ashesh-thakur

[ashesh-thakur]

कुछ भी न मिला तो तू इंसान क्या?

जो सब मिला तो भगवान क्या?

जो कुछ मिला और कुछ न मिला

इसके बीच रहा..

फिर देख जीने का मजा है क्या।

[ashesh-thakur]

"खामखां सोच नही पाता हूँ, दिमाग है पर इस्तेमाल कर नहीं पता हूँ, इश्क़ है कह नही पाता हूँ, जाम ही एक सहारा है जो खुद से या आईने से बतियाता हूँ ।"

[ashesh-thakur]

टुकड़े कुछ खुशियों के यहां वहां से चुनते हैं,

चलो आज कुछ जीते हैं।

न भरे जो ज़ख़्म कभी,

आज थोड़ा उन्हें सीते हैं,

आज कुछ जीते हैं।

थक गया हूँ हँसी का किरदार निभाते-निभाते,

मुझे सच में खुश होना है,

किरदार में इस, हँसी सिर्फ चेहरे पर,

अंदर से बस रोना है,

इस किरदार में कई साल बीते हैं,

चलो आज कुछ जीते हैं।

सच्चे यार फिर मिले तो ,दिल की बात बताऊं

गुजर गए जो दिन वापस कहाँ से लाऊँ?

उदास देख मुझसे 'वो' कहते थे,

चल आज पीते हैं।

चलो आज कुछ जीते हैं।

बचपन का वो दौर भला था,

मां की गोद प्यार से भरा था

खुशियां सब चल के खुद ब खुद आती थी,

रोने पर माँ कैसे सुलाती थी,

अब ढूंढने पर,नही मिलती खुशी,

पता नही किसने ये धागे जवानी के खींचे हैं

चलो कम से कम आज थोड़ा जीते हैं।

-अशेष 'हरि'

[ashesh-thakur]

A Game of check and mate

All the places,Characters,Agency's names used in this article are real and I have tried my best to keep the timeline intact. Hello again, today I'm up again with my new article.This article is based on the real life events took place a few years ago.Some people may find this article boring but if u like spy genre u may like it.It is my first attempt in writing something about real life events so please feel free to make any suggestion. ANd sorry in advance for the mistakes.

Thanks in advance.HOpe u People like it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 2011 Somewhere in Kashmir

It was an army base in Kashmir near Indo pak border. It was heavily guarded as it needs to be ,obviously it was an army base and that too in Kashmir.Two men with muscular built with some papers and files in their hands were walking down the corridor which was lit only by a low watt bulb.They opened the gate of the room which was at the end of the corridor,the last room.Upon entering the room they lit the bulb which was hanging just above a man who was cuffed and was tied well enough so that he couldn't even breathe properly.The man looked pathetic, it seemed like he was half dead, blood was coming out from his nose,his nails were scratched off and were bleeding also 2 out of 10 fingers were missing from his hands. His face has turned pale because of excessive waterboarding. Yes, It was a terrorist interrogation cell in liaison with the R&AW(Research and analysis wing) and the man sitting on chair with now his new deformed structure of body was a terrorist.

"why don't you people kill me already?" said the terrorist with immense pain caused due the torture.

Officer 1 :- "we will...don't you worry about that but first we get what we want."

Officer 2:- "Ok...so lets do it again....where is the big man ? where is Hamza?"

Terrorist:- "I told you already ,I am just an errand boy and dont know what goes at the top"

Officer:-2 "Ok ...so I hope you wouldn't mind if I cut this big thumb of ur right feet ."

the terrorist screamed and said "NOOOOO.....OK I WILL TELL YOU" Officer:-1 "good boy...sabaash"

Terrorist:- "He is going to be in saudi in next few months and i swear to allah I don’t know anything much more than this. Dont know where ,Dont know why..Just please have some mercy"

“He(Hamza) will make his scheduled contact with his associates in Maharasthra.It is a routine process to look out and watch over the movements of his organization( Indian Mujahiddin). I Swear to god I know this much only.” Said the shattered terrorist.

Everyone has a breaking point ,he has reached his.With this crucial information coming out from an IM(Indian Mujahideen) operative there was no time to waste and no one did. The same day a number of secured phones lines started ringing at both the top most Intelligence houses of Indian security, the R&AW headquartered at Lodhi road ,New Delhi and the IB headquartered at 35 Sardar patel marg ,New Delhi. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Same day 35 Sardar patel marg IB headquarters ,New Delhi

A well dressed man was walking very fast in the lobby of IB’s Headquarter, he was in hurry to inform his “boss” the director of IB MR. Nehchal sandhu about these developments.He stormed into the cabin without knocking.

“I am sorry sir,But he opened up. “ said the secretary .

“Hamza is going to be in Saudi in next few months,he will make contact somewhere in Maharashtra in coming year.” The secretary completed.

“Excellent….has the R&AW chief been informed?” the director enquired.

Secretary :-“yes,sir”

Sandhu:-“and the MHA and PMO?”

Secretary:-“I was waiting for your response on this ,sir.”

Sandhu:-“ notify the MHA and the PMO but make sure it remains concealed ,you know what I mean.”

Secretary:- “Sure sir”

This was a major development after the 26/11 and this information can not be leaked or can not be shared with anybody. Only the concerned authorities were needed to know.

Sandhu:- “ setup a meeting with RAW officials and gather our best man. Send an alert to the Radio Research centre(RRC) and national technical research organization(NTRO) to level up the signal Surveillance of Maharashtra and the adjoining states but our priority is Maharashtra provide them the latest echelon packets.Trace every suspicious call local ISD STD any Satellite phone activity. Keep the Maharashtra ATS(Anti terrorist squad)in the loop.we can not afford to loose him now.”

The secretary rushed out from the cabin even with more speed by which he came inside.He knew what he had to do now. Several meetings were carried out .The RRC and NTRO officials left no effort in tracing this just “ONE” suspicious call activity and everybody was waiting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A late night in May 2012 Thane, Maharashtra

A phone was ringing at very late in night.A man picked it up.

“Assalam waleikumm ,rehman” a man with firm voice greeted from the other side.No doubt is was Hamza.

“kasie hain bhaijaan aap. Sab khairiyat?” rehman said.

Hamza:- “sab khairiyat ,mujhe naye bande chahiyye jald se jald. Is bar Mumbai mission se bhi or kuch bada karna hai.”

Rehman:-“ jo jayega janab. Par Mumbai hamle ke baad sab kuch bada tight ho gaya hai fund ki bhi problem hai.”

Hamza:-“paise ki fikar na karo..main kuch din main Saudi jaa raha hu wahan se fund ka problem solve ho jayega. Tum bas jald se jald apna kaam shuru karo.chalo ab rakhta hu.”

Rehman:-“ji janaab ….bahut accha. Salaam.” The line was disconnected.

And this single call created a huge excitement in night in New Delhi.The IB chief was on his way to the headquarter.He wanted to be thoroughly briefed. Everybody was so energetic about this.Inside the briefing room. Director asked an officer to brief him and the staff.

“Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari aka Abu Hamza aka Abu Jundal ,he hails from beed, Maharashtra .After systematic brainwashing he went to pak in mid 2000’s.He is one of the most wanted terrorist by India.He is one of the chief recruiter and strategist for LeT(Lashkar e taiyyba).He was involved in kalupur station blast , aurangabaad arms haul and german bakery blasts.But he is mainly wanted for the mumbai attacks as he was one of the handler from karachi, Pakistan as we all know that he was one of the six who master minded these attacks with the help of pak army and the ISI and he is most wanted since then.” …the officer paused.

“He operates a website which he created to recruit muslim youths for the cause of jihad. The U.S. security agency NSA has noticed a huge traffic between his site and the other Jihadi sites which confirmed that Hamza is operational and is tend to do something big.”

“Few hours ago the RRC had intercepted a phone call from Karachi Pakistan made to Rehman Wasim Malik in thane. Rehman is minor operative of IM and was arrested few months ago under the charges of conspiracy but got bail as the evidences were insufficient .In this 4 min conversation Hamza directed rehman to find new recruits for a mission which he claimed is going to be more big and destructive than 26/11.He said that he will leave for Saudi Arabia in next few days for funds and other support.Thats it.”…The officer stopped finally.

“This is our moment people . We act now or never.” said the director.

IB Director:-“Our only chance is to get him in Saudi as soon as he lands there .”

“We can setup a covert extraction plan to extract him from saudi but if any step goes wrong by 0.01% we ll lose our lead also we hav good diplomatic relations with saudi i suggest we go through the diplomatic channels we can not afford to heat up our relations with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” ..a high ranking officer from RAW quoted.

“you are right, in this we have to involve the MEA(Ministry of External affairs) and seek permission I ll meet the home minister and the foreign minister myself tomorrow morning.” Sandhu said.

The meeting was over for the night.As Mr. sandhu said, he met both the ministers and the conclusion came out was that the Saudi security forces will be notified about the Hamza’s arrival.A full diplomatic channel will be followed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 june 2012 King Khalid International airport Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

A man who just got off from a flight which took off from Islamabad and landed in Riyadh.The man was medium built with average height and long beard like those of mullas.This man was standing in a queue for immigration check. when his number came the operator said after seeing his passport“welcome to Riyadh Mr. Riyasat ali”.

Off course another alias and fake passport provided by Pakistan to Hamza. As the operator checked the photograph on his computer he paused for a moment and took a look again at Hamza and with a great caution he pressed the secret security button under his table.Two security personnel came near Hamza and said “ We need you to come with us,sir.”

In no time Hamza realized that now he is going to be in a very big trouble and its over for him now.The security forces took him to the detention facility and notified the Indian authorities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Same day Somewhere in Karachi ,Pakistan

“jannab…hamza pakda gaya.” A high ranking ISI officer said to his chief.

“Mujhe maloom hai .IB or RAW….yeh kaafir maante hi nahi. Ek diplomatic delegation taiyyar karo hume Riyadh Indian delegation se pehle pahuchna hai.” The chief said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As soon as the word reached new delhi that Hamza has been taken into custody the Indian delegation swung into action and they reached Riyadh as soon as they could.The head of the delegation was Mr sandhu.He knew that India can not operate and handle this issue without the help of the host country.Clearly it was important to get their help.The Saudi counterparts assured india that if they provide enough proof about Hamza they will hand over him to the Indian authorities. Indian authorities knew that to get ABU HAMZA they had to persuade prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, the Director general of Saudi intelligence agency and this task was left upon Mr. sandhu.Mr. sandhu worked closely with the prince to gain his agency’s support. India provided ample evidences to the Saudi intelligence agency and at a point it convinced them that Hamza is wanted in India.But as the negotiations were ongoing the Pakistani delegation arrived and demanded Hamza to be handed over to them.Pakistan cited that Hamza is a Pakistani national and is wanted in Pakistan for various acts of terror.Pakistan also provided the fake life history of Hamza and said that Hamza is not an Indian but is a Pakistani. Creating a huge roadblock in Indian process. Indian authorities knew that its again a deceitful move made by pak to cover ISI’s role in 26/11 if Hamza is handed over to India then he will confess after sometime that 26/11 was done on the instruction of ISI and pak army. Many diplomatic negotiations were carried out and it made the process very slow.Indian authorities lobbied the Saudi authorities and made them believe that Hamza is more important to India than Pakistan.Pakistani government also put pressure on Saudi government not to hand over hamza to India. As both pak and india claimed that Hamza is their citizen the Saudi authorities asked for the DNA samples of his parents from both the countries. Pakistan could not provide that and India along with the DNA sample provided a big load of evidences.They produced investigation details, DNA samples, dossiers, voice samples and intercepts. Which made India’s stand firm. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A night of May, 2013 Private residence of Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Riyadh, Saudi arabia

Prince’s personal cell was ringing continuously .He picked it up.

“Asslaam waleikum your highness…Its Zaheer “

The prince knew that it must be something very important that the ISI’s chief Zaheer ul islam is calling him this late in night.

“waleikumm salaam…zaheer, whats so important for this late in night?” the prince asked.

Zaheer:-“I have heard that the kingdom of Saudi Arabia has finalized the extradition of ABU HAMZA to India.”

Prince:-“may be you have heard right.”

Zaheer:-“I thought we were on the same side and a team. We are doing this all for Islam and our muslim brothers.”

Prince:-“We are on the same side and India is also an ally of kingdom we have our business reservations with it. Also the US is involved now and you already know nobody messes with America.India’s stand is firm the whole world knows and watching us, I have to protect the dignity and reputation of my kingdom.we can not tarnish our image in international community by harboring a terrorist. India has proved that Hamza is theirs but you couldn’t . so I am sorry ,my friend.” And the line was disconnected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 may 2013 Indira Gandhi international airport New delhi

The Saudi authorities deported Hamza to India.On his arrival he was formally and officially arrested by Delhi police special cell.The news channels were just showing hamza being taken into custody and praising the effort of the Indian intelligence agencies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the hamza was arrested it was a big blow to the ISI ,IM and LeT because hamza was their top strategist and recruiter.He knew many secrets of all these organizations.He was the master mind of Mumbai 26/11 attacks and was one of the handler who was present in the control room in karachi and giving instructions to the terrorists in Mumbai during attacks. Mr. sandhu retired from the post of Director of Intelligence bureau in 2012 and his works were further carried out efficiently by then new director Syed Asif Ibrahim. As about Hamza it is said that he has been imprisoned at yervada central jail ,pune Maharashtra but who knows may be it’s a cover and he is in Pondicherry or Andaman or in Kashmir where it all started like the start of this story and being interrogated by the army.

This is how our army and our intelligence agencies work so hard day and night to protect our homeland with minimum resources but we never come to know about their work and sacrifice.They are putting a lot of effort to keep us safe .A lot of agencies are working simultaneously ,the bad ones are plotting against our nation and the good ones are working to neutralize their efforts. RAW and IB are fully autonomous bodies and they are only responsible to PMO and HMO(home ministry) respectively that is they are not under the purview of parliament.there can be no debate on their functioning in parliament . they are also immune to Right to information act ie no information can be sought from secret agencies.This is the reason their missions are highly classified and never leave the four walls of their buildings.

- Ashesh Singh

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources referred:- Wikipedia, The hindu archives, The Times of India archives, BBC India archives e.t.c.

[ashesh-thakur]

कर्म और निष्ठा

मैंने कुछ समय देकर अपने देश के गौरवशाली इतिहास की एक  प्रेरणादायी घटना का अपने शब्दों में वर्णन करने की कोशिश की है अगर आपके पास थोड़ा समय हो तो कृपया कर इसे पढ़ें  बताएं की में कितना बुरा लिखता हुँ. मेरी मेहनत  पर कृपया एक नज़र जरूर डालें।

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यह वो दौर था जब मेवाड़ का सशक्त और समृद्ध राज्य अपने युग की सबसे बड़ी राजनीतिक उथल पुथल देख रहा था। एक तरफ मुग़ल बादशाह  बाबर  दिल्ली की हुकूमत पर अपनी सत्ता कायम करने मै कोई  कसर न छोड़ रहा था। 1526 मैं बाबर पानीपत के पहले युद्ध में इब्राहिम लोधी को परास्त कर दिल्ली पर अपना हक़ जमा चूका था। बाबर के सामने सबसे बड़ी चुनौती थी मेवाड़ के सबसे प्रतापी राजा  में से एक राणा संग्राम सिंह या राणा सांगा की । बाबर ने सांगा को चुनौती दी और उसे सहर्ष सांगा ने स्वीकार किया।

17 मार्च 1527  को आगरा के पास खानवा गाँव में दोनों ओर की सेनाएं एक दूसरे से महा समर में भिड़ी ,बाबर की तोपों का जवाब राजपूत अपनी तलवार से न दे पाये क्यूंकि इससे पहले किसी भी युद्ध में  भारत मैं तोप का इस्तेमाल न हुआ  था, मुग़ल पहली बार तोप लेकर आये थे।

सांगा हारा  मगर वीरों की तरह। कुछ दिन बाद वह  अपने जख्मों के कारण चल बसा।

सांगा के जाने के बाद मेवाड़ की बागडोर उसके बेटे महाराणा रतन सिंह 2 के हाँथ में आई।  रतन सिंह 4साल बाद चल बसा।

रतन सिंह के बाद उसके छोटे भाई राणा विक्रमादित्य ने साशन संभाला।   विक्रमादित्य बहुत ही गुस्सैल और  तुनक मिजाज था। उसके कारण सारे दरबारी और जनता परेशान थी।

जब पानी सर से ऊपर चला गया दरबारियों ने षड़यंत्र रचा. उन्होंने विक्रमआदित्य के चचेरे भाई बनबीर को मेवाड़ बुलाया और उसे उकसाया की वो शाशन करने का असली हक़दार है।

बनबीर ने तुरंत विक्रमादित्य को नज़र बंद किया और इस बहाने वो विक्रमादित्य के छोटे भाई और राणा संग्राम सिंह की  आखरी संतान, उदय सिंह का राज-प्रतिनिधि बन गया।

एक रात मौका देख बनबीर ने विक्रमादित्य का सर कलम किया और अब उसकी खून से सनी तलवार छोटे व दूधमुहे उदय  सिंह के रक्त की प्यासी थी क्यूंकि बस अब उदय सिंह ही आखरी काँटा था बनबीर और राज गद्दी के बीच  मे।

पन्ना दाई, उदय सिंह को पालने वाली माँ समान दाई अपने बेटे चन्दन और उदय सिंह को दूध पिला कर सुला चुकी थी।  एक नौकर दौड़ता हुआ पन्ना के पास आया  और उसने दाई को  सब कुछ बता दिया. पन्ना दाई, एक तरफ उसका खुद का बेटा  चन्दन था जो उदय सिंह का हमउम्र और उसका खेल साथी था और दूसरी तरफ था मेवाड़ का आखरी दूधमुँहा  राणा , राणा उदय सिंह। मेवाड़ का  आखरी खून ,आखरी वंशज।

दाई के लिए ये समय या तो अपने  कर्तव्य  का संपूर्ण रूप से निर्वाहन करने का था या कर्तव्य  विमुखता का।

दाई ने पल भर में निर्णय लिया ,और अपने बेटे को गोद  में उठाकर आखरी बार उस माँ ने अपने बेटे पर दुनिया भर का लाड प्यार बरसाया।  उसने आखरी बार अपने बेटे चन्दन को प्रेम से चूमा और मन में सोचा होगा और कहा होगा की " मेरे लाल मुझे माफ़ कर दे, मुझे नमक का क़र्ज़ चुकाना है और अपना कर्तव्य निभाना है. "

दाई ने राज पालने में से उदय सिंह को उतार लिया उसके कपडे चन्दन को पहनाये और उदय सिंह की जगह चन्दन को राज पालने मै कम्बल ओढ़ा कर सुला दिया। पन्ना ने उदय सिंह को एक टोकरी में रखकर एक नौकर की मदद से किले के बहार पहुँचवा दिया और उस नौकर से बाद मैं  नदी के पास  मिलने को कहा।

बनबीर खून सी लाल सुर्ख आँखों के साथ कक्ष में दाखिल हुआ ,

बनबीर :- " उदय सिंह कहाँ है ?"

पन्ना दाई ने पालने की तरफ इशारा कर दिया।  और अगले ही पल एक माँ के सामने उसके ही दूधमुहे बच्चे को दो टुकड़ो में काट दिया गया।

पन्ना की आँख से एक आंसू न निकला वो बस सहमी सी खड़ी  रही। माँ की ममता ,प्रेम लाड ,प्यार सब कुछ बिखर चूका था या यूँ कहो के दो टुकड़ो में बँट चूका था।

बनबीर रक्तपात कर जा चूका था।  मगर पन्ना के पास अभी रोने और विलाप का समये  नहीं था। वो अपने बेटे का दाह संस्कार न तो करवा पायी और न ही देख पायी।  बनबीर राजा बन चूका था।

पन्ना नौकर से नदी किनारे   मिली और नन्हे राणा को लेकर कुम्भलगढ़ चली गयी। वहां कुम्भलगढ़ के एक जैन व्यापारी ने उन्हें अपने यहाँ आश्रय दिया।

राणा उदय बड़ा हुआ और एक कुशल योद्धा बना। बात दूर तक फैली और  मेवाड़ की राजधानी चित्तौड़ तक पहुंची अब भी कुछ  दरबारी असल राजा के वफादार थे। बनबीर को पता चला के मेवाड़ का असल राजा राणा उदय अभी जीवित है। उदय सिंह सिर्फ 18 वर्ष  का था और राज गद्दी के लिए फिरसे  युद्ध हुआ।

बनबीर  बुरी तरह परास्त हुआ वो मारा गया या भाग गया ये इतिहास में कहीं नहीं है।

राणा उदय प्रताप सिंह का मेवाड़ और चित्तौड़ की गद्दी पर राज्याभिषेक हुआ और आज का उदयपुर शहर उन्ही का बसाया हुआ है। राणा उदय सिंह वीरो के वीर राजपूत राजा महाराणा प्रताप सिंह ���े पिता बने।

राज्याभिषेक के बाद पन्ना दाई को राज माता के समान ओहदा मिला। पर इतिहास में कहीं भी पन्ना दाई के बलिदान और उसके कर्तव्य के प्रति निष्ठां का कोई भी बखान नहीं है।   पन्ना दाई इतिहास के पन्नो में खो सी गई। पन्ना दाई ने राजवंश के आखरी चिराग को अपने बेटे की  आहुति देकर बचाया ,और बचाने के बाद उसने  राणा को इस लायक बनाया की वो वापस अपना हक़ ,अपना राज्य वापस ले सके.

पन्ना दाई की ये कहानी युगो युगो तक हमे और आने वाली पीढ़ियों को सदैव कर्तव्यनिष्ठा का पाठ सिखाती रहेगी।

धन्य है वह भूमि जहाँ पन्ना दाई जैसी माँएं रही हैं।

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