Important - to me

Below given is the content of a mail from an Ex-Soldier who takes immense

pride to say that he belongs to a group of people who do not look at

anything but the honour of our country.We do have many among us who are

working in the 4th Estate. Please see the outburst and give importance to

what is really important.

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By the time u guys read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who

was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military

honors.

On Tuesday, this news swept across all the news channels 'Sanjay Dutt

relieved by court'. 'Sirf Munna not a bhai' '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam'

'although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay can breath sigh of

relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn'

Then many personalities like Salman Khan said 'He is a good person. We knew

he will come out clean'. Mr Big B said "Dutt's family and our family have

relations for years he's a good kid. He is like elder brother to Abhishek".

His sister Priya Dutt said "we can sleep well tonight. It's a great relief"

In other news, Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad; Greg

Chappell said something; Shah Rukh Khan replaces Amitabh in KBC and other

such stuff. But most of the emphasis was given on Sanjay Dutt's "phoenix

like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges. Surfing through the

channels, one news on BBC startled me. It read "Hisbul Mujahidin's most

wanted terrorist 'Sohel Faisal' killed in Anantnag , India . Indian Major

leading the operation lost his life in the process. Four others are injured.

It was past midnight , I started visiting the stupid Indian channels, but

Sanjay Dutt was still ruling. They were telling how Sanjay pleaded to the

court saying 'I'm the sole bread earner for my family', 'I have a daughter

who is studying in US' and so on. Then they showed how Sanjay was not

wearing his lucky blue shirt while he was hearing the verdict and also how

he went to every temple and prayed for the last few months. A suspect in

Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted under armory act...was being transformed into

a hero.

Sure Sanjay Dutt has a daughter; Sure he did not do any terrorist activity.

Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in terrorist community

and also one who possesses an AK47 has a right to possess a pistol so that

again is not such a big crime; Sure Sanjay Dutt went to all the temples;

Sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then........ ...

Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his sources about the

terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp, killed Hisbul

Mujahidin's supremo and in the process lost his life to the bullets fired

from an AK47. He is survived by a wife and daughter (just like Sanjay Dutt)

who's only 18 months old.

Major Manish never said 'I have a daughter' before he took the decision to

attack the terrorists in the darkest of nights. He never thought about

having a family and he being the bread earner. No news channel covered this

since they were too busy hyping a former drug addict, a suspect who's linked

to bomb blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he defied

the TADA charges and they were so successful that his conviction in

possession of armory had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents in

heaven must be happy and proud of him.

Parents of Major Manish are still living and they have to live rest of their

lives without their beloved son. His daughter won't ever see her daddy

again. Finally Major Manish, to my generation is a greater hero, someone who

laid his life in the name of this great nation.

So guys, please forward this message around so that the media knows which

news to give importance, as it is a shame for us since this Army Major's

death news was given by a foreign TV channel!