21 OCTOBER

1. Aaj 21 Oct., amader satyikarer swadhinata dibas. Sara bishwe ei barta chhoriye din bhai. Tobei desher manush jagbe, swadhin hobe.

2. Wherever revolution achieved freedom, the liberation army was hailed as heroes save in India where they were branded traitors.

3. Today is the 75th Independence Day of United India, a day of momentous historic significance. Leave aside all and celebrate.

4. What a slap on the face of British imperialism it must have been when in Singapore on 21 Oct, 1943 Netaji declared the formal inauguration of his Provisional Govt of Free India!

5. Swadhin hoyechhi aaj 74 bochhor agey, 21 Oct, 1943. Kotha gelen amader swadhinatar pratik, prabaadpurush Netaji?

6. Netaji sthitadhi brahmacharyabaan purush chhilen bolei 21Oct,1943 samrajyabader bheet knapiye swadhin sarkar gothoney samartha hon.

RAJYASHREE CHAUDHURI'S RESEARCHED COMMENTS ON NETAJI

Rajyashree Chaudhuri Utpal Aich your devotion for Netaji saddens me to shock you with fact that may ruin your mental aplomb. The fact Dr. Sisir Bose escorted Netaji till GOMOH Stn is a big lie by Dr. Bose .His Mahanishkromon novel where he narrated the story is the gospel of lies. The lies are caught as follows: 1) Dr. Sisir Bose writes a letter to Smt. Indira Gandhi, PM of India in 1968 ,where he wants to access files where his uncle's Great escape is mentioned and wants to receive the information on it in details which was unknown to him until then !!!!!! The train timings, stations and Train names donot match with the January 1941 Indian Railways timetable. In Suresh Chandra Bose's Dissentient Report other nephews and nieces are mentioned of being involved in the Great Escape but not Dr. Sisir Bose. The information vide published works by Bhagatram Talwar and Uttam Chand Malhotra doesnot have any mention of Dr. Sisir Bose. In fact ,before the Great Escape Netaji had left mentor and elder brother Shri Sarat Bose's residence for quite sometime over the dispute of his brother's continued patronage of keeping British Spy Shri Nirad C Chaudhuri as his personal assistant. So no question of making Dr. Sisir Bose his consultant for the most confidential flight for garlanding his Motherland with Freedom through external political upsurge.- Courtesy - information from the indepth research by Dr. Jayanta Choudhuri 

Sugata Bose Pertinent facts, Rajyashree Chaudhuri, that need to make us review the entire escape narrative. Will be delighted if some authentic books are suggested regarding the same that bring facts to light, or, is it that they are yet to be written and one must collect information from researched sources/files/documents alone?

Sugata Bose Utpal Babu, your consuming interest in Netaji is commendable, an object lesson for many.

THEY COME IN A FLASH ... 2

1. The helmet is there but the man is gone, where? Was the man the helmet? Or was he distinct? Even so we don the body we are not.

2. The whole of life is the interaction of the self and the surroundings. The red missile is hurled at you and you duck or you hook.

3. They suck our life-blood in the name of commerce, drain us dry till we drop dead anaemic. Soulless they are, these profit-makers!

4. There is no end to the folly of the human soul. In its vanity it raises itself and so extinguishes the flame of future glory.

5. Give up selfishness before you call yourselves men. There are a billion gods to appease before you may say so.

6. The wealth of the world cannot be individual possession. Laws do not entitle you to unlimited holdings. Ethics must hold precedence.

7. Men move in the rut of beliefs and prior suggestions received in the formative years of experience. Reality lies beyond though.

8. We have brought our own into this mortal world, now we must bequeath unto them immortality.

SAVE THE PLANET ... 2

1. Can you make a resolution which you will for once fulfil? Plant trees and save the planet. Make gardening compulsory in curriculum.

2. If not today the world, then tomorrow there shall be no nation. Forgo the smaller objective for the larger cause. Save the planet.

3. Be fresh each one of you and let us start afresh our bid to clean the air, conserve water and avoid wastage of all kinds.

4. What is nation-building but the building up of the individual and the creation of conditions for his healthy survival and flourishing?

5. It is two minutes to twelve. There is no more time to wait. Act now to save the world. Else, holocaust awaits in the wings.

6. May we celebrate through the year Van Mahotsav with as much vigour as we celebrate Deepavali for a week!

7. This one has a background blue. When have you last seen a clear blue sky? Why must telescopes seek the countryside to spot stars?

8. Here balloons fly. Is this the end of civilisation on earth? Are we to relocate elsewhere on some distant spot out in space?

9. In the din of the conflicts of real life let us not forget that we have now a planet on fever and a planet to save. Plant trees.

10. For every tree that is felled it is our bounden duty to plant a thousand trees. Only then will the environment be saved.

11. The planet is dying. Save her while yet there is time. Einstein had predicted such an environmental holocaust. Let us disprove him.

12. Plant trees if you wish not to bequeath unto your future generations a world uninhabitable. Save natural resources for future use.

13. Do you know why global warming is a threat today? It is because of human greed that fuels excessive industry to spew toxic fumes.

14. Are you taking steps to do something about the environment, like saving water, planting trees, living frugally and spreading awareness?

15. If each one of us conserves the earth's resources by leading a frugal life, we can arrest global warming and save the environment.

16. This is what the world ought to be, full of greenery both in the fields and in the heart. But it is a desert now. Let us transform it. The first step will be to inform ourselves of the environmental danger which we are in. The next must be a change in our attitude. Then comes engagement with the environment in a bid to protect it from further degradation. Lifestyle must be simplified to prevent overuse of resources and excessive carbon emission. "We must become thinkers." This is what Swami Vivekananda had said. Let this be the guiding principle in our crusade for greenery, in our movement to save the environment from degradation and our civilisation from annihilation. As we learn to think, this overemphasis on the consumerist culture will decrease and humanity will take increasing interest in the more benign pursuits of the mind. Loftiness of thinking, simplicity of living and positive engagement with Nature right from childhood will reverse this malefic environmental trend.

HITLER / NETAJI DISAPPEARANCE

1. One thing would solve the mystery, Hitler's corpse' (never found). Now, where was/is Netaji's corpse? How then do you claim his death?

2. Stalin refused London permission to question Hitler's staff interned in Moscow. So, how could they do so to Netaji and kill him there?

3. 'But if Hitler is dead, where is his body.?' The same question arises about Netaji. Now reflect.

IN RESPONSE TO MEGHNAD BOSE'S POST ON POLLUTION OWING TO BURSTING OF CRACKERS IN THE CAPITAL CITY

Men learn when the examination is over, such is the irony of life. It drags one of his own volition to death untimely and uncalled for. But consistent propagation of the idea without negative implications by way of carping criticism will do wonders in the fullness of time. This simple suggestion is a general statement and has no bearing to the post, though. The problem must be highlighted in a positive and illumined manner without rancour or ill-will expressed in any way. People are too ignorant and positively callous to their own well-being, such is the force of habit, the decadence consequent on inertia.

Keep up the good work, Meghnad Bose, knowing all to be the embodiment of the life divine that underlies and animates existence. When the youth awake, the nation awakes, for they represent the hope of the future well-being of the people.

Each one of us has a responsibility towards quickening consciousness in our countrymen to making our motherland habitable for all. In such an endeavour will the celebration of Deepavali (the festival of inner illumination) be a fitting exercise in cultural adherence and in nation-building. Shubha Kali Puja! Shubha Deepavali! Jai Hind!

IN VIEW OF FILTHY ABUSE HURLED AT A MEMBER BY ANOTHER MEMBER, NOW BLOCKED BY ADMINISTRATOR OF GROUP

It is shameful, utterly a disgrace to civilised discourse that such lowly invective can be resorted to, especially, when conversing on a person of impeccable manners who traversed the gamut of human experience faultlessly, was bedevilled by comrades-in-arms but never resorted to retribution on personal count, ever retaining national interest and humanity as essential to his dealings in life.

Without mentioning the names of the concerned members for the sake of their privacy, on behalf of the errant member (now blocked from the group), I hereby apologise to the suffering member, valorous and worthy, to say the least, and add on that such diatribe against anybody will not be tolerated here. However, I will feel beholden to any conscientious member who brings to my notice such misdemeanour as owing to pressure of administering over 80 pages and 80 groups all alone, I find it well-nigh impossible to keep up with the comments galore that find residence in my groups. It will be well-worthy of every member to seek the sanctity of the groups and to see to its maintenance by quick report to me whenever anything amiss is afoot.

Thanking you all and wishing each one of you my heartiest good wishes for the year ahead,
Shubha Deepavali!

Yours ever in Netaji,
Sugata Bose (administrator)