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Last moment of Two Murderers

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NK SINGH This is a study in contrast, of two murderers who were hanged in the Rajipur Central Jail, Madhya Pradesh, recently. Both of them had been convicted of killing their spouses. 38-year-old Pyarelal, sent to gallows on May 1, was every inch a hardened criminal and remained unrepentant till his last breath. While undergoing trial for killing his wife in 1964, he murdered two fellow prisoners inside the jail following an alteration of a personal nature. Both were fast asleep when their heads were crushed by a heavy boulder and an iron bar. Ultimately, Pyarelal was sentenced to death for the triple murder. 28-year-old Budhram was hanged on June 18 for murdering his wife Man Kunwar, 25, and uncle, Bagarsai, 27, when he found them in a compromising position. The murder, obviously committed in a rage, gave him such a psychosomatic shock that he lost his power of speech and hearing, which he regained only when told that he had been sentenced to death. Change At Last Budhram had turned h...
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Why Narmada is MP's Life Line

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NK SINGH



It is not a fable, but a real life story. It is a story that captures the quintessential spirit of Narmada Parikrama and the importance that the holy river occupies in lives of people living in the region.


Travelling through Madhya Pradesh, a journalist friend chanced upon a saffron-robed man peddling his rickety bicycle near the busy pilgrim town of Kshipra. The man of intermittent age seemed to be on a long trip, far away from home, all his worldly possessions loaded on the bicycle.


What attracted attention was a huge German Shepherd perched majestically atop the front seat of the bicycle, used normally for seating children. As the man puffed along, his best friend looked on contentedly from his throne.


The villager had embarked upon a pilgrimage of Narmada, a 2,600 km circumambulation of the holy river. And he had decided to take the dog along because,he told the journalist, “who will look after him in my absence?”


Narmada is the river of faith for millions living along its banks. Thousands of pilgrims circumambulate its banks, starting from its source at Amarkantak hills in MP to the river’s mouth at Bharuch in Gujarat, where it drains into the Arabian Sea. For months ---- and sometime for years ---- they rough it out, living off alms, sleeping under stars, cooking food over cowdung fire and worshiping Narmada water, the giver of life.


Narmada is indeed the lifeline of Madhya Pradesh. As its charts its 1,300 km course to sea, the perennial river supplies water for drinking, irrigation, industry andelectricity, provides livelihood to thousands of fishermen, even as it recharges thousands of streams, ponds, wells and tubewells in the parched region.



No wonder, its beneficiaries worship it.

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