Baau ji's (grandfather's) entire life and business, Pita ji's childhood,  youth and my roots.

"मच्छेडी"  साड़ा पहाड़ ।   "Macchedi, our Village".  A small countryside of Billawar,  30kms at an elevation from the town and from the Holy Shrine of Sukrala Devi (Kathua),  crossing Bangla, situated at a height of 5000ft.
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I remember,  amongst the Dense forests of Cheed trees (Pines)  and Deodars, playing with the thick non-edible fruit of cheed and never wanting to go back home.
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I remember Baau ji's much loved employes,  chacha's patients and mom's students (all mainly Non-hindus),  no less than family members to us, coming from Macchedi to our home (at billawar),  bringing Makken da aata, chowl'en da aata (Maize and rice flour)  along with desi sabji and kalaadiyan (organic vegetables),  together dinning with us, cracking jokes. And the best part, their luv fr us, as kids.
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. My nostalgia remains at Pahari accent of Dogri(mother tongue) and folk music/dances,  "desi kukkad" (Desi chicken) and Succhi Roti (for non-muslims) at marriage parties there.

And stories where Pita ji and chacha tell about their struggle while crossing the snow with wounded and frost bitten toes for kilometers together, for there was less connectivity via roads back then.
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Amongst a much scenic-temperate-organically rich areas of Kathua (Jammu),Macchedi in Billawar is still much under-rated,  a lesser known to the folk around the state n nation.
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. These days is covered with snow where people celebrating  it with much ecstasy, where in the video together they sing folk as "DIL LUTT KE LAI GYE NI O KUDIYE NAIN TERE KAJRAAAARRREEE". ❤❤❤

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And we still call it with a heart full of love " MACCHEDI SAADA PAHAD". Sharing to which is a matter of immense joy to me.

FOR, ROOTS SURVIVE INSIDE THE BLOOD AND ARE THE SOURCE OF ADRENALINE,  NO MATTER WHAT.

Radhika Sharma

Beyond the notions of trending 'IDEOLOGIES'.
The Real Bharat (India) says, . .Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Nir-Aamayaah |
Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu
Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet | ||
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Which Means :
1: Om, May All become Happy,
2: May All be Free from Illness.
3: May All See what is Auspicious,
4: May no one Suffer.

Beyond the subjects of classifying the Patriotism in daily Debates.
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BEYOND DIS-RESPECTING THE OTHER AND GLORIFYING SELF IN THE CAMPAIGNS.
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BEYOND THE ILL-PHILOSOPHIES OF REMAINING SEATED IN THE  CINEMA HALLS ON THE PIOUS TUNE OF "JANA GANA MANA" AND TERMING IT TO BE "FORCED PATRIOTISM" WHILE DECLINING YOUR MORAL VALUES.
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Beyond the philosophies of  modern-liberalism, multiple  Faiths and the games of victimisation to be favoured.
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A BHARAT-IYA (INDIAN) SAYS, .
DHARAM KI JAY HO, A-DHARAM KA VINASH HO, PRANIYO MEIN SAD-BHAVNA HO, VISHVA KA KALYAN HO.
WHICH MEANS , MAY THE  FAITH (WHICH TEACHES THE PHILOSOPHY OF GOODNESS OF LIFE ) WINS, MAY THE EVIL DIE, MAY THE LIVING BEINGS BE IN HARMONY, MAY THE WORLD EXCEL.

THERE IS ONE IDENTITY DEFINING YOUR AGE OLD CIVILIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE, LITERATURE , SCIENCE, ECONOMY , SPIRITUALISM , HUMANITY , TRUTH AND TOLERANCE.

"ZAFARNAAMAH - THE LETTER OF VICTORY TO AURANGZEB - GURU GOBIND SINGH".


"Each time when our children celebrated the illusionary super heroes, our History might have mourned, for, neither they are known to our REAl SUPER HEROES nor they are taught of them in the books or academia.
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Our Super heroes who didnt wore ironed outfits but carried the iron inside their hearts and blood ".

Those, who held the swords strong, fought and dreaded the evil, for our own rights against the in-human plunderers ,in real. . .. . .

I Write up a story of this milestone of Indian History who was a warrior,  a learned human, an expert of all Indian languages and intellect of huge literature of centuries in India.

Back in 1600s,
A Poet-warrior after a massive victory in spiritual war at "Chamkaur"  defeating 'the Aurangzeb' and his army, while protecting 'our right-ful traditions of culture-faith-religion-resources-freedom of life"  against his brutality, where there were forced conversions,  plundering of the temples and paath-shalas, loot, forced marriages and mass murders of poor and literates.

 when wrote a victory letter "Zafarnama"  in  'Persian' to Aurangzeb,
  He told him that: . . .


 "Chun kar az hameh heelate dar guzasht,
Halal ast burdan bi-shamsher dast. . .
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Which meant, .. . .

When all has been tried, yet
Justice is not in sight,
It is then the right to pick up the sword,
It is then right to fight"

Voluntarily-valoursly refused to leave his own faith and writes,

"Ma-ra itibaar e bar een qasam nest,
Ki eizad gawah ast yazdan yakest"

Meant,  "I have no faith at all  in the oath,
You swear on that God, who is one, your witness does bear... "

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Who could deny to bow to this iron-heart,who not only protected our INDIAN-ISM as a warrior , but remained the "Guru" and taught our people to take up the sword and fight for their own rights,
hence found the KHALSA, (khaalis-pure) (who remained  role in protecting the folk long after his demise, including the nine invasions and battles led by Ahmad Shah Abdali from Afghanistan in late 1700s).

He, despite of all, was a Father, a son, who lost his own father at a tender age, and his young Sons  for his people and their moral rights of faith and religion against these brutal foreigners was none but GURU GOBIND SINGH JI.

Bows, Respect and Thanks giving to Guru Gobind Singh ji on his 352nd birth anniversary.