My Father, a True Patriot

“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
― Mark Twain

A leading news paper of India, The Hindu in its issue dated March 30th 2011 had quoted that, “Hari Singh committed the crime to make a political point; Court also asks the government to suitably commute sentence.” It becomes important to take a look at what exactly a crime is? Collins’s dictionary defines it as ‘an evil act’, & Oxford dictionary refers to it as, ‘an action or activity considered to be evil, shameful, or wrong’, so it is quite clear that crime is something after committing which  a doer feels shame and regrets it, generally. So did my father do anything shameful if he tried to save lives of innocent citizens of India who were sleeping on dynamites?

The venom corruption and communalism had injected into the veins of some fanatics had to be treated immediately, what wrong did my father do if he tried to cure that emergent social evil?  What wrong did my father do if he called upon the responsible citizens of India and wanted to deliver the message of humanity, equality & kindness? Was he wrong? If he was, then what about Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Ashfaq Ullah & Rajendra Lahidi? Were they guilty too, of saving their motherland from jaws of evil? My father has lived his life up to the expectations our forefathers had, an idealistic life in which he never compromised on his values. Was he wrong if chose the way to safeguard humanity? If he wasn’t then who is guilty if he suffers today? Hari Singh is my father & he is suffering.

It’s him or the system. If he isn’t the criminal, then the system is, and everyone knows that he isn’t. Loving a nation out of spirituality an individual has within personality isn’t a crime. My father just tried to give peace a chance & heal the wounds of motherland he was accountable to. He just listened to his heart which was full of love for his country & went ahead to ensure the safety & security of his country. He wasn’t wrong then & he isn’t wrong today, but he is serving a life sentence in a prison today, with all the difficulties & dies a death every single day. Take a moment and think about it, is this what we have to give a patriot in lieu of his sacrifices for the nation? Is this how we have been treating the sons of soil? If the answer is a YES then this is our moment of shame & if it’s a NO then we must try our best to bring fair justice for him. I am proud of being a patriot’s blood, take your share of pride and fight for his rights. Justice for Hari Singh.

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