Friday 26 September, 2008

Who is the Real hero?


It has been a very long time since I express my thoughts on this platform. But today I couldn't restrict myself from writing this. Some time back the capital of country was derailed by the terrorists and in after investigations and catching the suspects one of the officer of Delhi Police, Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma has died while fighting with them. But before he lost his life he shot dead the two culprits. This Inspector Sharma was around 42 years old and he was serving for Delhi police for more than 18 years. During his service he shot dead more than 20 criminals and encountered the same number of terrorists. The figure is not important here. The important fact is several times he has put his life in danger to catch the terrorists and save millions of life. As a token of appreciation he was being awarded with the several medals which includes President's medal as well. After his death the Government has given his family 5 lacs INR.


Now I want to remind you the prize money received by a shooter for winning Gold Medal in Beijing Olympics. You must be remembering that Abhinav Bindra is that shooter who has given all Indians a pride by becoming the first Indian to win gold medal in any Olympics. I know it is also a very big achievement as we got that medal after a waiting period of 112 years. The Indian Govt and several state governments has announced a prize money as a token of appreciation for his unique endeavor. The amount comes around 3 crores INR. Also I would like to remind you of one more such event when the Indian Cricketer Yuvraj Singh smashed six sixes in a single over he was awarded with 1 crore INR. Also lot of money is given as a salary to the present MP's and as a pension to the retired MP's for their so called National Service.
Now my question is who has served the nation in real manner, is that those who seats in AC's and move with the hell lot of security or by those who achieves a excellency certain sports and gives nation a pride or those who fights with the terrorists and militants to secure the life of common man and to keep peace in the country?. It is good that some sportsmen gets a cash reward for giving excellent performance on International Platform. I am not against that because these awards serves as a motivation and inspiration to the young generation and aspiring sportsmen. My concerned is, "Is loosing your life while fighting with terrorists or fighting with the culprits of the society is cheaper than winning a medal at International stage?". I hope by now you might have got my point. The Govt and we common man of the society needs to give serious thought over this. I mean when a soldier or a police man is serving most of the time in dangerous situations he has to think about his family. Because we care for our family the most. If we give awards to such soldiers with the enough money to support their family even after their death then I think these people will get motivated and inspired than they were before and can serve the nation without any personal or family worries.
Let me clear here itself that this is my personal opinion and it is absolutely fine even if you didn't like it. But if you have good points to suggest then please do not hesitate to keep your comments here.