Happy Independance Day 2010

See whether you know about any of the people in the list below,
Sanjay Dutt, Salma Hayek, Ayesha Siddiqui, Sangeetha Bijlani, Jade Goody, Shilpa Shetty.

I know you'd be thinking that i must be mad to ask such a question, everybody knows them right? Well, what about those below this line?
Vikram Batra, Tukkaram Ombule, Shahid Uttam Singh, Kamaleskumari, Bana Singh, Sourav Kalia.
No? Not even one? congratulations, you've successfully proved you're the real 'aaj ka hindustani'. Wondering how?

You know an actor who helped smugglers and racist and opportunist actresses, but who you have no idea of those who fought for our freedom and those who're dying everyday to preserve it.

Did you know?

• Vikram Batra recaputured many peaks of Kashmir mountains during the Kargil War and screamed 'yeh dil maange more'
• Tukkaram Ombule of Mumbai is the only police constable in the whole world to have captured a fidayeen alive with his bare hands.
• Shahid Uttam Singh, a youngster who witnessed the Jalianwala Bagh massacre waited for 20 years to kill Michael O Dyer (the governor not general Reginald Dyer) in London

It is a pity we give importance to filmi trivia and gossip and not our brothers and sisters losing their today for our tomorrow. Let us remember them for atleast half a minute tomorrow if we cannot do anything more. jai Hind!

Happy Independence Day!