STAR VERSUS 'STAR'

The body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, was cremated with full military honours at Thane on Wednesday.

On Tuesday a news swept across all the news channels about the Bollywood Superstar Sanjay Dutt who was found guilty for possession of AK-47 and a pistol. 'Sanjay Dutt relieved by the court'. 'Sirf Munna Not a bhai' , '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam', 'although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay can breath sigh of relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn' !!!

And then many experts like Salman khan saying 'He is a good person. We knew he will come out clean' Mr. Big B - 'Dutt family and our family have relations for years, He's a good kid. He is like elder brother to abhishek'. His sister priya Datt - 'we can sleep well tonight, it's a great relief' !!!

In other news, Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad;Greg chapell said something ...; Bomb scare in Gorakhpoor express; and ShahRukh Khan replaces Big B in KBC and Sonia asked PM to consider reducing petroleum prices. But most of the emphasis was given on Sanjay Dutt's "phoenix like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges.

Surfing through the channels: one news on BBC startles viewers, itreads, Hisbul Mujahidin's Most wanted terrorist 'Sohel Faisal' killed in Anantnag, India. Indian Major leading the operation lost his life in the process.Four others are injured.

It was startling as at other channels, the ones who are 'Sabse TEZ', Sanjubaba (Sanju baby) was still ruling. They were telling How Sanjubaba pleaded to the court saying 'I am the sole bread earner for my family I have a daughter who is studying in US - who will look after her'.And then they showed how Sanjubaba was not wearing his lucky blue shirtwhile he was hearing the verdict. Also how he went to every temple and prayed for last few months. A suspect in Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted underweapons act...was being made into a hero.

Sure Sanjubaba has a daughter; sure Sanjubaba did not do any terrorist thing as in bombing some place or hijacking an airplane etc. Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in terrorist community and also one who possesses an AK47 has a right to possess a pistol so that again is not such a big crime; Sure Sanjubaba went to all the temples; Sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then......

Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his sources about the terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp killed the Hisbul Mujahidin's supremo and in the process lost his life... to the bullets fired from an AK47...

He has a wife and a daughter (just like Sanjubaba), age ...18 months.Major Manish never said 'I have a daughter' before he took the decision to attack the terrorist hideout in the darkest of nights? He never thought about having a family and he being the bread earner No news channel covered this since they were too busy hyping a former drug addict, an actor, a suspect in bomb blasts case. Their aim was to showhow he defied the TADAcharges and they were so successful that his conviction in possession of arms had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents in heaven must be happy and proud of him.

Parents of Major Pitambare are still on this earth and they have to live rest of their lives without their beloved son. His daughter won't ever see her papa again.

Finally Sir Major Pitambare , to my generation there is no greater hero than one who laid his life in the name of this great nation.

Hence Sir, I salute you. You are the real Star,Vande mataram.