REFUGEE

– K.A. ABBAS   

INTRODUCTION:[1914 TO 1987]
                           

K.A Abbas was an outstanding journalist film director and an Indo – Anglican writter. He has written political novel and short stories. This story attentions towards hostility the invested during the partion of India and Pakistan.

THE PARTION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN:                         

The Partion blew away nearly ten million people like Autumn leaves from one end of the country to other. In October of the year it also below two weak old women into Bombay hundreds of mile away from their home towns one of them was the author’s mothers and the other was the mother of a Sikh friend.

THE TWO OLD WOMEN:                       

One had come from panipat and the other from Rawalpindi by a strange chance they reached Bombay on the same day. The author called his mother Amman and his friend called is mother maanju.

MAANJI’S PATTERN OF LIVING:                       

Maanji used to live in the Rawalpindi in her own house .It was an double storeyed building. She had her own buffalow and also a shop which gave her a regular income she was very happy and peaceful fill the partion which forced her to leave all her properties and went to Bombay as a refugee.

THE FRIGHTFULL INCIDENCE:                       

 The situation in Rawalpindi become very dangerous for Hindus and Sikhs but maanji refused to leave her own place then something happened that shapped the last thread of her faith on the round in front of her house a tangowallah was stabbled to death along with his house. This fight full incident made her to move from her own place.

MAANJI BOMBAY HOUSE:                            

In Bombay she and her husband Live with her son in a sings room. But in Rawalpindi she had a big house and servants. In Bombay she cooks with her own hands washes the dresses. Sweeps the floors from a prosperous land lady she became a refugee.

CONCLUSION:                 

Everything has changed in her life in  bombay her health became weak. She never complained sometimes the rememberence her home in Rawalpindi and tears come from her eyes it suggests that in the refuge there is neither nor haired but only memories.

” KNOWLEDGE IS A POWER                IF APPLIED.”

” EDUCATION IS NOT THE FILLING OF A BUDGET BUT THE LIGHTING OF A FIRE.”

” I HEAR AND I FORGOT.  I SEE AND I REMEMBER.  I DO AND I UNDERSTAND.”

” THE WORLD IS A CLASSROOM AND LIFE IS A MEMORABLE TEACHER FOR THOSE WHO ARE PREPARED TO LEARN.”

” THE DIFFICULTY IN EDUCATION IS TO GET EXPERIENCE OUT OF IDEAS.”” TO TEACH IS TO LEARN TWICE.”

As a diplomatic cold war raged between India and China over the Galwan Valley skirmish, Indian expats in China watched with trepidation a nationalist backlash that left them exposed to a vicious troll army on social media. Thousands of software professionals, garment exporters and businessmen settled for years in Dalian’s software hub, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou are being dragged into the border crisis and dubbed traitors and unpatriotic.

These Indians, some of them married to local Chinese woman, are now suffering pangs of guilt, exacerbated by the trolls coming hard at them for refusing to return home. But even as they bear the brunt of vitriolic hashtag campaigns like #Indiansunitedagainstchina and #Indianswillcrushchina, most Indian expats have good reasons to stay on. 

 It is unlike many other countries where thousands of Indians are waiting to return home.

In Shenzhen, it is back to near normal for Shashi Shiraguppi and his family — wife Li Lan and their two children. “There is no panic. We have complete freedom and have no problems with local authorities. Neighbours are friendly and concerned for our well-being. Why should we want to return to India?” Shashi, a native of Bengaluru, told TOI over phone.

Shashi, who moved to this south China town 17 years ago, manages a YouTube channel ‘Shashi4x’. For this family, it’s no gain, no loss whoever (India or China) wins or loses the border war. “Let there be peace during the pandemic,” said Li Lan, Shashi’s Chinese wife.

 According to the 2010 Census in China, of the six lakh foreign nationals (now one million), Indian expats constituted 3% of the population. Dismissing suggestions of tension in Dalian, software profession A Kumar said “98% normalcy” had returned to this port city in China’s Liaoning Province in the north. “We were watching channels here for news on the battle at the border. After the standoff began, I am unable to access the one Indian newspaper portal I was reading,” said Kumar, operations manager of the US-based software firm Artech China.

 Back in India’s hosiery hub Tirupur, S A Oviya, who was doing her house surgency at Dalian Medical University, said she returned home for the December holidays. Her father, an ophthalmic assistant in a public health centre, is keen for her to return to Dalian to complete the course before she takes the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam.

NEW DELHI: In a stern message to China amid tension on the borders in eastern Ladakh, Prime Minister 
Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that those who cast an evil eye on Indian soil had received a befitting reply and that while India sought peace, it could look the adversary in the eye and respond adequately to protect its sovereignty. 

Speaking on the brutal clash in Galwan Valley which claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers and an unspecified number of Chinese troops, Modi said, “India honours the spirit of friendship… she is also capable of giving an appropriate response to any adversary, without shying away. Our brave soldiers have proven they will not let anyone cast an evil eye on the glory and honour of Mother India 

The PM paid tributes to the soldiers who died and said the country was one with the families who lost their loved ones. He pointed to the pride of families that the soldiers had died in the service of the nation and said, “Their sentiment for the country constitutes the true power, the might of the country. You may have seen parents of martyrs referring to sending other sons, other young family members too, to join the Army,” he added. 

Modi said a resolve to make India self-reliant would be a fitting tribute to the fallen martyrs. “Rajniji has written to me from Assam. She says after watching what happened in eastern Ladakh, she has taken a vow… and the vow is that she will buy only ‘local’. And for the sake of ‘local’, she will also be vocal,” he said, adding that he had received several such messages from every corner of the country. “Similarly, Mohan Ramamurthy from Madurai writes that he wishes India to be self-reliant in the defence sector,” the Prime Minister said.

Modi sought to convey a reassuring message for the year that has seen India and the world face the Covid-19 challenge, saying though the country faced a convergence of challenges, it would overcome and become stronger. “Irrespective of the magnitude of the calamity confronting us, India’s sanskar… way of life, inspires one and all to serve selflessly. The way India extended a helping hand to the world during difficult times, it has reinforced India’s role in ushering in peace and development,” he said.

 “Our pursuits and endeavours should be in the same direction… we should strive towards enhancing the country’s capabilities and capacities in safeguarding our borders,” he added. 

Reasserting the “Atmanirbhar India” campaign, the PM said contributing to the campaign would be a tribute to the martyrs in the truest, deepest sense.

Modi said India was ahead of many countries before Independence but “those that lagged behind us then are ahead now”.

“After Independence, we should have made efforts in the defence sector, taking advantage of our prior experience. We did not. But today, in the fields of defence and technology, India is relentlessly endeavouring to advance on those fronts, India is taking strides towards self-reliance,” he added.

SRINAGAR: 
Three unidentified 
terrorists were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, police said.
 The security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Khul Chohar in the south Kashmir district following information about the presence of terrorists in the area, a police official said.

The security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Khul Chohar in the south Kashmir district following information about the presence of terrorists in the area, a police official said.

NEW DELHI:

 In a special hearing conducted on Sunday, the Supreme Court refused to interfere in Rajasthan government’s decision to hold remaining board exams for class X students scheduled from Monday and dismissed a plea seeking quashing of exams.

 A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna assembled in the evening to grant an urgent hearing hours before the examination was to start but did not find merit in the petition filed by a mother of a student. 

The petitioner approached the SC after her plea was rejected by Rajasthan HC. Dismissing the plea, the bench said state government would take all necessary precautions as per the national guidelines and regulations.