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Issues and topics which help eradicating social evils are always something we like to talk about because we believe it generates awareness among the mass, but the sad part is that most of us are busy 24x7 only in discussing these social evils and never ever try to put our thoughts into action.
But there are people around us who think n act differently and who don't believe in mere lip's exercise but actually dare to step aside and follow a path which is not so easy for most of us to follow. And it is unfortunate that these people have not been recognised by society as well as by the authorities for what they have done and most of them remain unsung heroes through out their life.
Even our media(print as well as visual) never bothers to let us know about these people who have made a difference to themselves and to society, perhaps our media people have no time for such causes because they are busy in following and showcasing the issues which are trending and mostly related with our celebrities. And they do this because we as viewers also have a tendency to follow n listen these celebrities, no matter how much shit they do or talk.
But about a fortnight back on 5th August, I saw the debut episode of a TV show "Lakhon Mein Ek" on Star Plus. The show is based on the true inspiring stories of real people, who are as common as we are but they don't merely talk or discuss as our celebrities do sitting in air-conditioned studios, rather these unsung heroes believe in their acts but somehow they have not been acknowledged for what they have done.
One of these unsung heroes is Akhtari Bai, whose story was shown in the first episode of the show "Lakhon Mein Ek". She is a widow from Ranchi, who makes envelopes for her living. By selling her hand made envelopes in the local market she could hardly manage three square meal for her family and yet she never thought twice while adopting those abandoned girl children who had been thrown by their own parents. Not only did she adopted them but she raised them like her own two children and never ever differentiated them from their own children. For sure she is amongst us, she is a common human as we are, who faces same day-to-day problems like we do but her love for abandoned girl children and the sacrifices that she has been doing through out her life to raise those adopted children makes her special. Her life story is really heart touching and inspiring one.
In a society which is full of selfish people, Akhtari bai lives with a difference. I salute her and her noble deeds. But i am feeling very sorry to say that even after two weeks of the show, Akhtari Bai could not get any space in the media and no one bothered to know about her.
Is it because the show "Lakhon Mein Ek" is yet not popular as "Satyamave Jayate" was or because the anchor of the show is not someone like Amir Khan, who can make any damn show hit n popular with his stardom....??
Whatever may be, for me people like Akhtari Bai are real celebrities who are working day n night for humanity even with their minimum resources.
And BTW don't you think that all those celebrities sitting in the air-conditioned TV studios and talking big-big things about "human n humanity" should take a lesson from people like Akhtari Bai and start doing something in reality without being surrounded by TV cameras....???
And BTW don't you think that all those celebrities sitting in the air-conditioned TV studios and talking big-big things about "human n humanity" should take a lesson from people like Akhtari Bai and start doing something in reality without being surrounded by TV cameras....???
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ReplyDeleteShukriya Ashok...!
Deletegood serials
ReplyDeleteyeah, they are...Thank you sm.
DeleteEid Mubarak to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteWell said. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the wishes...!
DeleteMy brother,
ReplyDeleteTouching post today. The lady making the hand made envelope has really touched me. There is nothing like kindness and LOVE.
indeed, her story is touchy Andy Saheb....Thank you.
DeletePeople like Akhtari Bai are the ones that make us hopeful about humankind. It is what differentiates humans from animals. Unfortunately as we grow "civilized" we stop exhibiting any human values. A very inspiring life and an excellent post for me to read on Monday morning!
ReplyDeletePS Belated wishes on Eid.
and if their story is shared n spread by our media then it may act as source of inspiration for other too but unfortunately it is not being done....
DeleteThanks for the wishes Meera Ji...!!
Thank you for highlighting her and creating an awareness about people like her. Yes, people like these are hope for humanity.
ReplyDeleteP.s: i still find kill pages happening. if nobody else faces problem. may be it is a problem with my system. but unfortunately this does not happen with other blogs. anyways, let me also check.
Eid mubarak to you and your family. stay blessed.
Thanks for the wishes Asha ji....
Deletei don't know why you are facing this problem with my blog...anyways i will check that again...thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for sharing her story!
ReplyDeleteThank you...!
DeleteThanks for sharing such a wonderful story..hats off to Akhtari Bai..Eid Mubarak to you and your family..
ReplyDeleteTHanks for the wishes Ranita Ji....:)
DeleteTotally with you easy to sit in AC rooms and talk, and thats wht most people do.. TALK.. no one WALKS the TALK..
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing Irfaan, The reason why the world is still a place to live is because of these people who do selfless work, otherwise this land will be a desert sooon ..
Bikram's
and its high time that more n more people start doing selfless work...thank you Bikram.
DeleteShows like 'Satyamev jayate' and 'lakhon mein ek' are making the proper use of media. These saas bahu sagas waste national time
ReplyDeletebut i feel that 'lakhon mein ek' is not getting that much attention of media as it should have been, may be bcoz it doesn't have someone like Amir Khan as anchor..
DeleteThank you Ankita.
Bohat bohat "Gushashta Eid mubarrak"-IRFAN BHAI!
ReplyDeleteIrfan, nice post of yours is an absolute source of valuable information, and I do thank U for sharing.
Shukriya Tariq Bhai...
Deletehope you had a wonderful Eid with your dear ones.
Nice post :) hope more such people's efforts are acknowledged on such a large medium:)
ReplyDeleteAameen...!!
Delete.....Unfortunately media projects only netas and abhinetas and the lesser stuff hardly exists for them . People like Akhtari Bai rarely engage the attention of media. The telecast of such a program was a revelation to me !
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing , Irfan ji !
yes Sir, when it comes to promote such people who work for the humanity, media just don't do its duty, perhaps they are more interested in their TRPs....
DeleteTHank you.
Totally agree with you! She’s doing a Nobel thing and it’s not easy though... even many do such things; the ratio is very low who work from heart without looking for fame. The media is a great tool now to create greater awareness, but they are simply wasting it almost running behind the actors and telecasting nothing but rubbish serials and reality shows.
ReplyDeleteHope u had a good Eid at home :) Thanks for sharing.
agree with you Jeevan, media is not doing their part when it comes to creating an awareness for right causes....
DeleteThank you.
May be you are right. Had it been a celebrity, the shows is altogether different. Thank you for bringing us story. For, there are many like me who didn't know about it and I hardly watch tv. Kudos to her. Eid Mubarak!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and putting those thoughtful words here...plz do come again.
DeleteThank you.
its always an honor to read your post as it always provoke one's thoughts.i agree when you said that celeberties should leave their rooms and serve like that great lady.
ReplyDeleteyes zarnab, somehow i feel that these celebraties have a larger role to play for the sake of humanity but they lack into it....:(
DeleteThanks for those kind words...:)
I must try to catch that program. You know, the problem is, people enjoy knowing what is happening in the celeb world. The real world, with real heroes is almost always boring. Why, we live with and experience so many unsung heroes on a daily basis. If an unknown saves a life, it is not news :-)
ReplyDeleteGood to connect, Irfan! You've got a wonderful blog!
yes you are right Vidya ji, we are just blind while follwing these celebraties and in the run media takes its advantage by undue promoting them....
DeleteThanks a lot for the visit and those wonderful words....and sorry for the late reply here..will love to see you again here.
Yup , very touching story that was .. .. I checked your blog and REALLy, i liked it ..i am your latest follower .. thanks for recalling me that story .. enjoyed a lot !!
ReplyDeleteWish u all the best !!
Glad to see you here Anu..feeling honored :)
Deleteplz do come agaon n again....thanks for stopping by and for those lovely words...:)
Irfanuddin,
ReplyDeleteYou have very rightly brought out that most of us do only lip service. We talk a lot on issues but when time comes to get down to ground level, most of us do not find time or courage. And what you said about media is so true. My salute to her and hope we learn a lesson from her life story.
Take care
I too wish n pray Sir that we take a lesson from people like Akhtari Bai and stop blindly following these celebraties.....
DeleteThank you.
yes a very inspiring post. Thanks Irfan.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the read Dilip..:)
DeleteIrfan SB.
ReplyDeleteYour post is as good as before.
Its true our mass like to watch showbizz celeb and not the real heros and our media just for more sale more profit only shows and discusses showbizz. Its is not good. Media should show the reality of real life too.
media is not going to do that for known reasons unless we resist ourselves from following their manupulated stories and its high time to do that....
DeleteThanks for the kind words leo....plz keep visiting smae way.
Thank you.
I am glad u took not of such unsung heroes and I appreciate u wrote on it
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking that Aamir is getting a lot of criticism for thinking of a show like satyamev jayate and doing it and even bringing change (as was dipicted in the results). It was not mere lip service. He earned from it, but people are getting paid for a lot of wrong reasons but we hardly criticise them. while we sing of unsung heroes we can sing of much sung heroes too I guess. Maybe bringing an anchor like aamir for such shows as lakhon mein ek is the solution. But I know what u mean and I guess u are right that people are hardly bothered about issues unless a celebrity raises it.
well, i don't mind anchoring any show by Amir or anyone else of those celebraties, what i mean to say here is that apart from anchoring and organising those press confrences in the lime light of TV cameras they should also try n do something in reality for eradicating social evils as people like Akhtari Bai is doing that too without having any expectations from the society...
DeleteThanks for the read and those thoughtful words Jerly...
plz do come again..thank you.
its realy unfortunate that we simply rush behind our celebraties, no matter how much shit they talk or do...lets hope n pray that situations changes atleast for a little of us...
ReplyDeleteThank you Ashwini for those lovely words here.
There's a segment in our local news for 'heroes' ~ but I guess it will not be able to contain all of them because they could be found everywhere, every second of the day...
ReplyDeleteI do like it when you said people shouldn't be 'talking' about humanity and yet stay in their comfortable homes...it's out there waiting to be recreated by our compassion and generosity.
I truly appreciate this post. Thanks :)
P.S. God sees... people admire...
Thanks for those lovely words melissa..as far as I know you from your blog and interaction among us, you are the one who always try to do something for humans n humanity and i admire that.....
ReplyDeletewe need more n more people who actually work for the cause.
Thank you.
Very rarely we come across people like Akhtari Bai. Hope she gets more assistance from some place soon.
ReplyDeleteI must watch this serial.
and, if she start getting a little help n support from the society and authorities....we can have much more from her for the upliftment of those unfortunate baby girls.
Deletethanks you Sandhya.
Ya you are right. I too am guilty of never seeing whats up on "Laakhon mei ek" Not much advertising and somehow I never knew they had something great coming up there. Hats off to Akhtari bai....hope she gets her share of good days soon.
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