How Pakistan Army blocked Indian doctor's noble project

Amritsar-based eye surgeon Padmashree Dr Daljit Singh had a noble dream to set up a charitable hospital and a university in Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of the founder of the Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev, which lies in Punjab province of Pakistan

The borders dividing India and Pakistan may be witnessing exchange of fire in place of sweets for now, but common citizens on both sides have always spread the message of humanity and brotherhood.
While a Lahore-based painter Iqbal Hussain showed respect to de-consecrated temple idols and spread the message of communal harmony, an Amritsar-based world famous eye surgeon Dr Daljit Singh, 81, wanted to set up a charitable eye hospital and a university at Nankana Sahib - the birthplace of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev.
Dr Daljit Singh and his Karachi-based friend late Prof TH Kirmani had not only managed the land for his dream project but both had even laid the foundation stone on February 25, 2007 to build the hospital.

Sadly, the land donated by a local resident Fazal Rabbani was occupied by the Pakistan army which has not vacated it till today.
"We had infact planned a University in the name of Guru Nanak Dev. The charitable Hospital was part of the project which was planned on one acre. We were hopeful that the Sikh devotees visiting Nankana Sahab will donate generously to the project but it did not advance beyond the foundation stone," Dr Daljit Singh told Mail Today.

 

Dr Daljit Singh told Mail Today that the Pakistan government has given the status of a holy city to Nankana Sahib but the health amenities in and around it are still inadequate. He wanted to serve the local people by setting up the hospital as cataract blindness is very common in Nankana Sahib district.

"We wanted to spread the message of universal brotherhood by serving the people. But the dream was never actualised. Now they have eased visa norms for senior citizens but who will receive me at Wagah border? My friend TH Kirmani is no more, he died in an accident four years ago," says Dr Daljit Singh who still lives with his dream to open a charitable hospital in Pakistan.
Singh says his dream can never be fulfilled as the tension between India and Pakistan is growing. He has visited Pakistan two times and is all praise for Pakistan where there are a number of state-of-the-art charitable hospitals.
Dr Daljit Singh, who has made Amritsar a mecca for eye patients from all over the world, was awarded the Padmashree in 1987 by the Indian government. He is the first ophthalmologist to introduce Intra Ocular Lens implant in India in the 1970s. He is known for his expertise in cataract and glaucoma surgeries.

 

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PIL Filed Against Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan, The Film May Get Banned

A petition seeking ban on the release of Salman Khan starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan has been filed in a Allahabad High Court today. The Public Interest Litigation has been filed by a Chitrakoot-based social activist Anil Pradhan, who believes that the movies has some highly controversial content, which can “hurt religious sentiments of the majority community”.
The highly awaited movie of the year which is slated to release on Eid 17th July, may get postpone or have to face the wrath of getting ban.The movie also stars Kareena Kapoor along side Salman Khan & Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The story line of the movie revolves around a young Pakistan girl, who crosses the border and lands up in India, and consequently faces tremendous difficulties on account of her being speech-impaired. And, being the hero Salman Khan takes up the responsibility to re-unite the girl with her family.
The PIL called, “parties” which includes the film producer’s Yashraj Films, MIB and the elaborated star cast, for the hearing of the case later this week.


No, I don’t want it to get banned! So do you. I am sure. Please show your support to the movie & share this.

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India Inc Pledges Over $70 Billion for PM Modi's Digital India Push

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged more companies to make electronic and digital goods, reviving his campaign promise to bridge India's digital divide backed by over $70 billion (4.5 lakh crore rupees) in investment pledges. India's top businessmen including brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani, Azim Premji and Sunil Mittal were present in Delhi as the PM launched the 'Digital India Week'.

Here is your 10-point guide to this story:

1. Digital India is a massive tech push to provide electronic governance and universal phone connectivity across the country.  The aim is to bridge the digital divide, bringing in large investments in technology manufacturing.
2. "E-Governance is going to change into M-Governance... M is not Modi Governance, it is mobile governance," the PM said with a smile, sketching a broad roadmap in his 27-minute speech of how he plans to digitise India.
3. PM Modi spoke of the need to boost local manufacturing of electronics - the country's largest import after oil. "Why can't we make quality electronic goods that are globally competitive?" he said in a speech to a packed 14,000-seater indoor stadium.
4. Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani and Bharti Enterprises head Sunil Bharti Mittal led a roll call of industrialists sharing the dais with the Prime Minister, promising investments of over 4,50,000 crore rupees ($71 billion) to back the government's initiative.
5. Besides investment, the initiative is also expected to create 18 lakh jobs. PM Modi said, "Make in India is important but 'Design in India' equally important for digital India."
6. The push to connect India and drive a national fibre optic network, approved by the previous Congress-led government in 2011, has made slow progress in utilizing technology to bring services and deliverables to those outside large towns and cities.
7. India's average Internet speed was ranked 115th globally earlier this year among countries studied by services provider Akamai Technologies. And India had just a little over 100 million broadband subscribers at the end of April, out of a population of close to 1.3 billion.
8. A growing  economy and falling handset prices make India one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world, and PM Modi wants to harness that to drive  social development in fields like education and health.
9. Outlining his 15-point digital dream, the Prime Minister said today information technology can be used in a big way to eliminate corruption. "I dream of digital India where technology ensures that government and citizen interaction is incorruptible."
10. PM Modi has used social media and particularly Twitter, where he has 13 million followers, to style himself as a leader in touch with technology.
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