Monday, January 26, 2009

1950

As I go through yesterday's newspaper, I come across a number of people born in 1950. You are just a half century away from the grand opening of 2000. It' s so special for a country like India. It made India a great Republic and in spite of all odds, India survived and sustained it. The new Constitution came into existence-the only written Constitution that gave birth to numerous policies, rules, guidelines, laws, amendments that the People of India need to follow under all given or ungiven circumstances. Since my childhood, I have always liked and adored the "PREAMBLE" of the Constitution. I still remember, our Civics teacher asked us to mug it up. She asked each of us to come forward in front of class and speak out the words mentioned in the "PREAMBLE". Each of us spoke with full confidence and we used to feel a sense of acheivement after speaking for few seconds. It used to be a great moment.

Each person born in this year has his or her own story to narrate to the world. There are plenty who were born but their stories are same as any common man and do not get highlighted.

Narendra Modi- 1950th born is one of the most talked about personality. He worked and helped in Gujarat's development to such an extent that even in the time of recession, he made India Inc. and rest of the world sign on billions of dollars for investment. It's just great-- the mind-tact-work-manner- just everything.

Shabana Azmi- she is definitely great as an actor. The work she does for the slum dwellers of Mumbai-it's worth mentioning. But, sometimes, she has gone beyond the limits. She has never realised how it might go down the brains of others who are listening. She has been provocative and gained unrequired publicity by doing those things which people don't entertain.

How can we forget Mohinder Amarnath who helped India win it's first Cricket World Cup in the year 1983? Rajnikanth has been a very popular actor of Tamilnadu. Starting his life as a bus conductor, he invaded the Tamil film industry with a lot of dreams. His expressions, way of delivering dialogues, action stunts -everything revolutionised the mindset of South Indian cinema viewers.

We all know that 15th August is our Independence Day, year was 1947 when we were out of the clutches of British Raj. But, in 1950, this day brought a major disaster in form of earthquake in the north east of our country-Assam when lakhs of people were rendered homeless.

The two great and prominent scholars who bid adieu to this world were the 'IRON MAN'--Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and the mystic 'Guru'-- Shri Aurobindo Das. I personally like Sardar a lot. He was responsible for the unification of the country 'INDIA'. He was a true 'Home Minister' who brought the different erstwhile kingdoms and states under one roof of India. A great freedom fighter, statesman who toiled hard to keep the country intact.

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