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In a bizarre incident, a father became responsible for accidentally killing her 22 month old daughter while reversing the family car (Tata Sumo). The incident took place on Saturday when the family was returning from an outing at the nearby park. Anita, Shubhangi’s mother (the girl who got killed), got down from the car to unlock the main door while Sunil Kumar (the father) was reversing the car. He was unaware that his tender girl was walking towards the car. That night as the reversing car hit the Shubhangi, she fell down and hurt her head against a stone on impact.

“We heard Anita screaming and rushed out, where we saw both parents trying to revive Shubhangi, who was bleeding. She was immediately taken to Max, where she died later,” added the neighbor.

The tragedy does not end here. The police have registered a case of death by negligence against the father under section 304(A). A senior police official confirmed that, “A case has been registered and the father, Sunil Kumar, will be arrested soon.”

Just imagine the plight of the mourning father. He would not have still recovered from the jolt of his mistake when the news of his arrest came. “You can imagine the grief that Sunil is feeling. Shubhangi was his favorite, and he used to spend all his free time with his family. Now we will have to also fight for Sunil’s freedom,” said a relative.

According to neighbours, the Kumars had shifted last year to the locality, which was near Sunil’s parents’ home in Kalyanpuri, New Delhi. Kumar, who ran a cable business, would take his family out every weekend. “The elder daughter is in class I in St Mary’s school. Both Sonia and Shubhangi used to play around with neighborhood kids. They looked like the perfect family,” said another neighbor, Sakshi.

I’m still unsure if registering a case against a lamenting father is the right thing to do. If Mr. Kumar actually loved his daughter as much as is claimed by the relatives, will he ever be able to pardon himself for the mistake he has made? Isn’t the guilt of his act enough for his penance? What can be worse for a father to be tormented by the fact that he was responsible for his own child’s death every day of his life?

Tags: Accident, Child, Death, Father, Kalyanpuri, Shubhangi

Parenting is a major responsibility, more so for a single parent. A single parent has to bear with added responsibilities, tensions and pressures. Either due to separation, divorce or death of a spouse, a single parent is left alone to deal with multiple tasks. You have to be a father and a mother at the same time. You need to have the tenderness and understanding of a mother, yet be firm and strong like a father. This dual portrayal may get overwhelming for some at times. But if single parenting is handled in a mature way, it can develop into a strong bond between the parent and the child.

A single parent has to take care of all the physical and emotional needs of the child by himself or herself. Right from personal hygiene, dietary habits, school work, punctuality and peer group, so on and so forth….. The list can be unending. You can partially share this responsibility with the child’s grandparents or a trusted friend or even a loyal maidservant. But you are ultimately responsible at the end of the day. So, never regret this responsibility. Childhood is a very fragile phase and any wrong impression can ruin your relationship forever.

You have to remember that no matter how smart you are, by the end of the day you are making decisions for your child all alone. They may not be the most appropriate decisions always. So, confide in your trusted relatives while taking important decisions concerning your child’s future, be it education or hostel accommodation or foreign travel. This will not only give you moral strength but also add more credibility to the final decision made. If you are on talking terms with your ex-spouse (now separated), consult him or her on major occasions. After all, the child is his or hers also. He or she might have some important and useful ideas to contribute.

A child’s mind is like an unwritten book. You can scribble anything onto it. So be very careful as to what you teach your child. As far as possible, never let your bitterness, bad experiences, annoyance and anger; infect your child’s psyche. Never ever poison the child’s mind against the separated spouse. And make the child realize the importance of friendships and lasting human relationships. If you honor your ex relationship, your child will hold you in even higher esteem then he or she normally does. You cannot change past, but you can definitely shape the present and the future.

When taking care of a child single handedly, it’s more important to remember that you are not only a parent, but a human being as well. It is very easy to get carried away and try to do everything for your child yourself, without taking any outside help. This is bound to burn you out very soon and you might end up getting frustrated and you may start taking out these emotions on your child. Don’t compromise your own social life in trying to be a good parent. It would only make matters worse. If you are working, you must come home feeling healthy and happy. Try to spread your responsibility or else you may spend quantity time rather than quality time with your child. For example, never feel guilty while employing a housemaid or a cooking help.

A child misses a parent the most on occasions like Parent’s day when he or she sees the other children with both set of parents. Prepare yourself and your child for such situations. Talk about these problems. Never let such issues spoil your child’s fun. Tell the child to never hide the fact that he or she has a single parent. Of course, that does not mean that the child volunteers this information, but let the issue of single parenting not be a shameful secret. Or else, the child will turn hypersensitive and withdrawn. Never let your child develop any personality disorder. You should take the initiative from the initial years. As is said, attitude is everything. Therefore, if you don’t indulge in bouts of self-pity and depression, single parenting will not unsettle your child.

Tags: Death, Decisions, Divorce, Emotional, Father, Mother, Parent, Parenting, Physical, Pressures, Problems, Responsibilities, Seperation, Single Parent, Spouse, Tensions

In the last one month, there reported four deaths in the ashrams of Asaram-Bapu, all happened mysteriously in bathroom. These incidents put a question mark on the safety of Aashrams and on the words of the spiritual leader. Till now, there are no clues behind the deaths of these innocent boys of the Ashram who were there to seek education.

Recently a four-year-old child, Vedanta was found dead in the bathroom by his fellow students at 6:15 pm on Thursday (July 31). His head was found in a bucket of water. The door was bolted from the outside. Reason given for this death was again a slip of leg by the child like in earlier three deaths. In the last 3 days, it was the second death at the Ashram in Chhindwara, MP. Two days back, a 4-year-old Ramakrishna Yadav was also found dead in the hostel bathroom. Reason for his death was told the same.

Is it convincing? Definitely not. Above all this, the parents have not filed the case yet believing in the words of Asaram-Bapu that the child would be reborn again.

The issue has taken a serious turn in the society. A fight broke out between the two groups of people, the supporters of the ashram and the protesters of the deaths. Lathi charge and tear gas shells are used by the police to disperse the crowd.

Earlier, on July 5, dead bodies of two missing children of the Asaram Gurukul in Ahmedabad were found in the Sabarmati River. These two students were missing from July 3. The two dead boys were cousins and feared that they are killed. Their fathers went on indefinite hunger strike, which they inexplicably withdrew.

The deaths are now being probed by the criminal investigation department (CID).  Meanwhile, the parents of other children are scared of the incidents and took their Childs away from the ashram.

Some channels on TV have shows Asaram-Bapu shedding tears on the death of the children. He says that he is not responsible for the deaths. God knows what the conspiracy behind it is. But the pure image of the spiritual guru of Indians is washed with the incident.

Tags: Aashram, Asaram, Asaram Bapu, Death, Students Death, Vedanta

The 1971 Indo-Pak war hero and Former Army Chief Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw passed away on Friday at Military Hospital in Wellington in Tamil Nadu. He died around 00:30 am in midnight hours after getting slipped in coma early on the day. He was admitted to hospital some time ago for progressive lung disease, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. He was 94.

Manekshaw, the Padma Vibhushan and Military Cross awardee had led India to victory in Indo-Pak war in 1971. He retired as the Army chief in 1973. Manekshaw was conferred the honorary rank of Field Marshal for his stellar leadership during the Bangladesh campaign that saw the surrender of more than 90,000 Pakistani troops on December 16, 1971 in Dacca, then the capital of East Pakistan and which has now been renamed Dhaka.

He had developed “acute broncho pneumonia” with associated complications and his condition had been serious for the past four days.

President Pratibha Patil condoled the death of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw along with Defense Minister A K Antony who said, “In his demise, the nation has lost a great soldier, a true patriot and a noble son.”

He was born in Amritsar on April 13, 1914. Manekshaw was commissioned into the Army from the first course of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, in 1934. He saw action in Burma, now Myanmar, during the Second World War and became the Indian Army chief on June 7, 1969.

Manekshaw assumed charge of the Indian Army, as the 8th Chief of Army Staff, on June 07, 1969. Born in Amritsar, Punjab in April 1914, he completed his schooling in Amritsar and Sherwood College, Nainital. He then joined the first batch of 40 cadets at Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehra Dun on 01 October 1932. He passed out of the IMA in December 1934 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army. He held several regimental assignments and was first attached to the Royal Scouts and later to the 12 Frontier Force Rifles.

For his selfless service to the nation, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1972. He was conferred with the honorary rank of Field Marshal in January 1973.

Tags: 71 War Hero, Army Chief, Death, Field Marshal, IMA, India, Manekshaw, Padma Vibhushan, Pakistan

An Indian prisoner died of an electric shock mysteriously in Landhi jail in Karachi which prompts the leading human rights activist, Ansar Burney to probe the case.

The person died was identified as 25 year old Fisherman Bhagwan Das. He was electrocuted when he touched a pipe in a bathroom on Monday morning Landhi Jail Superintendent Nusrat Sanghan said. Das had gone along with other prisoners to wash clothes.

Majithia, hailing from Gujarat, was arrested along with 16 other fishermen on April 24 for illegally fishing in Pakistani waters.

He was the second Indian prisoner to die while being held in Landhi Jail within four months. Earlier Laxman Kanji, a 40-year-old fisherman, died of cardiac arrest after being rushed to hospital from the prison on March 20.

After the death of Das in “mysterious circumstances” Ansar Burney asked authorities to conduct a probe.

“This man was a prisoner and it is a bit hard to believe that a prisoner can die of an electric shock. It is not as if he was at home or at his workplace and could have been exposed to electrical equipment that could have caused his death,” Burney said.

India and Pakistan had recently formed a joint committee of retired judges to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners and to recommend measures to expedite their release. The Indian members of the panel visited Pakistani jails this month and met Indian prisoners in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi also.

Tags: Ansar Burney, Death, India, Indian, Pakistan, Prisoner

Very unusual and surprising raining and storm in the month of MAY in North India has made the weather experts to bite their nails. Every year, when the North Indians were used to face the scorching sun in the month of May, they are enjoying the sudden rain splashes this year. However, stormy rain and thunder is giving a jolt to smooth routine of the citizens damaging life and destroying crops.

Dust storms and heavy rains lashed huge swaths of Northern India, killing at least 22 overnight, an official said Tuesday. An additional 89 people died in non seasonal rain and dust storms in Uttar Pradesh state last week, police spokesman Surendra Srivastava said in Lucknow.

Srivastava said that strong winds of more than 70 miles per hour (113 kph) and heavy rains resulted in uprooting trees and electricity poles and destroying mud-brick houses.

“At least 22 people, five of them children, were killed in different incidents of house collapses and lightning strikes,” Srivastava said.

Another 23 people were injured and have been admitted to state-run hospitals, he added. According to government estimates the state has lost property and crops worth one billion rupees (USD 25 million; 16 million) because of two weeks of bad weather.

As reported the much-awaited South-West Monsoon on Tuesday further advanced into some more parts Bay of Bengal and is expected to set in over Kerala in the next three to four days.

Tags: Death, Heavy Rain, North India, Rain, Rain Storm

Noted playwright and a Padma Bhushan awardee, Vijay Tendulkar has passed away in Pune today after a protracted illness. He was a multifaceted personality and his Ghasiram Kotwal that he penned in 1972 is considered one of the best political satires written with a historical backdrop.

He was 80 and was suffering from myasthenia gravis, a muscular disorder. He had been admitted to a city hospital a few weeks back and died on Monday at 8 am at his residence.

He wrote as many as 25 one act plays in addition to novels and short stories.

Tendulkar began his career as a journalist and wrote many widely read newspaper columns. In 1974-75 he was given the Jawaharlal Nehru fellowship.

Tendulkar, whose experimentation with socially controversial themes jolted the orthodox Marathi theatre, won the National Film Award in 1977 for his screenplay of Shyam Benegal’s movie Manthan. He also wrote the screenplays for other critically acclaimed films like Nishant, Akrosh and Ardh Satya.

The author of controversial works like Ghashiram Kotwal and Sakharam Binder was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement.

A large number of theatre and film personalities, including Amol Palekar and Lalan Sarang, visited the hospital to pay their last respect to the author.

The mortal remains of Tendulkar were cremated soon after his death without religious rituals as per his wish.

His two daughters, brother Suresh and a large number of theatre and film personalities were present while his cremation.

Tags: Death, Marathi, Playwriter, Pune, Vijay Tendulkar

A massive earthquake hits China on Yesterday and it is assumed that nearly 10,000 people are buried by this disaster. Earlier there was a news of over 8500 deaths and 900 students buried.

The earthquake measuring 7.8 on Richter Scale damaged life in mountainous province. Reports from various provinces are coming about the number of toll.

In Shifang, Government says that around 600 people dead which includes 81 students. In this province a major chemical leak happened after the earthquake.

Still lots of people are buried in side the debris. In the city of Mianzhu, more than 1000 people were reported dead and 5000 were still missing.

“My fellow Chinese, facing such a severe disaster, we need calm, confidence, courage and efficient organization,” Premier Wen Jiabao said.

More news and images can be found at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/12/content_8153516.htm

Tags: China, Death, Earthquake

The sad demise of the well known tabla player Kishan Maharaj happened at a private hospital at Khajuri in Varansi after a brief illness.

He was 84 and was suffering from a paralytic attack after April 29 and since then he was admitted to hospital. He died last night at 11:45 as told by the sources.

Maharaj suffered the attack while eminent sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his family were visiting him. The sarod exponent was in Varanasi with his sons, Aman and Ayaan, to attend a music function.

The Padma Vibhushan 2002 award-winner was one of the finest tabla players of the country and had a career which spanned over half a century. He began playing tabla at a tender age of 11 years.

Maharaj’s ability to play cross rhythms and produce complex calculations, particularly in ‘tihai’ patterns made him one of the most respected and popular tabla players of his time.

He learned the art from his father Pandit Hari Maharaj whose untimely death led to continue his training from his uncle, Pt. Kanthe Maharaj, one of the great old masters and himself a disciple of Pt. Baldeo Sahai. Pt. Baldeo Sahai was the grandson of Pt. Ram Sahai, founder of the Banaras gharana.

He was a versatile player, and was able to play with the sitar, sarod, dhrupad, dhamar or dance.

Tags: Death, Kishan Maharaj, Sarod, Tabla, Varanasi

Fond of omelette’s and eggs! Beware!
A recent study revealed that eating an egg a day on average may increase the risk of early death for middle aged men.

The study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition conducted by researchers Luc Djousse and J Michael Gaziano states that seven or more eggs in a week increase the risk of premature death by 23 per cent. The main factor told behind this finding is the relatively high cholesterol content, at around 220 milligrams per yolk, which may increase cholesterol level and can lead to heart diseases.

Egg consumption was associated with a greater risk of all-cause mortality, and that there was suggestive evidence for a greater risk of heart attack and stroke among diabetic males.

The study observed that men eating the most number of eggs were also older, fatter, were more likely to drink alcohol and smoke, and less likely to exercise — all factors that create the risk of heart attack and death.

The study gives rise to a new debate of how may eggs should a person eat?

Tags: Death, Egg, Health, Omlette