Testing Times Ahead in J&K

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On Shab –e- Qadr, the night of seeking the blessings  of Allah, a band of agitated stone pelters took away the life of a fellow Kashmiri police officer who was on duty in Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir to ensure that the people who had gathered at the Nowhatta mosque in downtown area to offer night-long prayers and to make supplications, could do it peacefully.

The trouble reportedly started when Mohammed Ayub Pandith, a Dy Superintendent of Police posted in the Security Branch, was seen by some youth taking pictures of the Jamia Masjid mosque and the stone pelters. Being in a plainclothes wing of the police, the officer was in mufti or civil dress. The mob caught hold of the officer and to wriggle out of the clutches of the frenzied mob, Ayub fired from his service weapon injuring a few. This was provocation enough for the mob to attack and lynch him to death in one of the most gruesome and dastardly assaults on policemen in the recent times in the valley. It may be noted that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was among those present at the Nowhatta mosque at the time of the lynching.

The sacrifice of the six bravehearts of the local police including the affable station house officer in Achabal in the south Kashmir is still fresh in the national memory. Like in the Punjab during its militancy, the policemen and their families in the state of J&K are also being now targeted by the terrorists and their sympathisers.  The state police are at the forefront of the anti-militant operations. In the last three decades of the militancy in the state, the local police have lost more than seven thousand members. Regardless of the setbacks, they have carried on with their fight against the militancy.

The Special Operations Group of J&K police is a highly motivated unit. As per the law, the rest of the forces are deployed in the Valley in aid of the civil administration. Coming from the same stock, the local police are vital to intelligence gathering and mounting of successful operations. They are led by an able officer in SP Vaid who belongs to the state and is known for his strategic acumen. These are no doubt hard times for the police and the security forces. But then their resilience and expertise and repertoire to deal with such anti national insurgencies is abundant. 

Friday was expected to be a fateful day in the light of the venomous diktat of the separatist leaders of the valley to protest after Friday prayers against the Indian genocide of the innocent civilians. Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik in a statement after the Pulwama encounter in which three militants were gunned down by the local police and the security forces, exhorted people to protest the “targeted killing” of the youth during the operation. The youth, “chronic stone-pelter” according to the police was killed during the violence which erupted after the burial of the slain militants in Kakapora Pulwama.

It can be termed as the bloodiest Ramzaan in the valley. Militant attacks have continued during the holy month forcing the security forces to retaliate. In all twenty seven militants were neutralized during the month. The militants killed nine policemen/security forces personnel and only six civilians lost their lives. The police and security forces have been avoiding use of lethal force against civilians who have been targeting the former on daily basis.

The militants have suffered several reversals following a hard stand against them and their sympathisers. It should be a worrying trend for the security forces that militants of different shades and tanzims are closing ranks to achieve synergy in their so called struggle for azadi and jihad. The presence of Jaish – e-Mohammed and Hizb militants at the burial of a slain Hizb area commander is a pointer towards that.

The masters of the militants across the border have unleashed a radicalisation and recruitment drive through the internet and social media. Propaganda against the idea of India is quite vociferous. The sub text now focuses more on religion based jihad than azadi for Kashmir. More than 200 such sites are operating from Pakistan itself. While the ground battle is being effectively fought by the security forces, the response in the cyberspace is far from desirable. Director general of police of J&K calls it cyber war and is alive to the situation. The stock response post an operation is to ban the social media or clamp down on the cyberspace for a while. Ban is just a first aid. What we need is a long-term treatment and response. All the security agencies, particularly the intelligence agencies have to come together to work on a systematic response to this threat which is resulting in further aggravation of the situation.

Counter propaganda and subversion measures also need to be devised at the earliest. Since the political parties have conceded space to hardliners and militants, there is a clear void in managing the public perception of alienation. The efforts of the government at the state and the national level to continue with a meaningful dialogue with the people of the valley also get nullified due to repeated incidents of violence against the civilians and the security personnel including the local police. There is a big section of Kashmiri society that abjures violence in favour of sufiism and Kashmiriyat. Brutal killings of Kashmiri policemen, who are seen as brethren by this section have created revulsion to the senseless violence by the militants. Intelligence agencies have to work with this section of society and further consolidate the numbers to counter war of perceptions. Working with women in the Valley may prove useful in conveying the message to the youth to abstain from the destructive path preached by the separatists. A beginning in this direction has to be made.

There may be more attacks on police stations and posts and its personnel in the coming days to weaken the will of the policemen to fight the militancy. Threats may be held out to the families. Police will have to be extra cautious about the safety of their colleagues in plainclothes. More armed vehicles are needed now in the valley. The police leadership and the state government need to ensure that the morale of the civil police in the state does not take a hit by the recent barbaric attacks on the policemen. The best the J&K police can do in this situation is to resolve to own the responsibility to restore normalcy in the state. This is quite doable. They have the Punjab model to inspire and emulate. 

A Timely Reversal Expected

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 7 Jun 2017 9:14 PM |  New Delhi 

In the wee hours of Monday, there was a fidayeen attack on the camp of the 45th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force at Sumbal in Bandipora, Kashmir. Heavily armed terrorists were aiming to repeat a Uri-like incident in Sumbal. However, the enemy failed in their nefarious designs. Thanks to an alert sentry who noticed them and soon raised the alarm, all the four fidayeen were immediately engaged in a fierce exchange of fire. After a gritty and tactically sound operation, the CRPF troops were able to neutralise all the four terrorists and recovered four AK series of rifles, one Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL), large quantities of grenades and ammunition. The high point of the operation was that the home side suffered no casualties. 

The CRPF leadership deserves a pat on the back for a successful operation. Tactically sound defences around the camp, alert sentries and quick response from the troops and officers who must be in a deep sleep when the intrusion was attempted, must make the Indian Army and all other security forces breathe a sigh of relief. In the recent past, Indian security personnel have been under a cloud of successful enemy penetrations in sensitive defence installations. The J&K Police also responded to the situation and made it impossible for the fidayeen to escape. 

From a security man's perspective, this successful operation is a morale booster in an otherwise glum security atmosphere in the Kashmir Valley. The Valley, some say, is on a boil, which is certainly not correct. There are some mischief mongers on the payrolls of the separatists and Pakistan who have been testing the patience of the security forces and provoking them to do something seriously wrong which will ultimately alienate the common man, fan the flames of separatism and lay the foundation for a Wahabi order. 

Peaceniks and some human rights activists may cry themselves hoarse over the situation, but it appears the current government at the Centre has a definite plan to resolve the K issue once for all. Several Central leaders and spokespersons have made it amply clear that the Indian state shall not hold parleys with those who have received large sums of funding from Pakistan and her deep state, the ISI. Several separatist leaders have been exposed accepting vast sums from Pakistani agents. The role of Dukhtaran – e-Millat in receiving napaak funds from Pakistan to destroy temples of learning and deny the right to education to thousands of impressionable students, while subsequently recruiting them as stone-pelters also stand exposed. The Central government deserves support from one and all in the country for its surgical financial strike on the Hurriyat and other terror proxies. 

The National Investigation Agency and Enforcement Directorate have been unleashed to investigate the ill-gotten riches of the separatists and bring them to book. Historically the separatists have acted as double agents receiving financial patronage from both the Indian government and its adversary in Pakistan. The highly pampered Hurriyat leaders and other separatists had not expected such heavy punching from the Indian "soft state". Yasin Malik has been arrested and the other two bigwigs namely Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have been placed under house arrest. Some more stringent measures against other pro-Pakistan separatists will ease the situation in the Valley. 

The Centre has enunciated its no-nonsense Kashmir policy through the Army Chief Bipin Rawat. His frequent appearances in the Valley indicate the steely resolve of the government to deal with infiltration and militancy with an iron fist. While the Army and BSF solely manage the LoC, the Valley operations are shared by all the security forces. The mandate is very clear – liquidate infiltrators and militants of all shades but maintain utmost restraint while dealing with people. The bullet for bullet for militants policy shifts to pellets only doctrine for stone pelters and the misguided youth. Ground level intelligence has also shown improvement. Recent operations to neutralise cohorts of Burhan Wani are a pointer towards that. 

One worrying aspect of the Kashmir situation is the horrendous level of media discussion, particularly on the idiot box. One historian and economist sitting saat samundar paar and without first-hand knowledge of the situation has been economical with the truth in dubbing the recent 'human shield' incident as the 'General Dyer' moment in the Valley. Either he has no idea of the Jallianwala episode, or it is a deliberate attempt to add fuel to the fire. The debates on some channels on the telly are pathetic. Anchors are baying for blood, whipping up ultra-nationalism. The choice of their participants in the discussions is also worrisome. Most of them believe that the power of the argument lies only in the pitch of the voice! Deterioration in the use of diction can be seen all around. The editors on such channels may claim that they are hosting an objective debate by inviting Pakistani hawks and the Kashmiri separatists on their shows. But they forget that they are affording free airtime to the separatists' views slamming the Indian state for human rights violations and the alleged occupation of Kashmir by the Indian troops. These channels unwittingly become platforms for propaganda and subversion. Pakistani commentators choose their words very carefully addressing the Kashmiri population and their support to the Azadi idiom. There is a need for these channels and a section of the print media to be wary of such contributors and exercise restraint and show sobriety and maturity in dealing with the Kashmir issue. 

There is no denying the fact that the importance of dialogue can never be undermined. Spadework needs to be done before talks can be had with the real representatives of the people. Unfortunately, most of the political parties in Kashmir have conceded space to Islamist hardliners and to preserve their constituencies, and they are merely pedalling soft separatism. Whosoever is out of power is known to indulge in brinkmanship in Kashmir. 

The governments at the state and Centre and intelligence agencies need to operate their back channels to access the common man to gauge his mood and then devise methods to manage the perceptions. The misdeeds of separatist leaders should be driven home to save the gen next from radicalisation. A timely reversal of fortunes at Sumbal needs to be built upon by aggressive outreach programme. At any cost, the Kashmir issue should not be allowed to degenerate into an ISIS campaign run by self - radicalised youth and Pak-orchestrated militancy.

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Myth, Reality, and CRPF

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CRPF is in the line of fire – literally and figuratively. Its officers and men are engaged in a bitter battle with the Naxals in the Red Corridor carved out in the forested areas of a dozen states affecting over a hundred districts. Being a specialised and the most experienced force in the country in dealing with the Naxal scourge, its members are naturally deployed in the worst affected areas considered strongholds of the outlawed organisation in the states of Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Bihar. Every day is a day of judgment for the troops that go out on a patrol in the jungles without any guarantee of safe return. They are in the line of fire from the Naxals who are inhabitants of that area and are quite adept in the guerilla warfare.

The violence levels in the LWE areas have come down significantly but a few successful strikes here and there, bring the CRPF bravehearts in another line of fire from the security experts, defence analysts, intelligentsia, academia and veterans who lose no time in picking holes in the strategy, HR practices, deployment and execution without ever thinking about the morale of the officers and men who go out to perform in the same area the very next day without having much knowledge about the terrain and grimness of the situation where their brethren had shed their blood hours ago. It has also become fashionable to settle private scores through media columns by raising inter-services rivalry, mostly out of context. The silence of human rights’ activists and those who champion the cause of tribal rights and democratic values is disturbing, to say the least over these killings by the ultras.

It needs to be known to the readers that Naxal violence has been managed quite effectively by CRPF and sister central and state armed police forces and the civil police over the years. The role of local level and central intelligence agencies has also been praiseworthy. No gainsaying that there is scope for improvement in this effort. The security forces accounted for 222 LWE cadres in 2016 compared to 89 in 2015. In the first two months of this year, 50 LWEs have been neutralised in the police action. Fatalities of security force personnel have also reduced drastically from 2007 onwards. In the last two years, the figure has hovered around sixty. March and April this year have been cruel to CRPF personnel in which 37 troops have been martyred in two separate gruesome incidents. Incidentally, this is the period when CRPF remained headless.

2017 is going to be a tough year for the forces deployed in the LWE affected states for this year the Maoists are observing 50 years of their movement and have vowed to regroup themselves and come hard at the security forces and suspected police informers. The figures of civilians killed at the hands of Maoists have shown an upward trend. In 2016, more than 200 civilians mostly on the suspicion of being informers were butchered by the Naxals. The figures may be unfortunate but point to a positive trend of local population’s willingness to report Naxal movement and oppression. More and more people want access to developmental schemes, education and health services, which have long been denied to them because of the kangaroo rule of the Maoists in the tribal hinterland. Both the unfortunate incidents that have taken place in the last two months have occurred in Sukma district which is considered the last bastion of the Naxals in the state. Construction of road will surely make the whole region accessible to development and security forces which will weaken the stranglehold of the ultras in the rural areas as well. Resistance to this road project in Sukma is central to both sides for different reasons. The Maoists do not want the road which will adversely impact their writ in the region whereas the road is vital for the state to break the back of the militant outfit to usher in an era of development and resultant peace in the region. It is quite paradoxical that the Maoists who militate against the state on the ground of governmental apathy and indifference to the common man, pose the biggest hurdle to developmental activities in the region. Their mentors have also shown a conspicuous lack of an implementable roadmap for the development of the tribal populations except reinforcing vendetta and overthrowing the democratically elected government. And what were these slain CRPF personnel doing? They were merely providing protection to the labour engaged in the task of building a vital road link for the tribals giving them access to development and modern amenities!

Over 100 battalions of paramilitary forces particularly CRPF are deployed in the LWE affected states. COBRA battalions which can operate independently for a few days at a stretch are also deployed in the region. Contrary to some uninformed comments in a section of media, CRPF has a robust HR practice for the LWE areas. No one above 35 years of age is inducted in COBRA units and sustained pre-induction training is mandatory for all troops and battalions assigned to LWE duties. These units are backed by the unit level dedicated intelligence teams, local police and central agencies. The battalions and higher formations are led by highly motivated officers who have proved their mettle over the years in similar situations. In spite of all this, the adversary is sometimes able to breach our defences, be it in the Naxal areas or near the LoC. Yes, there is a case for increasing the number of COBRA battalions and a separate dedicated central armed police force (CAPF) to deal with the Red menace which this writer does not see withering away in a hurry. Also, there is merit in the argument that stronger intelligence network needs to be established through local participation. So far as the firepower is concerned, the Maoists are no match to the CAPFs. The only element that goes in favour of the Maoists is the element of surprise and use of IEDs. The aggressor will always have the benefit of surprise and initiative and the state forces can never use IEDs against their own people. The CAPFs also do not have the protection of a statute like AFSPA. The limitations of the CAPFs should not be lost on some of the commentators deriding the training, HR practices, deployment and operational acumen of the men in khaki. It may be reminded that the only state in the country which was successfully brought back to normalcy after bloody militancy was Punjab and credit for it lies with our police forces.

There is absolutely no doubt that whenever an army unit is attacked by a handful of militants from across the border or a company level patrol is waylaid by the Naxal militia numbering in hundreds, the commanding officers can be hauled up for breach of security protocol and drills. I suppose it is part of the package. We have to take it on the chin and move on. Abundant caution needs to be exercised before commenting on such incidents because incomplete knowledge of the facts and pitting one force against the other can play havoc with the morale of the force and inter-departmental synergy and overall security scenario of the country.

Off with beacons of power

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In our feudal system, anybody in a position of authority has been identified with his car and the colour of batti on it. One is believed to have arrived socially, economically and politically if he gets a sarkari car with a lal batti. Switching it off will be tough.

SYMBOL OF POWER: From April 30, 2017, the beacons atop VIP cars will be abolished. 

SOME are red-faced. Some see red. The harsh truth is that the red batti will be gul from the midnight of April30, 2017. In a landmark decision, the Narendra Modi government has this time demonetised the snob value of the VIPs by abolishing the use of beacons atop their cars. Detailed instructions are awaited. Since the British rule, netas and babus of all hues and shades have enjoyed this symbol of unquestionable authority. It automatically makes accessible a plethora of privileges and freebies, besides browbeating others on the road. It is natural for these people to be red-faced. A number of such beneficiaries will raise the bogey of security and the law-and- order situation in our country and the need for free passage during travel. They will present their case for the continuation of this shining beacon of authority, arrogance and privilege at the cost of the common man. 

In our feudal system, anybody in any position of authority has been identified with his car and the colour of batti on it. One is believed to have arrived socially, economically and politically if he gets a sarkari car with a lal batti. Nowhere in the world as elaborate instructions have been issued about the colour and type of beacon as in our beloved motherland. You have beacons of red, ember, blue and yellow colour and these come with or without a flasher! Incidentally, the ember beacon was born to circumvent an apex court order banning the use of red and blue beacons by so-called VIPs. A VIP with a red beacon with flasher is at a higher pedestal than the other VIPs flaunting blue or ember ones. The departmental notes, reasons offered for allowing the use of these beacons, and claims for these beacons by one and all are ridiculous, to say the least, and can be the theme of a comedy show. 

People in positions to decide such privileges have arrogated these shamelessly without assessing the functional requirement. Whosoever could frame rules for these battis has ensured that they got the most potent flashers in the brightest of the red.The worst is that the use of beacons does not stop with the VIP. It has been extended to the family and even the extended family of the VIP. Ours is perhaps amongst a handful of countries where anybody even without any official sanction can walk into a neighbourhood automobile shop and buy a beacon of his choice at a price. No questions are asked. This unreasonable and unjustified extension of the lal-batti culture and the inclusion of a large number of non-emergency services has rightly led to this outcry and strong public opinion against such flagrant misuse of privileges.

Beacons have been used traditionally by the emergency services like the police, fire services, ambulances and allied enforcement services. A crane deployed to remove debris after a natural or manmade disaster employs a beacon to keep people away from harm's way and to warn them about the situation. A police car chasing criminals is well within its right to use the red/blue beacon. An ambulance carrying a critical patient must announce itself by using the beacon. But why does a babu or a police officer, a judicial magistrate, a politician or any other government functionary need a beacon to go to workplace or to attend a social and private function? It will be good if the new set of rules on the subject limit the use of beacons only to emergency services. It is a bitter pill that India must swallow to grow as a mature society, safeguarding principles of equality and fairness. 

There is now a clamour to shed the beacons faster than the neighbour. Claims and counter-claims for initiating this positive move have already started flying thick and fast by political parties. The implementation may be easier in the central establishments and some states may take time to fall in line. A closer watch will have to be maintained on all those who are going to be dispossessed of their prized beacons. Rules can be bent, broken and twisted to please those who matter. If not the beacon, then it will be better is to get a police escort car with beacons! Yes, that is a possibility in our free country.

FOOD GOES FOUL AT THE BORDER

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The social media outburst of a Border Security Force jawan must have come as a rude shock to his supervisors. Other Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and State Police Forces will also carry out a reality check. Electronic media is bound to bring this news to jawans all over the country and flood the news space on their channels with the footage and comments of the troops and officers. The BSF on their part have rushed senior officers to carry out a fact-finding enquiry. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has also called for a report from the Director General of BSF on this disturbing video of poor and insufficient food being made available to the troops deployed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir.  A preliminary report has been received by MHA and the detailed report is awaited. The public as a whole is also very critical of the CAPF leadership on social media for their failure to ensure quality food to those who defend of our borders. The whole episode has unfortunately raised suspicions about the quality of life of our troops on the borders.

Inspector General of BSF in Jammu has claimed that constable Tej Bahadur Yadav of 29th Battalion is a habitual offender and has earned several punishments in his career.  The manner in which Yadav has bypassed the established channels of communication to voice his grievance is questionable as per service rules and needs to be dealt with effectively so that discipline and morale of other troops do not become a casualty in the long run. The history of delinquency on the part of Yadav does not undermine the need for an enquiry into his allegations of poor quality food, long working hours and corruption by the officers of his unit.

Of late, it has become common for officers and men of the uniformed services to post their pictures in uniform and with weapons and also disclosing their locations on social media, which calls for revisiting the social media policy being practised in the CAPFs and the state police forces. The concerned authorities have issued voluminous instructions in this regard which is seldom translated into a vernacular understood by jawans.  A gist of these instructions is rarely prepared and circulated to all the field units and posted on the notice boards meant for the jawans.  Proper briefing on such matters may also not be taking place because the junior leadership at the ground level itself is blissfully unaware of the import of such policies.

I have had the fortune of serving in the BSF and SSB where the opportunity to supervise and deploy battalions on the LoC was also part of my responsibility. I can assure the readers that the police leadership is acutely sensitive to the food served to the jawans.  All visiting officers like to share the food with the jawans at the forward locations and if any deficiencies are noticed appropriate measures are taken to correct them.  After the Monday parade in the districts, the senior-most police officer visits the cookhouse and samples the food himself to ensure its quality. Whenever any senior officer visited the forward locations, he carried sufficient amounts of fresh vegetables and fruits for the troops.  I sincerely hope that the practice still continues.

With better road communication and improved logistic support, there is no reason why fresh vegetables and fruits, condiments, tinned food and other rations should not be available to the troops. There are two systems of procuring rations in the CAPFs. Wherever the troops are deployed under the command of Army on the LC or the LoC, the responsibility to provide rations lies with the Army, as per the laid downscale. At all other locations, the messes are run on a cooperative basis where a committee representing all ranks of the unit purchases rations after market survey. Since the day to day running of the kitchen is participatory in nature, there are virtually no complaints about this system. There are certain occasions particularly during winters and natural calamities like floods leading to disruption of road and air communication which may lead to an occasional shortage of supplies, but then the hardy troops of CAPFs are used to such situations and do not complain about it.

However, the issues highlighted by Yadav on social media need to be thoroughly examined by the BSF and whatever be the loopholes in the system should be plugged immediately.

Goodbye Inspector Anant Welankar!

Confined to the cold four walls of my sarkari house due to an unprecedented snowfall in Shimla in decades, I had little to do but reflect on the recent happenings. A white out and capitulation of the state capital's infrastructure before the fury of nature made me sombre. In the dark of the night without electricity, darker thoughts crept in to occupied the mental space. One such thought was the untimely demise of the celluloid giant, OM PURI.

Om Puri is no more! World cinema has lost an actor par excellence. His departure is a colossal loss to the Indian cinema in particular as Om Puri with his contemporaries like Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil redefined the parallel cinema and drew crowds to theatres who not only accepted it as an important genre in filmmaking but longed for more and more of it.

He had his period of struggle like all newcomers. But it was just a  matter of time for the audiences and critics to hail the exceptional talent of Om Puri.  Film industry showered all its awards on him as the best actor, supporting actor and for lifetime achievement. He was also awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of our country.

Om Puri appeared in 300 odd Bollywood flicks including commercial and art cinema and Hollywood movies.

I recall a number of his films like Ardh Satya,, Agneepath, Pyar To Hona hi Tha, Vinashak, Farz, Maqbool., Dev, Mumbai Express, Don-2, Ghayal, Gupt, AK-47, Mukhbir, Dabangg, Bin Bulay Baraati and many others in which he played a cop. His portrayal of Commissioner Yashwant Sinha, ACP Malik, Inspector Udham Singh, ACP De Souza, Inspector Khan and Inspector Anant Welankar left an indelible mark not only on the viewers but on us, the policemen as well. He played different ranks of the police and types of the police with remarkable understanding and ease. He looked very much like a policeman on the street and not a super cop flaunting his six-pack abs and taking on the baddies of the world singlehandedly.

Om Puri’s stern looks and rich baritone particularly suited the police roles. The versatile actor in him provided life like presentation of the character that not many in the industry have succeeded to do. One of his National Awards for best actor came from his role as a police Inspector in Ardh Satya and twice he was nominated for the best supporting role as a police officer in Ghayal and Gupt.

It was particularly in the highly acclaimed film Ardh Satya that Puri played Inspector Anant Welankar and virtually lived the situation of a policeman in a corrupt system and society. Anant Welankar’s dilemma is the dilemma of every cop who goes through the same emotional and professional journey or chakravyuh. 

एक पलड़े में नपुंसकता

एक पलड़े में पौरुष

और ठीक तराज़ू के काँटे पर

अर्ध सत्य.

Om Puri will be missed on the silver screen.  We in the police will also miss you Inspector Anant Welankar. RIP!