Wed, 2011
Shehla Masood by Rajat Kumar
written by / Parveen Verma, on / December 7th, 2011, under / the rainy blog
Winston Churchill said that I am willing to meet my MAKER but whether my MAKER is willing to face the ordeal of meeting me is a different matter altogether…
Shehla Masood had the same belief and the same spirit, she lived by it and she died believing it, that I’ll do my job, so be it that I have to meet my MAKER, be it for environment, wild life conservation, RTI, Police high handedness, corruption and all such issues that plague Indian society and common people like you & I. And being close to her, I know for sure that her MAKER is having a tough time because she will, in her after life, will still be tenacious to ask probing questions to her MAKER…
She was threatened by one and all but she never conceded, she was harassed but she never lost her zeal, she was killed but her spirit lingers on and on…her relentlessness, her motivation, her self-belief is a beacon of hope for all those who want to carry on the flickering flame of justice for poor & downtrodden.
Zauq in one of his famous poems said that:
Laai Hayaat to aaye qaza le chali chaley,
Apni Khushi se na aaye na apni khushi chaley
Shehla could not be the master of her ‘hayat’ and her ‘qaza’ but she surely mastered her life in between the two by doing and dying for what she believed in…rare are those fellows who have the heart for following their heart and she is right on top of the list…
References
Rajat Kumar – http://in.linkedin.com/pub/rajat-kumar/24/55/130Join the Shehla Masood Memorial
http://www.facebook.com/Shehla.Masood.Memorial
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Simply Awesome!
Will add it on her Wikipedia profile.
Very beautifully written by Rajat sir…thank you Praveen bhai for posting here…
Very poignant.. I hope her spirit, together with all the martyrs for just causes, guides all of us in the right direction..
She was one of the best and brightest and its a shame that I am not hearing more about the case. Thank you for sharing your homage to her and her spirit.
Well written Rajat Kumar. The only thing I have to add here is,,,,
“yeh shaukh-e-shahadat ko kya kijiye,
ab to haathon me apne sar le liya hai,
aur qatl hone se kab tak yun darte rahein,
ab to qaatilon ke muholleh me ghar le liya hai”,,,,
Shehla inspires me from her grave as she did in life,,,, may she rest in peace,, Ameen.