on 26th Dec 1986 ... At Rishikesh unknown decomposed body was found on street ..near garbage dump...said to be of 'beggar' who used to sit below the statue of Netaji Subhash Ch Bose .. identified after a Month
She was PadamShri #BinaDas ..Indian Freedom Fighter.. revolutionary
She was daughter of Beni Madhav Das ..teacher who inspired young Subhash Chandra Bose..
Netaji used to stand up seeing #BinaDas..
Her elder sister was Freedom Fighter Kalyani Das .
Bright student & inspiration for young revolutionaries
#BinaDas was arrested for shooting Gov Stanley jackson
... few rare women revolutionaries who went through 9 year rigorous imprisonment with unimaginable physical atrocities in jail like Hijli camp..
She was 21 yr old..Calcutta Univ grad and top student.
You can read her statement ... statement of #BinaDas before the British Court..
Read those words...words of conviction... even today those words make hair stand on ends...
Goosebumps
Calcutta University with held the degrees of their brightest students..
Pritilata Wadedar ... and #BinaDas ...
They were awarded with their degrees which British withheld only in 2012 ..after 80 years ..long after she passed away unknown in dumps ...
She worked with Jugantar group 'Manicktala Gang' as revolutionary ... several of its member were hanged or deported to Andaman Jail...
Some members of the group:
Aurobindo
Barin Ghosh
Surya Sen
Bagha Jatin
Khudiram Bose ..
If not more she sure was not less than anyone of them
Unknown to me ...as to most of us...her heroics were told to me by her 'associate' Sudhanshu Biswas ...
Last of the survivor of 'Maniktala Gang'..
Holding my hand 98 yr old...remembering her said in Bengali:
" Bina di crafted me herself..made me a human " (loose translation)
Not know if even a plaque exists in her name across India...
Except for this... Put up by Sudhanshu Biswas at his Ashram near Kolkata.
In memory of sisters #BinaDas , Kalyani Das and father Beni Madhab Das.
Gems ..legends and heroics of
Pritilata Wadedar
Kalyani Das
Bina Das
Kamala Dasgupta
Suhasini Ganguly
Kalpana Datta
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And the Leela Nag ....
For some other night...
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No one knows his birthday for he was born in Slavery...
We are talking about Missouri, 1860's...
He was just a week old, when he along with his mother and sister were 'stolen' from Arkansas and 'sold'..as slaves in market of Kentucky ..1/n #SciStory
His parents were already purchased for 700$ by German American immigrant , the Master negotiates with the new buyer in Kentucky and could only get him back...he would never see his mother or sister again..
He was a week old infant. 2/n
While working in the farm and doing house chores he learnt basics of reading and writing..from 'Aunt'
Meanwhile Slavery was abolished
'Blacks' were though not allowed in neighborhood Public school...
Kid walked 16 kms away to find school closed...
Times we are talking about is 1740's..
She was 8th and youngest...by 8 she had seen death of two of the sisters..
10 yr old..she gets typhus her blocking her physical growth and loss of vision in left eye .. rest of life she would be about 4ft ..1/n
Assumed she would never get married...her mother thought it's best for her to be trained as house servant..rather than getting education like boys..and as wished by her Father..
He would sneek in Mother's absence and tutor her.. 2/n
Though most of her time went in household chores.. she would join brothers during their lessons whenever she could..she was forbidden to learn French, basic education or even advanced needlework ...
what if she starts to work independently...who would do the chores !
Born in Russia his home had Sanskrit Name ..most probably 'Uruswati' ...and a painting of Majestic Kanchenjunga peak of Himalayas.. that painting defined his life..1/n
Gets the title of 'Artist' becomes an important figure of Art Academy in Russia ...1903-1905 travelled in Russia studying neglected conditions of Ancient monuments and Arts ..started actively campaigning, writting articles ..creating cultural revolution for protection of CULTURE
He submitted reports and creates public movement against distortion destruction and unskilled restoration of historical sites and Arts.. creating cultural revival revolution in Russia around 1905-1915, important time in Russian history 3/n
Since this vile piece of article..written by the biased cricket commentator ..in an prejudiced newspaper is being quoted internationally...
Guess it deserves some rebuke...
Point 1: Article is published in section 'Opinion' ...that's what exactly it is : simple Opinion of someone named 'Ramchandra Guha'
Published in local political mouthpieceThe Telegraph ...pick up any date since 2014 and bet front page would be vilest junk on the PM of India.
Written 13 paragraphs by someone Ramchandra Guha ...on Science and scholarship ..
Paragraph 1- 3: All about PM surgical strikes etc..Nothing to do with science.
So ....that's the prejudiced opinion which has nothing to do with the subject of article..
Hence leave it..read ahead