Views on News
Time indeed is a great leveler! Introspection and lesson learning moments for an
international fame cricketer, a showman, megalomaniac, lawmaker and politician for
years together.
Nobel laureate Leo Tolstoy’s story Elias’s line haunts,” Ah ! it is plain,
how fortune goes flying round like a wheel.” The celebrity Sherry should take this
episode of his life as a lesson in humility, self- restraint and patience.The late Gurnam Singh’s bereaved family at last got justice after a long wait of 34 years proving that none is above the law.
The 2022 infact has turned out to be a fine eye-opening year for many veteran stalwarts and bigwigs of India including Captain Amarinder Singh, Parkash Singh Badal,Charanjit Singh Channi,(former CMs of Punjab) Pushkar Singh Dhami Chief Minister Uttarakhand, Keshav Prasad Maurya
Deputy Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh, Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD Chief, Navjot Singh
Sidhu former Punjab Congress Chief who were humbled by the electorate in their
respective assembly constituencies in February-March Assembly Polls.Even after
their assembly polls’ debacles,Dhami and Maurya stand restored in their positions by
the Bharatiya Janata Party High Command.
Time spares none as a celebrated poet Sahir Ludhianvi is still relevant in this context when he remarked,“ Aadmi Ko Chahiye Waqt Se Dar Ke Rahe, Kaun Jaane Kis Garhi Waqt Ka Badle Mizaz.”( One should remain scared of time, who knows when time changes its temperament?).
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Prof PK Sharma*
Freelance Journalist,
Associate Professor of English (Retired),
Pom Anm Nest,Barnala(Punjab)
(*Prof Sharma is an alumnus of Satish Chander Dhawan Govt. College, Ludhiana,)
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1 comment
So incisive and informative.