Forgotten..

This is what can be called "Gandhigiri to the core "..The whole of the nation celebrates Gandhi Jayathi today..2nd of october.Techies,students,executives all enjoying a day off in the name of the mahatma..many a tv channels flaunting a song or a movie or a documentary in the name of the legendary leader..

" I believe in the equality of everyone except reporters and photographers " is one of the quotes of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi(MKG)..And on his very birthday, it seems people have other ideas.It may be true that MKG had a tremendrous impact on the freedom struggle and was the driving force for an Independent India..Fair enough..But lets not forget people who were in his shadows doing all the work..and were pioneers for building blocks of the young India.

He was instrumental in pushing the Green Revolution in India and spent almost nine years in jail during India's freedom struggle.Known for his honesty and humility, this man commanded a great deal of respect in the Indian populace.Though ineffectual in dealing with economic and food crisis in the country, he was successful in implementing Nehruvian idealogies in his administration.The landslide successes of his Party in the General Elections of 1952, 1957 and 1962 were in a very large measure the result of his complete identification with the cause and his organisational genius.He coined the term " Jai Jawan,Jai Kisan" during Ind0-Pakistani war of 1965 and was greatly acknowleged by his partymen as a man of great integrity and competence.The third prime minister of India..He is none other than Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri.
And he was born on October the Second...

He may not be as iconic as MKGji..his resume may not boast of accomplishments that are worthy of hailing him..but still he has got to be remembered on his day..OK let us put it this way..he also has to be remembered on October the second..For the records, Lal Bahadur Shastri was deeply influenced by the political teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. "Hard work is equal to prayer," he once said, in accents profoundly reminiscent of his Master. In the direct tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri represented the best in Indian culture.

I don't find any newspaper or any news channel remembering him today..Vijay Ghat will have visitors for sure, but the sad and ignored state of the LB stadium in Hyderabad might just sum up the story.