
The
days were joyful and colourful in the early phase of my school , like other
children I would love to play with kids and celebrate each occasion with
them. Those early days of my life were really wonderful and my mother used to
fascinate me with fairytales and their fancy world. I was in the wonder zone of
those wonderful days, free from all sorrow and grief. The only thing which
seldom pinched me is the recurrent absence of my father due to his frequent and
long business visits.
Whenever I
craved for him, my mother pacified me saying "Darling, he is working whole
heartedly for you and your brother, he wants to see all of us happy and
contented and for this he spends most of his time outside the home. He promised
me soon he will bring some exotic clothes for you and Utsav, and of course
dozens of Barbie dolls to decorate your room.” Utsav, my brother who is four
year older to me was much matured to his age. He was not that much pushy and
demanding and would spend most of his time in study and helping the mother in
household chores.
Things
got drastically changed when I entered in class six, the emotionally weak
nanaji
(Grandfather)
couldn't resist himself from the emotional outburst and vented out his pain in
my numb presence. My ears which were hardly ever attentive to the world 'Jail'
got echoed by his deep shriek and a shivering silence. The very night I saw the
flowing eyes of my mother but her tears eroded the layer of misconception
which was eventually developed when I heard the black word - Jail. She
unearthed the virtuous truth that her father is victim of circumstances who
stood against injustice and fought against corruption, he is an apostle of
peace.
Hari
Singh my father born in a middle class family of Haryana, adopted by her elder
sister in Delhi for better care and education. Started his career as a teacher
in 1980 then switched to freight forwarding company in 1984 and finally
initiated his own business where he couldn't move forward due to the corrupt
system and lack of support from the people whom he had trusted a lot. Latter,
he purchased a truck through bank loan and become self employed, things were
getting normalised then misfortune encircled him again in January 1991. While
carrying the consignment of a blue chip company of Rs. 45 lakh worth had an
accident. Both police and the consigner started to harass him and his truck was
ceased for nearly eight months.
The
men of the mettle Hari Singh remained tough and calm during those
challenging days, but it was the deceased political system, corruption in
government machinery and weakening of social thread between the different
communities of the nations due to the age old 'divide and rule' policy of
politics monger shattered him totally.
On
27 March 1993 circumstances compelled him to took a rebellious step to end this
dirty politics in the nation which was heading on the inhuman ground. My
father Hijacked IC - 439 an Indian Airline plane just to show his concern on
rising corruption and communal hatred in the country and appealed people to
stand against these issues in a peaceful manner in order to regain growth,
justice and communal harmony in the country.
The
court has given the verdict; life time imprisonment. Now, I want to know your verdict
not on legal, but on human ground that you want see him behind the bars or in
my home, where I am waiting my father for years.
Its indeed sad! You will get time to spend with our father. Your father will be out of bars.
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