent matter for twin countries.

From Mansi on Saharsa route there was flood water on right hand side all along. People were on machans on the road and at several places we saw good number of people some places only ladies in coloured sarees hoping for some relief from somewhere.

There were few camps and medical centres of some organizations. Of course, it was the lowest reach of Koshi coming from the Himalays and after some kilometer those water were destined to meet mighty Ganga nobody after that can discern as if the drop was from Yamuna or Gandak or many rivers which are tributaries of Ganga though in themselves many of them are as ferocious and mighty.

It is said that if any one finds a drop of Ganga he/she becomes pure and gets salvation. The Koshi too must have been so though she might have made havoc to many millions of lives but whose fault was that whether of Koshi or of those who tried to tame it by long barrages which were never maintained though were a source of corruption.

I am of the opinion like many environmentalists that not only Koshi but all rivers should be freed from bandhs and people should learn to live with small flood water rather face a death warrant whenever there is a breach in the embankments.

For Debashis and Mrs. Punita Rai probably water at the lowest reach too, near Mansi, in the vicinity of Beldaur, Saur Bazar and Sonebarsa was more and they took a lot of snaps. Maybe with lessened force in that downstream amount of water was sufficient to draw attention.

We were exclaimed to see at a place where a person sitting on boat was trying to bring his ox to safer place, ox was also swimming and hence, the water must be more than a meter, ox’s only nose portion was above water and the man was holding the rope of its neck. Every creature wants life and that was the most glaring example.

We saw many ambulances of Gujarat Govt. and in fact in all of our journey those were moving every nook and corner. It was commented in local newspapers one should learn disaster management from Gujarat and I recalled one of the session held on this subject at NMO’s National conference at Rajkot (23-24 February 2002). Pramukhswami Maharaj’s lorries were returning after unloading relief material. He is a grand saint of Gujarat and I had visited a medical college named after him at Karmsad, near Anand in Gujarat, the birthplace of Sardar Patel. Asharam Bapu’s several centres were in the way.

The Saur Bazar area of Saharsa is famous for pedas and in fact it could have been other Anand, if some one like Cherian would have laboured hard for bringing ‘White Revolution.’ The dairy movement has been successful even in vandalized Bihar of Lalu regime. Sudha milk parlors were successful. Mithila needs such small and medium sized agro-related cooperative/ consumers movement.

I saw Kisan Vikas Trust had opened a Khichari centre there on the way. At a place I read a banner, ”Asha Barh Rahat Kendra,” certainly marooned people can have hope t save lives from such who had come to show them a ray of life!
I read on the back foot of a lorry,

“Tata nikali, Patna me barhi,
Main Kitni abhagin Driver se pyar hua.”

At a place I found some young man stealing water pouch filled sacks from the slow moving lorry jumping in the truck on the back..
“Pani me fansa, Pani ki chori karte.”
Flooded staling water!
Debashish had strong objection on my word ‘stealing.’

Yes, it may seem a right work for any generous person like him as even Gandhi had said “hunger’s God is food.”

True, they had jumped to truck to get some food grain or other matter but were satisfied even with water pouches.

“Water water everywhere not a drop to drink,” I recalled.

We were eating bhuja which Punita Rai had purchased from some Big Bazar of Ranchi or Ramgarh and we can have comments only on such persons in peril but surely if trucks were not allowed to carry relief materials to the interiors up many more needy would have suffered.

There were huts on the waysides- chaukis and on the other side of road were cattle roped to nails.
A lorry from Seva Dal, Dehri and other of Unicef passed.
When we reached Saharsa’s Koshi Vihar we all had lunch but I pressed that some work must be done and everyone was willing to work and we were taken to the outskirt of the town, Baijnathpur, where daily Jagaran had been running a camp.



Though state Govt. doctors were posted there all persons tilted to our camp in hope of some good medicines.
I found a case of kalazar and referred to Dr. Swatantra Kumar Singh for free treatment and likewise I found other case of VSD which I asked to contact me further for referring to the Satya sai Institute of Higher Medical Scinences, Puttupurthy but who cares for whom?

On 12th September I saw camps of Bharat Sewashram Sangh.

At Saharasa, I was told by Prof. Vinay Choudhary that ahead of Silet village a lorry full of relief material was looted showing revolver though that was not the affected area and on the reference of a local MLA some persons have convinced the outside NGO that they will guide them to devastated area.

Prof. Vinay said that Nonaity, Buary, Badgaon, Basnahi villages were greatly affected where he had guided to Bharat Sevashram Sangh persons going on boats, distributing materials to many who for the sake of their honour would not had liked to go to relief camps nor they could decide to leave their homes as hooligans were looting house holds and at places some such had outraged the modesty of even some women!

At Nonaity some 500 men were stranded on one high place. Mid day school meals grain were life savers!

At Badgaon half village men consisting of wealthier people stayed in a school. For 19 days Bechan Mishra provided money for food for all assembled there. Boats carrying 100 quintals food materials had stations on such villages where they used to sell materials brought from Sonebarsa on some higher prices which was genuine. So ‘Boat Shopping,” was a new phenomenon in flood.

Such was the pathetic condition at Behta, Sahsaul, Duari, Gwalpara etc.

It is not all politicians were making image as well as looting the part of materials sent from different corners of the country.

Neeraj ‘Bablu,’ MLA of Raghopur from village Gobindpur,Madhubani near Pratapganj rescued one person who was hanging from electric wire(which had no current due to line disruption)..Neeraj took a steamer-boat with two persons and sailed himself to that place and asking others to control the boat, he pulled up the person from the wire and saved him!

But I found relief work was disturbed from the visits of ministers and leaders who hardly visit to interiors where relief had not reached but concentrated to districts where officers were centred to them diverted from real work and show was put.

When for such a show before CM, Bihar, Neetish Kumar, Jindal team was asked on 13th September to go to Singheshhwar Sthan, I declined and protested sharply. The previous night we had decided to got to Supaul’s RD 22 , away from Balua which had been devastated completely where worst suffering. Some 15,000 persons were awaiting relief though Praksh Jha, cine director’s team was working.

(Later I read on 23rd September 2008 that a doctor from Maharsahtra Dr. Chandrakant Patil succumbed to lightening stroke where he was working with his five friends. He was the only son of his parents. He was a student of MD (PSM) in the PSM dept. in a medical college at Mumbai. His team had decided to continue to work despite his death. Rightly the Prabhat Khabar has written where is anti-Bihari feeling at a time when Govt. doctors had left and I saw their suspension notice in newspaper though I felt and protested that move of the Govt.

After all without any minimal comfort any doctor on duty cannot be asked to work- all the hotels and Govt. guest houses were taken up by leaders and NGOs officials. Even thrice CM Jagannath Mishra cold not get a room in Govt. Koshi Vihar.Circit house and I fond on my arrival thee that Koshi Vihar was occupied by constables of the security guards of the CM, Neetish Kumar..I confused one Nepali in BMP for any Uttarakhandi there.

At Saharsa, Jindal team could get a dormitory but we doctors had to stay outside on our room as they could not get a room in hotel. Mrs. Rai too had to stay at the uncle of a Jindal worker, Amit’s house. Amit’s uncle Manan Thakur, an advocate and journalist was all along with us to guide.

When Manan Thakur convinced me that the way to RD 22 was via Singheshwar, I agreed for an hours camp thee where I had thought to protest before Neetish that he should stop his visit as a gesture to others so that work my be smooth.

I had also told to Mrs. Rai that I would write to Shri Naveen Jindal against the director of Jindal, Brigadier Chopra for his undue favour to officials on CM’s visit, particularly when Naveen Jindal belonged to the Congress and CM from NDA (in way Mrs Rai was taunting me that it was the team of UPA/Congress on which I had said that I came with them only thinking as a Steel house and Indian Industry which had donated Rs. one crore to my area of Mithila for which they deserve appreciation. They may also provide scholarships to some 10,000 students who may face educational deprivation after flood water recedes.

Jindal has announced to rebuilt two villages. Good that is but I appeal (and will personally meet Naveen Jindal, a rising industrial diamond on global scale) that he should rather start a power plant in the Mithila area devastated by Koshi and make some secondary steel plants. It will regenerate Koshi economy.

We do not want begging bowls just support and even politically Mithila has highest number of political seats in parliament to make one a dynamic leader nationally.

Meeta Ambani had given a cheque of Rs. 10 crore coming to Patna but Jindal sent his team to supervise work which was great.

Rajiv Gandhi had said 15 paise reaches of a rupee to final place but I say that was an all India average- in Bihar even five paise one can imagine- despite Neetish’s so called good governance.

We had gone to Jirba bandh via Madhepura on 13th September. Madhepura was worst affected district headquarter and the water was still there in low lands. There were many camps run by Lalu Yadav and Rambilas Paswan’s ministries- at least there were many banners as if in electoral competition there also.

I saw the Rail Factory’s premises and Collector ate and also a board of Madhepura Medical College on the way going to the Sadar Hospital there.

We proceeded on a way which had Dr. Arun’s house still encircled with flood water. He had come a week before and had taken away his parents to Ranchi.

There was a bridge just on the outskirt of town where water was still touching the bridge which our vehicles could pass with the help of traffic police blocking the traffic on other ends.

The road said to lead to Bihpur was in dilapidated state and in return journey I was exclaimed to read on a mile stone that it was NH 107 which was said to be built by British was flooded was other matter but I could never imagine that such not concreted road could be a NH!

At Jirba bandh the condition was pathetic yet I was surprised to see first banner written in Oriya of Niranjan Mission near the Shiva temple.

The Army personnel had camp there and in fact due to them the 407 passengers were not charged more than usual.

Army’s Medical Core had a camp there with boats and t was the last point one can go by road. Army had a medical post too but because we had plenty of medicine soon people took the form of an unprecedented rush. Prescribing in less than a minute a person became ordeal for us.




At Jirba Dr.Arun Kr. Singh(Left) and Dr. Dhanakar Thakur(Right) prescribing medicines to flood victims.Back standing Mrs. Punita Rai



We saw more than 500 patients. Brigadier Chopra congratulated us for our humanly work on which I replied in fact he deserved raise as service was doctors’ inherent duty but they non-medical persons came earlier than us to serve.

Though my company. MECON’s team had visited there only two days before but there was huge rush for medicine- which people took even when it started raining and we took seats in the Scorpio. The people who were routed by flood water were facing again Indra’s wrath- rains!

At that camp I saw a child named Neetish-later I met two other children named Neetish. Certainly CM had been popular but the onus of Kushna breach people say lies on him and I was told by some person that the relief work was a test for him and one experienced told that he would loose due to Koshi calamity in the area which had a clean sweep for NDA in last Assembly Poll.

There was a marasmic child and so other were some who needed hospitalization- I gave Rs.10, Rs.20 and going near to Ambulance Rs.50 to that marasmic child’s mother. I had not much money and while coming my sister had told me that her husband Vivekanand had said that 500 Rs. should be given in the hands of flood victims which I had not taken seriously while coming and had taken only 700 Rs. with me. Not only next day at Supaul I gave one poor Rs.20 again, to Prof. Vinay Choudhary I gave Rs.300 to give it to the RSS camp. I might have differences with them on some points but still they are the best in the matter of honesty to deliver things to proper persons at least in such calamities. Even Dr. Jagannath Mishra had visited RSS camp in the place where once we had Manthan meeting for the Mithila Rajya.

We retuned via Pastpar village was there where I was exclaimed to read the board of a residential school. The light of education is spreading albeit slowly in the remote areas too. Village Gorpa was said to be only 7 km from there from where belonged RMC medico Dr. Indu’s wife who were very devopted to me whom I had seen many years back at Katihar.

While returning I reported to the correspondent of the Aaj at Ranchi(though it was not published) an eye-witness’s account. I also tried to contact the Ranchi Express but Chandreshwarji’s person did not contact me further.

We were at Karpoori Chowk for a while and returning through the town I guessed the rush before a SBI ATM at 4 pm must be for the withdrawals of money sent by relatives far distant. Mithila even otherwise runs on money order economy and surely with ATMs and core banking money will flow to Mithila as Maithils have yet to a great extent live relations with their home and relatives.

On Main Road Madhepura, I noticed Purnea Gola and Lorik stores while Purnea was nearby district frm where some one must be at Madhepura in business in that place Lorik was a yadav King of Mithila and it is said,
“Rome hai Pope ka to Madhepura hai gope ka”

Yadavs predominate Madhepura and so Yadavs from Jablapur and Chapra came to have electoral wrestling there though it has great son of soil BP Mandal of famous Mandal Commission.

Till such outsiders vested interest will come to Mithila it will not prosper be it Madhepura or Madhubani they will not serve the cause of Yadavs or of Brahmins.

The rivalry of Yadav -Brahmin must end for any progress of Mithila. The union of intellect and valor can change Mithila.

Maybe I have one Vivekanand (doctor) or AMP has one Gurumaita today but I vision soon people will realize the truth of friendship and mutual trust and support.

After We had gone to Singheshwar- the place of Shringi Risi who was son of Shamik rishi whom Emperor Parikshit (grandson of Arjuna- sone of Abhimnay-Uttara- had put a dead snake when he was not offered water or asked to seat. Rishi Sami’s son Shringi had cursed Parikht that he would be bitten o death by Takshaka in seven days(and in those days Shrimad Bhagawada was spoken to him as a penance by Shuk Muni)..

I was on Pradosh fast that day and it was coincident that I could have darsan of Singheshwar in that Pradosh with Dr.Arun who se brother was working at Singheshwar and Mrs. Ray and Manan Thakur.
In way to Singheshwar BN Mandal University New campus was turned into a watery lagoon.

While going to Singheshwar, I had seen lorries of Bhasin Jomewala of Pune, Sarvodaya, Vadodara, a vehicle of MECON Ltd., Ranchi and also a truck of Panchgachhia Dyodhi near Saharsa. In fact I had seen many banners of local ward committees of Saharsa and they localities were the first to provide relief before any organisation came from distant area and states.

There was a banner of Gramin Chikitsak Sangh, Saharsa and at Madhepura I saw two ambulances of the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi as well as from the Dept. of Social Welfare, Delhi University.

At Singheshwar I saw a truck load of relief material came from the Marwadi relief Society, Jamshedpur.

Singheshwar town had water but had receded and we were told by priest that there were some doctors came from Jharkhand and therefore I was more disinclined to go there again and was in favour of visiting RD 22 where seeing the pathetic condition Dr. Jagannath Mishra had in the same evening announced renunciation from parliamentary politics.

Brigadier Chopra in the middle of Dr.Arun Kr. Singh (Left) and Dr. Dhanakar Thaku(Right), Members of team standing behind.

Brigadier Chopra had otherwise worked marvelous in distributing relief materials and rescuing many- Jindal’s name and vehicles were a known name in Saharsa division
Luckily the DM allotted a negligible place at Singheshwar and I pressed the team to go to Supaul where in the BSR College we had patients many- some 500 or more. Even Gujarati doctor on an ambulance distributed medicines there.
While returning in a lighter vein, on the name of Chopra I said a joke where some student said to his teacher Chopra as Kopada when the boy was asked to read as Kemistry for the Chemistry. We had an enjoying time. I said about a story in which ,Shake the bolltle before use,” was interpreted by someone as to heat (from Maithili’s seknai) well.
I also said that in English Ram for Lord will be meant for an animal giving wool like Mango at Jamshedpur will be interpreted for a locality where bus stand was situated.

Mananji while returning from Supaul narrated an instance a non-Maithil person(a Bengali) enumerator of the electoral roll had written as Headman as the title of Mukhiya of many persons of a village as the village Mukhiya he interpreted as the Headman like that of Bengal.

On 14th September the last day I did not say anything for the place initially as I had limited time there and the team was in packing move. I was informed that they were going to Mushharnia/ Barhkhurwa Ghat camp for which we crossed via Pipra where I gave a statement to the correspondent of Hindustan that leaders be prevented entering flooded area as they stall the progress of relief work. They should be prevented like some leaders on instance of inciting communal violence. The situation was grimmer than any violence.

The correspondent, a young boy asked me whether I was sure at the statement as it was a hard one. I affirmed that it should go by my personal name as spokesman of the Antarrashtriya Maithili Parishad not by the name of the Jindal which team I was accompanying.
Mananji informed me on my return to Ranchi that that statement had appeared in the press.
We crossed through Pipra bazaar where khaza was purchased which though delicious I took only two being calorie as well as stomach trouble conscious.

We crossed through Tribeniniganj and we reached to Bhutahi/Barahkhurwa bandh where were around a thousand families taken shelter on bundh. Those coming from boat from flooded zone were given a packet of materials containing few kg of chura,etc. I had tears and still my eyes are tearful to enter the data on the pathetic condition of the thousands of people of my area, not many kilometer was Pratapganj, Chhatapur, after which was Forbesganj where I was born.
There were families who have lost some member there. One such family who had lost earning father was photographed by Mrs. Roy . She asked someone to bring biscuits from Tribeniganj which was distributed among children who became very happy to get that though I was busy in

seeing patients; one among them was a very old mother whom I I gave full Taxim injections for four next days, after injecting one to her.


The Army personnels were well supervising there having control of all affairs. There was also a medical camp of the State Govt. Soon we had a rush to dispense medicine and there after some saree (new) started distributed there where people thronged. Though we saw many hundreds there people started coming repeating and also I had an earnest desire to see RD 22 where I was informed that some 10-15 thousand persons were stranded. Had bandh broken there entire Saharsa would have been gulped by flood water.



Unprecedented, I asked all to pack up and start for RD 22. We reached Pipra again, we had a standing lunch on road well covered by high trees. It was a sporting lunch in fact. RD 22 was some 40 km from there but Mrs. Roy said that returning Saharsa by 7 pm was essential and so we should rather have a camp in nearby school.
Ladies have some problems in such a team and I had to accept the will as after all it was not my NMO/AMP team.

We went to the Satyadeb High school where already Dr. Vijay Kumar, MBBS from LLRM, Meerut and a resident of Chapra was well serving the people. He was poste at Chapra.

Soon there was a rush as before to get medicines which was distributed most as that was the last camp for us. Dr. Vijay asked me to donate medicines but I said him that I was not the in-charge of that.(However, Jindal team donated rest medicines and truckload of materials to Ramdev Baba’s team at Saharsa that night. I was said by someone that the MECON team brought back some drugs as they did not have authority to donate. This is difference between private and Government sector and their mentality on which it primarily depends.)

We reached in the evening Saharsa. At Gangjala Chowk there was a big jam by flood regugees who were sore at mismanagement in Mega camps . CM Neetish was in the town and it was in protest of him. Flood politics will go long as elections are near.

I asked Dr. L.N. Jha to accompany me to late R.N. Jha’s house whse daughter in law , Prabha , is working for the www.Miththilaart and had been an stimulator to me for quick progress of Maithili Geeta but he could not find time nor I could go being tired and exhausted. I phoned Dr, Swatantra Kumar Singh but he also was not at home nor he did come on message. I tried to contact Dr. Prabhash Singh who was a senior to me at the DMCH and was involved in JP agitation- we both were caught a midnight out of Darbhanga station when we were writing slogans on wall in favour of Janta Party but despite many calls wait his number was not provided by his house.
I talked to Vivekanand Jha who was with us at the BSR College, Supaul camp and was busy in distributing medicines there as a Karmyogi. I requested him to join the AMP which he accepted and consulting Dr. L.N. Jha I announced his name as the Organising Secretary, AMP, Saharsa.

I had a long talk with Dr. L, N. Jha on many things . I told him that whether working for life long for RSS had I choose a path which was not much rewarding to persons of my area of Koshi-Kamla? I had even declined a marriage proposal of the granddaughter of LN Mishra (daughter of Gauri shankar Rajhans) in 1985.

We talked about Mishra brothers on the backdrop of Dr. Jagannath Mishra’s renunciation of parliamentary politics. Though I have strong reservation on his choosing Urdu as second Language of Bihar in place of Maithili, I had four meetings with him which had been very cordial. Once he also came to my Ranchi quarters to deliver certificates to the participants of Maithili Training Camp.
LN Jha is only six months junior to him and he narrated me how Lalit babu differed from him. Once a Yadv young man approached Jagannath Mishra for some canal to his village which he refused angrily.

Lait babu was there in the home and when he met him he asked Yadav about his old father. Knowing that he was ill he said that he would have a tea with him next morning. And he phoned the concerned engineer to come there by the morning on tea where that work was accepted to be done immediately.

LN Jha had narration of the story that how Saharsa was made a postal division by the then Communication Minister of India, Ram Subhag Singh was an eye opener for any social worker.

When LN Jha told LN Mishra vote face that till he was in Saharsa it was a postal division only. Lalit babu was dumbfounded on it. Someone came to LN Jha’s house and informed that Lalit Babu was shocked over some of his utterance. LN Jha went to apologize.

Lalit Babu asked Secretary of postal Union, LN Jha to accompany him to Patna but LN Jha reached next day morning there taking his leave. At 5 am he asked for LN Jha and took tea with him. After 8 am, he took him to Ram Subhag Singh who phoned Minister of State Prof. Sher Singh. He said that it had no justification. Dumka was created because that was hilly region. On which LN Jha quipped .”one can walk on hills but walking on Koshi sand was impossible and Saharsa had more number of employees than Dumka.”
Ram Subhag Singh asked LN Jha to meet him at Delhi. Again Lalit Babu asked him to accompany but he said that for Union work he will go with President and going to Saharsa along with President and others he reached Delhi and there Division was created which was later inaugurated by Lalit Babu.

I talked Prof. Lalpari devi and Prof. Vinay Chudhary who came to see me next morning.

Knowing that we are to start early 630 am was fixed time and I was ready befre she came in time. Soon Vinayji came and we had organizational meeting on the backdrop of work on Koshi floods.

Vinayji said that officers were indulged in looting. In Saharsa sweets were in scarcity as everyone orders for Kaju-barfi!

Mrs. Roy came a bit late and I accompanied them on Scorpio.
While we were returning many more were going to serve.
I saw a truck had a banner, “Maithili GoShthi”, the place I could not read.
There were vechiles/trucks from Pukar/ Rahat, News 24 hours, Sant Rihani, Haryana, BCCL, Barera, Khelari, Channel 4.

The water was receding and people were less in the road side machans than we had seen few days back.
Debu told me that the previous in way to Pipra while singing song from mobile, our ambulance had a close shave! He also told me that he got a youngest friend in me and whether he remained in Jindal or not would come as a rehabilitation worker and would like me to serve there in a Koshi clinic which I promise to to the extent possible from me.

There were trucks of Sudesh Foundation, Jharia, Umrao, Rajasthan, Binod Sharma, Ambala, Bihar Voluntary Health Association, Voluntary Health Association of India, truckload from Cipla Pharma(I thought must be of drugs needed so badly there- Dnesh Mishra had phoned me to arrange drugs for Purnea camp), of Patna Goalf Club, from Nagarpada, Bhagalpur, and not from where –there was from DAV Schools; I saw three trucks District Administration, Bhivani (Haryana).; I saw the trucks from Kota Rajasthan, Plan International, Helpage India, Bihar Group, Vidisha(M.P.) .

Yes, these are some which I could note while I was in the way - note that such flow of material was round the clock for many days and weeks continuously. On 21st September, truck of CNN-IBN brought matters from Hyderabad,AMP; Delhi, AMP is yet to send.
Last night Dr. Vijayendra, NMO, Kashi said that he worked in Supaul with 12 medicos team; Dr. Pratap had worked at Banamankhi. Vijayendra or Kripanand had banners of NMO-AMP- I did not have though I had taken one, I felt not to add one more among numerous . DR. Vivekanand, National Jt. Secreatry, NMO told m that he was passing through zero miles, Maheshkhunt (when we were returning to Ranchi) in way to Beldaur area where he was running medical camps.

Banners have value but persons have more and their hearts and souls if you can unite them with the victims who are our own kith and kin.

I saw country was united on Koshi calamity though I did not see trucks from South, maybe from distance but even if Bihari-baiter Bombay could send relief material whether it was not a sign of unity of India1

I saw a vast difference from the days of 1977. 1984 or 1987 whether from Andhra cyclone to Koshi Floods. True, this flood was unprecedented but truer the help from countrymen was equally unprecedented!


On 14th night, Dinesh Kumar Mishra had sent a message to watch his episode on NDTV which due to Delhi blasts was postponed and I saw it at Ranchi. Rightly this Kushha breach was the eighth breach on Koshi- seven times in India and first in Nepal which submerged Nepal’s 35,000 population too of 4 Panchayats.
In 1963, Bhimnagar barrage was made.
5th to 8th August twice breach was broken- 900 villages flooded, 2 millions affected.
CM, Bihar had visited Birpur on 26th July and had asked for repair in November when every time breach happens in July/August? Who is responsible?
Forests in Nepal were ordered to cut after breach?
They want a new channel of Koshi which has never been in the world anytime.
The Koshi had silt- big mounds- its sands are increasing 5” high per year and who can do cleaning of sand for 100km which will amount to 6 million squire meter, needing 37,000 trucks which will be 261 km chain?

Whether whole country will do de-silting ?

Way is break the bundhs.

All central Planning Offices are den of corruption.

Medha Patkar may become of Narmada but who will evolve Koshi?

1-2 feet of water will come every year if bundh is broken but devastation will not occur.
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How we can make people conscious when in 5 million Koshi people hardly 2 lakh read newspapers!

An area where a child is swimmer ,people are drowning?


Nowhere in the world bundhs could have been unbreakable- breaking of embankments is as true as that of the mortality of a man!

For 20 lakh population 3 helicopters and 106 boats ??

Army reached after 10 days !

Assam too had 21 lakh affected in floods but no media hype?

Learn to live with flood than trying to control that by bandhs.





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When we crossed the Rajendra bridge on Mother Ganga at Mokama, it was a pleasant weather and I had a photograph with Debashish.







The net many times hinders the normal writing flow and writing commitments have backlog. I did mot write/ blog for good many days as I had gone to serve Koshi Foood victims and then was busy in finalizing matter for the Aayurvigyan Pragati and Maithili Sandesh which could not have issues for long. I was awoke till 4 am on 26.9.08 and again I was awoke till 3 am on 30.9.08 to read the proofs and now I wish to conclude the article without waiting any further comments of Debashis.


On one of my last blog the Maithili activist Gajendra Thakur comments
“The rehabilitation has started and as we go by the words of Nitishji every single person will be given home, and the rehabilitation work will be remembered by the posterity, like roads Nitish can do this, is my personal hope and belief.”
I wish he is correct but that is like a dream only and there is no harm in dreaming.
The relief materials can be go to wrong hands has been already seen and MLAs or their agents have been quoted to be a party of that. The relief material from the AMP, Hyderabad when reached Saharsa, somehow it reached to an MLAs hands and he asked AMP workers to have a photo with the material at Saharsa College itself but they insisted that they wanted photos while being distributed to real needy.

17th September Vishwakarma Puja and Astrology

17.9.8
17th September Vishwakarma Puja and Astrology

17th September is a Sankranti Day and Vishwakarma Puja is celebrated today.
Mrs.Asha Pandey called me from Bangalore and I recalled the Puja there and sweet packets. She had called for hints on Hindi Essay Competitions on the occasion of Rajbhasha Fortnight.
Probably,there was a bomb hoax in local DAV School and boys got a leave and the must have enjoyed the Vishwakarma sweets.
My Health Centre landline had a problem but mechanics told that on Vishwakarma day they would not touch any instrument. Kayasthas do not touch pen on Chitragupta day. If a doctor say so on Doctors’ day many may loose life! And there are at least tow doctors’ day- one propagated by me through the NMO (Dhanwantari day- two days before Deepawali and the other on 1st July- the birth and death day of Dr. B.C.Roy, the first CM of WB). At least he had spared people fo observing two days.

The day mania is endless. I too wanted to die on my birthday 1st August but recently I could know that it is in Dakshinayan and so to get Moksha I must die before 14th June in any year. My horoscope says I would leave 14 days more after 78 years- seems I would not only try to die 14 days before but 2 months before!

Anyway, the World did not end on 10th September as predicted by many..but for many who were drowned in Koshi Floods despite having bright horoscope opresdictions.
But every time it is not true- at least Bhuj earthquake was forecasted by Thakurdas calendar ( Gujarat/Surastra nash in January) was printed in a calendar I purchased in December!

Astrology is not a science like astronomy many say but the ‘living Newton’, Stephen Hawking author of “A Brief History of Time,” has not replied this question at the Siri Fort Auditorium when his live televised lecture I saw some years back.

Koshi floods the birth of CALAMITY MEDICINE/ DISASTER MEDICINE

17.9.2008
Koshi floods the birth of CALAMITY MEDICINE/ DISASTER MEDICINE
I am just returned from Koshi flood relief work where I had worked in 1984(and had written an editorial in Aayurvigyan Pragati , CALAMITY MEDICINE then almost unknown which the world now knows as DISASTER MEDICINE.

The Govt. of Gujarat had sent many ambulances and they had appreciation from local people.

Once a doctor there dispensed for long my prescriptions( my coworker told me later- I was busy there maybe 1 minute/patient).. 3 million people are affected seriously- over 2 lakh houses (huts) gulped by flood in only one district of Supaul.

I had never worked less than a national scale(the idea of a national organisation of medicos on 8.8.1977, founding it on 5.11.1977 by collecting medicos from hut to hut in ABVP Conference and collecting money and even going there to work in Andhra Cyclone struck on 19.11.1977) though many think my work regional when I talk of my mother tongue Maithili and ask for a linguistic state, Mithila.

I ask that because Mithila is the seat-anchor of Hindu culture but the poorest part of Hindustan. The area of Varah - Prahlad(I knew that at Bharatmata mandir, Pobandar that Prahlad was born in Purnea the area devastated)-Janak-Jaanki- Yajnavalkya-Maitrayee-Gargi-Gautam-Ahlya-Ashtavakra- Kapil-Jaimini- Vachaspati- Bhamati-Mandan-Bharati) is having the lowest per capita income in the country.

And it has been marginalized again by Koshi, the sister of my ancestor Kaushik, the Vishwamitra.

I know I could not organise much and I had to take help of a corporate house (Jindal)which had earmarked Rs.10 million for this flood relief. Purchased as per my suggestions, around one lakh rupees drugs were prescribed by me (and a young house surgeon Arun from the Koshi area who affirmed to be a NMO worker though no introduction with NMO despite studied at RIIMS, Ranchi!).

I could have some acquaintances- one NGO worker Debashish told me that he in any way will work for the rehabilitation either remaining in the Jindal or even out of that!

Maybe I may not concentrate for long for work all over, due to my physical limitations, I wish many more join and emulate.

Dhanakar