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Distressing to see that a lot of potential brains from country don't get right kind of exposure or motivation; on contrary more agonizing when we encounter people who have the positions/placements but lack drive--------------create hurdles, I salute their arrogance which oppresses the young minds----------- this page is dedicated to my Bharat with some inspiring poems; 

Where The Mind is Without Fear    
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
      into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.                                                              

(Rabindranath Tagore- Geetanjali,1910)

Faiz Ahmed Faiz's-the great revolutionary urdu poet whose much acclaimed work has been translated to English and Russian-one of his revolutionary poems which is voice of oppressed, downtrodden and ofcourse the voice of those who are mentally slave and governed by handful of powerful persons

Hum dekhenge

Lazim hai ke hum bhi dekhenge

Wo din ke jis ka wada hai

Jo lauh-e-azl mein likha hai

Jab zulm-o-sitam ke koh-e-garan

Rooi ki tarah ur jaenge

Hum mehkoomon ke paaon tale

Ye dharti dhar dhar dharkegi

Aur ahl-e-hakam ke sar oopar

Jab bijli kar kar karkegi

Jab arz-e-Khuda ke kaabe se

Sab but uthwae jaenge

Hum ahl-e-safa mardood-e-harm

Masnad pe bethae jaenge

Sab taaj uchale jaenge

Sab takht girae jaenge

Bas naam rahega Allah ka

Jo ghayab bhi hai hazir bhi

Jo manzar bhi hai nazir bhi

Utthega an-al-haq ka nara

Jo mai bhi hoon tum bhi ho

Aur raaj karegi Khalq-e-Khuda

Jo mai bhi hoon aur tum bhi ho

 The Translation

We shall Witness

It is certain that we too, shall witness

the day that has been promised

of which has been written on the slate of eternity

When the enormous mountains of tyranny

blow away like cotton.

Under our feet- the feet of the oppressed-

when the earth will pulsate deafeningly

and on the heads of our rulers

when lightning will strike.

From the abode of God

When icons of falsehood will be taken out,

When we- the faithful- who have been barred out of sacred places

will be seated on high cushions

When the crowns will be tossed,

When the thrones will be brought down.

Only The name will survive

Who cannot be seen but is also present

Who is the spectacle and the beholder, both

I am the Truth- the cry will rise,

Which is I, as well as you

And then God’s creation will rule

Which is I, as well as you

Yeh haath Salamat hai jab tak is Khooon mein haraarat hai jab tak

yeh haath salamat hai jab tak
is khooon mein haraarat hai jab tak
is dil mein sadaqat hai jab tak
is mulaq mein hai taaqat jab tak

Azad hai apne zikruu amal
barhpoor khazeena himat ka
eik poor hai apni har saaat
imrooz hai apna har farda

yeh shamo sahar yeh shamsoo qamar
yeh khaqar o kokab apne hain
yeh looh oo qalam
yeh tabloo alam
yeh malooo hasham
sab apne hain

yeh haath salamat hai jab tak
is khooon mein haraarat hai jab tak
is dil mein sadaqat hai jab tak
is mulaq mein hai taaqat jab tak

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Aaj Baazar mein paun bajola chalo

Aaj baazar mein paa-ba-jaulan chalo (paa-ba-jaulan - shackles on feet, like a prisoner)

Chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoreeda kaafi nahin (Chashm-e-nam-saltiness of tears, jaan-e-shoreeda - distressed soul )
Tohmat-e-ishq-e-posheeda kaafi nahin (posheeda - hidden)
Aaj baazar mein paa-ba-jaulan chalo

Dast-e-afshaan chalo, mast-o-raqsaan chalo (dast-e-afshaan - swinging hans, mast-o-raqsaan - dancing in trance)
Khaak-bar-sar chalo, khoon-ba-damaan chalo (khaak bar sar - kicking the dust, khoon-ba-daman- blood on sleeves)
Raah takta hai sab shahr-e-janaan chalo (shahar-e-jaana - beloved city)
Aaj baazar mein paa-ba-jaulan chalo

Haakim-e-shahar bhi, majma-e-aam bhi
Teer-e-ilzaam bhi, sang-e-dushnaam bhi (sang-e-dushnam - the stones on road)
Subh-ahe-nashaad bhi, roz-e-nakaam bhi (roz-e-nakaam -unsucessful day)
Aaj baazar mein paa-ba-jaulan chalo

In ka damsaaz apne siwa kaun hai (damsaaz - friend)
Shahar-e-jaanan mein ab ba-sifa kaun hai (ba-sifa - sincere)
Dast-e-qaatil ke shaayan raha kaun hai (dast - hand, shaayan - extending)

Rakht-e-dil baandh lo, dil figaaro chalo (dil figara - broken hearted)
Phir hamin qatl ho aayen yaaro chalo
Aaj baazar mein paa-ba-jaulan chalo

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

 LINKS

http://www.dst.gov.in/ (DST)

http://www.serc-dst.org/index.asp(DST-SERC)

http://www.csir.res.in/  (CSIR)

http://envfor.nic.in/ (MOEF)

http://abhayjere.com/default.aspx(Indian Portal for Biosciences)

http://www.wwfindia.org/(WWF-INDIA)

http://www.sciencemag.org/(Science Journal)

http://www.nature.com/index.html (Nature Journal)

http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/ (Current Science Journal)

http://www.iisc.ernet.in/academy/resonance/aboutResonance.html (Resonance Journal)

http://www.iari.res.in/ (IARI)

http://www.ugc.ac.in/ (UGC)

http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/ (DBT)

http://www.isro.org/ (ISRO)

http://www.dae.gov.in/ (DAE)

http://www.icmr.nic.in/ (ICMR)

http://www.ias.ac.in/ ( Indian Academy of Sciences)

http://insa-india.org/ (Indian National Science Academy)

http://www.nasi.org.in/ ( National Academy of Sciences)

BSI/ZSI Task Force Report

Entomologists stifled
by Indian bureaucracy(Nature 6th, March, 2008)

NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY ACT

Death Sentence for Indian Taxonomy

Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai  Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Ye kooche ye nilaam ghar dilkashi ke
Ye lut-te huwe karvaan zindagi ke
Kahan hai, kahan hai muhafiz khudi ke
Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai
Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Ye purpaich galiyan, ye badnaam bazaar
Ye gumnaam raahi, ye sikkon ki jhankaar
Ye ismat ke sauday, ye saudon pe taqraar
Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai
Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Ye sadiyon se be-khauf sehmi si galiyaan
Ye masli hui adh-khili zard kaliyaan
Ye bikti hui khokli rang-raliyaan
Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai
Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Wo ujle darichon mein payal ki chann chann
Thaki haari saanson pe tablay ki dhan dhan
Ye be-rooh kamron mein khaansi ki than than
Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai
Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Ye phoolon ke gajre, ye peekon ke cheentay
Ye be-baak nazrein, ye gustaakh fitrein
Ye dhalke badan, aur ye beemar chehre
Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai
Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Yahan peer bhi aa chuke hain, jawaan bhi
Tan-o-mand bete bhi, abba miya bhi
Ye biwi bhi hai, aur bahen bhi hai Maa bhi
Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai
Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Madad chaahti hai ye Hawwa ki beti
Yashoda ki hum-jins, Radha ki beti
Payambar ki ummath, Zulekha ki beti
Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai
Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Zara mulk ke rehbaron ko bulao
Ye kooche ye galiyaan ye manzar dikhao
Jinhe naaz hai hind par unko lao
Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai
Kahan hai, kahan hai, kahan hai

Saahir Ludhianvi