“Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the
other side is attainable only after great suffering.”
---- Santosh Kalwar
Finally, the day came when a huge gathering of supporters Hari Singh showed up at Jantar Mantar on Sunday the 19th of Jan, 2014. Early in the morning at 9.30 we reached there and I was surprised to see my friends already present. But then, my hopes likely got low when I soon came to know that this point where we wanted a peace march was called ‘focal point of expression ’ of Jantar Mantar where other people also raise their voice against injustice and atrocities of the society. And there went all my nerve strings loose as I thought will we be able to achieve our goal?
My mother, my biggest support consoled me not to worry and believe
in my father and his great sacrifice. So, leaving aside all worries, I focused
on the stage preparation. The presence of my kith and kin made me stronger. Our
stage was placed just half mile away from the main entrance of the premises.
Although there were lots of distractions from other protestors, but
we carried our silent protest peacefully. Few of our relatives voiced for my
father and his sacrifices for the motherland and others gave some of their
viewpoints.
With placards in hand and in backdrop was a
huge stage banner stamped with ‘ikkis saal se nyay ke liye sangharsh,
Hari Singh ko insaf dilane ke liye Saanketik Dharna’, my brother,
sister-in-law and I stood on the stage for some hours. After a while, I was
clicked with hopes when some men called me and asked me about the reason of the
protest. To my surprise, they were all media persons. Those moments throughout
the event were moments of anticipation as well as fear. Anticipation because
people were listening to us, our peace march filtered many senses with
inquisitive mind and fear because of the tensions churning inside me.
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