Sri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi is in Coma: A reflection.

[Guest guest]

Twist and turns of life.

Sri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi needs no introduction. Last heard, he was a member of

the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Rajganj constituency in West Bengal

(India). He has had an illustrious career, starting with President of Youth

Congress in 1970 to 1971. This talented person could manage to enter the Indian

Parliament as early as 1971, when he was hardly 26.

He even became a minister in the Union government for the first time in 1985,

not even 40 at that time. Since then he has been everything, ranging from

Parliamentary Affairs Minister to Information and Broadcasting minister.

He had his fair share of achievements and controversies. Some of the include

several bans of Western television networks, including a three month ban on AXN

and Fashion TV, instructing Indian sports broadcaster Nimbus Communications to

share broadcast rights for Indian cricket matches Doordarshan and so on.

But there can be no doubt over the fact that he was among the topmost political

leaders in West Bengal, all through his active political career.

He has been an avid football enthusiast and is known to be a great fan of

Brazil. In sum, he has been a person whose life and times everyone would like

and love to emulate. But to be very frank, he had completely been out of sight

and I for one did not even know where he was and which way.

Till the time I read the news item today in Hindustan Times when I came to know

that Sri Dasmunshi is in 'coma' for the last 18 months.

One of the most active and agile persons- in coma. Doing nothing, being nothing,

having an existence without any action or reaction.

This is what Sri Dasmunshi presently is like. It is this fact that suddenly made

me realize what the true nature of life is. And what actually is the reality of

life. All of us are so active and feel ourselves so important. All of us have

our own pride and sense of achievement.

All of us are rushing all the time for one work or another. We have no time for

others and think that this will go on for ever.

But is it the fact? Was Sri Dasmunshi less active than any one of us? Or less

powerful? Or less important? Did he lack in any material resources or medical

treatment.

As per the Article, all possible medical treatments have been done, so far no

improvement is seen. His wife, presently herself an MP from the same place, Mrs

Deepa Dasmunshi, an ex-film star is there besides him all the time, doing the

best she can and hoping for betterment every single minute.

I am also a wife, a mother and a daughter and can very well understand the

feelings of Mrs Deepa. I must say I have generated very high opinion about this

lady, who is doing a selfless service to her husband, while some other woman

might have left him midway.

I pray to God that Mrs Deepa's prayers and dedication are heard soon and her

husband, Sri Dasmunshi once again becomes as agile, alert and active as he was

once upon a time.

Note- I send this Article to this group even if not directly related

because the matters give us a very important lesson of life, which we all of us

must learn, whatever our profession.

Dr Nutan Thakur,

5/426, Viram Khand,

Gomti Nagar,

Lucknow

India

# 94155-34525

e-mail: <nutanthakurlko@...>