God in Human form

 God in Human form
15/10/2008 15:17:58  Source : Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Chennai (vskchennai@gmail.com)

On October 2, the asti (ash) of Hitendran was immersed at the confluence of three seas in Kanykumari. A large number of people led by the district collector offered floral tribute to his photo.

 

Who is Hitendran? A 15 - year old schoolboy. He died in a road accident on September 20 near Chennai. His father and mother are both doctors. They donated the heart, liver, eyes, kidneys and bone marrow of their dead son. Nine - year old girl Abhirami of Bangalore, to whom his heart was transplanted, happily survived.

 

When the Dr Ashokan, Hitendran's father and Dr. Pushpanjali, Hitendran's mother, decided to donate their son Hithendran's organs after he was declared brain dead, a suitable recipient was quickly identified. in Abhirami, a patient at Dr.Cherian's Frontier Lifeline Hospital . K. M. Cherian, pediatric cardiac surgeon, appealed to Chennai Commissioner of Police R. Sekar for help to rush the organ to the hospital. Mr. Sekar, in turn, instructed the traffic police to facilitate this. Sunil Kumar, Joint Commissioner, Traffic, said: "the best way to rush the organ was to take it in our own vehicle, and by ensuring green lights at every signal. As a result, we managed to take the heart from Apollo Hospitals in Teynampet to Frontier Lifeline in Mogappair in exactly 11 minutes." The surgery was performed by Dr.Cherian, after his team, which was headed by consultant cardiac surgeon Madhu Shankar, rushed the heart in a bag of ice to the hospital in the police vehicle. He adds that the harvested organ will have to be transplanted within four hours, and the faster it is done, better the outcome.

 

A widespread public appreciation of the organ donation of Hitendran in the media led to many coming forward to sign pledges of organ donation. The council of the Major Panchayat of Thirukalukumdram, his home town in Chengalpattu district, has announced that a street in the town will be named after Hitendran. It said, it would renovate a park   near his house and name it after him. Several presspersons who attended a condolence meeting in Chennai Press Club resolved to donate their organs. Several towns in Tamilnadu and Puducherry arranged solemn public meetings to appreciate the organ donation by Hitendran.

 

Abhirami's parents Shri. Shekhar and her mother Smt Manjula, said they look upon Hitendran as God in human form, who had come to save the life of their daughter. The couple based in Bangaluru, Karnataka, announced their intention to form a charitable Society in memory of Hitendran to help the needy. They installed a photo of Hitendran in their pooja room and are worshipping him. 

Muslim clerics discuss killings of Azamgarh youths

Wed, Oct 22 01:45 AM

A CONCLAVE of Muslim clerics was held at Mehta Park in Azamgarh district on Monday. They discussed the arrests and killing of youths by the police in connection with recent series of serial blasts in New Delhi.

The Ulema Council organised a gathering of clerics 'Ajimoshaan Ehtazazi Ijlaas-e-Aam' at Mehta Park where clerics from across the country resolved to "teach a lesson" to those who were terming Azamgarh 'Atankgarh' in the wake of arrests of Azamgarh youths and killing of youths from the same district by the police. In a move which will render a blow to many political parties, the clerics have said three MPs connected to Azamgarh - Akbar Ahmad 'Dumpy' (BSP MP from Azamgarh), Iliyas Azmi (BSP MP from Shahbad) and Abu Azmi (Rajya Sabha member from SP) won't be allowed entry into Azamgarh if they fail to raise the voice of Muslims over the recent arrests and killings in the Parliament.

The clerics also decided to lodge as many as 250 cases against BJP MP from Gorakhpur, Yogi Adityanath, for forcing the district into a cauldron of communal violence. Main speaker former Nazim of Ayoomi Jamatal Ahad Hadis New Delhi, Abdul Wahab maintained that Muslims had nothing to do with terrorism.

"They are equal partners in the country and those who treat them as tenants should check themselves as early as possible," Wahab said. Chief of Muslim Political Council, Delhi, Dr Taslim Rehmani went on to the extent of equating Nathuram Godse and Sardar Patel with terrorists.

"First terrorist of independent India was Nathuram Godse, while Sardar Patel was the second," a report from Azamgarh said. The gathering where a crowd of more than 15,000 had assembled was attended by over 100 Muslim clerics from across India.

Prominent among those who addressed the conclave were Maulana Tahir Madni of Jamatul Falah Madarsa Billariaganj (Azamgarh), Peshe Imam of Jama Masjid Intekhab Alam, Maulana Mehboob Alam from Baitul Uloom Madarsa Saraimeer (Azamgarh) and convener of Ulema Council Maulana Amir Rashadi Nadwi. Blaming ruling parties at the Centre and UP for the arrests and killings of Muslims in the guise of combating terrorism, the speakers criticised both CM Mayawati and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for their indifference towards Muslims in the hour of need.

The clerics also decided to actively guide the community in having its own public representatives who don't have affiliations to any political party.