12-28-2007, 11:58 PM
Bharatvarshji,
I have read Sri Bismil's jail-diary cum autobiography, and probably have it somewhere in my personal collection. If I remember right, it is called 'tarAnAe-bismil' (the swansong of Bismil). Will check and let you know. He was a very good (urdu) poet, and fond of poetry. It remarkably says (ends with?) :
shaheedon ki chitaaon par lagenge har varsh mele
vatan pe miTane walon ka yahee baaki nishaan hoga
On the samadhi-s of hutatma-s, annual celebrations will certainly happen
those who die in cause for nation, this will be the remaining insignia.
Some years back, I had the opportunity to be in his home town Shahjahanpur and seen where he lived. Today there is just an ordinary statue in his memory, nothing more.
I have read Sri Bismil's jail-diary cum autobiography, and probably have it somewhere in my personal collection. If I remember right, it is called 'tarAnAe-bismil' (the swansong of Bismil). Will check and let you know. He was a very good (urdu) poet, and fond of poetry. It remarkably says (ends with?) :
shaheedon ki chitaaon par lagenge har varsh mele
vatan pe miTane walon ka yahee baaki nishaan hoga
On the samadhi-s of hutatma-s, annual celebrations will certainly happen
those who die in cause for nation, this will be the remaining insignia.
Some years back, I had the opportunity to be in his home town Shahjahanpur and seen where he lived. Today there is just an ordinary statue in his memory, nothing more.