Boy in shabby clothes

#BOY #IN #SHABBY #CLOTHES

It was a hot afternoon and I was working in my office when my phone rang. I picked up the phone and it was my wife.

“Hello, how are you,” she asked.

“I am very busy, can we talk later,” I replied.

“Sorry, it is something serious. That’s why I called you,” she said.

“What happened,” I enquired in quite uneasiness.

“Grandpa passed away and we all have to go to the ancestral village,” she told.

“I am coming home after seeking permission from my Boss,” I replied and hung up the phone.

I wrote an application for leave, discussed my problem with my boss and hurriedly moved out of office towards my car. As already said it was very hot outside and as I opened the door of my car it was like a hot chimney. I switched on the AC and somehow managed to drive quickly towards home inspite of heat inside.

I was quickly driving towards my home with glasses of the vehicle on but my mind was still riding in thoughts of those days when my grandpa used to tell us moral stories, play with us and at my times protected us from the wrath of my father.

I stopped at the crossing nearby my house as the signal was red. I was still thinking about the old days with my grandpa and I was come out of my thoughts when I heard knock on the glass of my car.

I saw a young boy of the age 14-15 years in a shabby outfit continuously knocking the glass of car and saying something which I couldn’t heard as the glasses were up.

I signalled him to go away while thinking in my mind that he is a beggar and looking for some money or else. But he was not ready to go and impatiently remained knocking the glasses signalling me with folded hands to down the glass.

Very angrily I down the glasses of car and shouted on him, “Don’t understand, I said you to get lost from here. Why the hell are you irritating me?

He very politely replied, “I am really very sorry sir, I don’t want to bother you.”

He kept on saying, “I am not here to get anything from you. I saw smoke coming out of your vehicle and came here running from the last turn to inform you about that.”

I parked my vehicle on the roadside and checked the smoke coming out which I did not noticed as I was in my thoughts. Then I called the workshop and sent them my location.

Then I recalled about that boy and tried to find him as I want to apologize but he was gone. In the meanwhile, the mechanic from the Workshop reached the spot and fixed the problem on the spot and after that I proceeded towards my home and thereafter to my ancestral village.

Many days are passed but I still feel the same guilt of misunderstanding the boy who was trying to help me. I want to say him sorry but I don’t know about his whereabouts.

We are so insensitive even these days that we try to judge people with their cast, creed, colour, attire or physical appearance and don’t try to even hear them. We should take a second thought to it.

                                                                        – S. D. Bogal

कविता - नफ़रतें क्यों है

ये नफ़रतें क्यों है 

घरों में भी हैं, बाहर भी हैं,

दिलों में भी हैं, ज़ाहिर भी हैं,

बेगाने तो बेगाने, अपनों में भी हैं

ज़ात में भी हैं, धर्म में भी हैं,

प्रांतों में भी हैं, मुल्कों में भी हैं,

ये नफ़रतें, ये नफ़रतें,

दिलों में फैली ये नफ़रतें क्यों हैं 

ये झगडे-फसाद और खून-खराबा,

ये तबाही के मंज़र और युद्धों का तमाशा,

घोले दिलों में ज़हर, करे नस्लें बर्बाद,

ये सब करवाती, नफ़रतें ही तो हैं 

गर नफरत का स्थान प्रेम ले पाए,

मानवता व भाईचारा, धर्म-ईमान हो जाए,

ये जातों  व पातों की,

प्रांतो व मुल्कों की दूरी मिट जाए

गर नफरत का स्थान प्रेम ले पाए 

गर नफरत का स्थान प्रेम ले पाए 

#Movie #Review #Baahubali2

#MovieReview #Baahubali-2: The Conclusion (2017)

Today we are here with the review of one of the most anticipated Indian movies of all times. The movie which created lots of speculations and buzz before even its release by the famous social media question going round and round i.e. Kattapa Ne Baahubali ko Kyon Mara?? Or its stupendous online release of trailer online. Yes, I am talking of BAAHUBALI-2: THE CONCLUSION, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and Prabhas, Ramya Krishnan, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati and Sathyaraj in lead roles.

PLOT:

The story takes off from where it ended in the first part and we are taken back to the story of Amarendra Baahubali (Prabhas), the father of Shiva, who has been chosen to be the next king of the Mahishmati kingdom by his mother Shivgami (Ramya Krishnan).

Before his swearing in ceremony, he is asked to tour his kingdom as a commoner where he encounters with a fiery and warrior princess Devsena (Anushka Shetty) and fall for her. Due to misunderstanding with his mother about Devsena Baahubali has to stepdown as King and Bhalladeva takes the throne.

After court conspiracies and mythological twists & turns, the biggest mystery of all time solved i.e. Why did Katappa kill Baahubali? And why did Shivagami have to give her life saving Baahubali’s child – Shiva?

ANALYSIS:

The entry of Baahubali when he rides elephant is great one. First half of the movie has its light hearted comic scenes and love angle and writes have moulded tough and dutiful character of Katappa to funny one here. One thing which is much better than the first part is that it has very strong women characters be it Devsena or Shivgami Devi.

Some scenes make a strong impact such as one where we see the dedication of commoners towards Baahubali, another one where Baahubali slashed Sethupathi’s neck in the midst of a court session, saying “Jo Auraton ki izzat pe haath dale, uska haath nai, sar kaatna chahiye”. In another scene when Devsena confidently questions back Rajmata Shivgami when she is being served with injustice, such as getting hitched for marriage without her approval, is also impressive.   

Second half is gripping with its mix of action and emotion. Drama being the maintstay of the movie, one cannot complain about the tedious nature of its script that shapes up to the whole mystery.

While Mahishmati’s is visually brilliant, Devsena’s kingdom of Kunthal is even more beautiful. Comparing to the first part, the sequel has slight more drama than action. Moving forward from cliff and waterfalls, Rajamouli takes us in a dreamy ship that flies in the clouds. The faceoff sequence of Prabhas and Rana is brilliantly performed.

The majesty of Baahubali 2 is huge and it is like it was promised, actually Rajamouli make it much bigger and better. A bow-and-arrow sequence between Baahubali and Devsena looks looks amazingly romantic as well as action packed. Sound designing is that perfect we truly feel those arrows hitting and every slash of swords.

The music of the movie is not that good in comparison to its prequel except the Jai Kara song by Kailash Kher.

WHAT’S GOOD:

Riding on spectacular screenplay, cinematography, able direction and dedicated performances of the actors and equally contributing powerful story and visual spectacle, this one is a treat to watch.

NOT GOOD:

A few over the top action sequences such as use of coconut trees for climbing the castle and weak music of the film.

STAR PERFORMANCES:

Performance of Prabhas in Baahubali 2 is one of his lifetime. His multilayered performance as assertive leader, a lover, an emotionally hurt son shows how dedicated he has been to this project.

Ramya Krishnan as Shivgami again impresses us with powerful performance as the leading lady of the mythical Mahishmati Empire. Anushka Shetty as Devsena looks beautiful in her princess look. She performed the action and love sequences with equal comfort. Sathyaraj also performed her role as Katappa with perfection. Rana Daggubati also performed his evil act superbly. Tamannah Bhatia has only very small role.

FINAL WORDS:

S. S. Rajamouli takes the Indian Cinema to the new level and we must be a witness to his brilliant masterpiece. Baahubali 2 is as big as the first one, maybe even better. NEVER MISS & JUST WATCH IT .........................

My ratings for this movie is 4.3 out of 5 stars.

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MOVIE REVIEW #PUNJABI #RABB #DA #RADIO

#Punjabi #MovieReview #RabbDaRadio (2017)

Today, we are here with the review of Punjabi movie released few days ago by the name #Rab #Da #Radio (2017), directed by Harry Bhatti & Tarnvir Singh Jagpal and lead roles by famous lyricist turned debutant actor, Tarsem Jassar, Mandy Takhar and Simi Chahal. The movie is a light hearted romantic comedy of the era of 80s.

PLOT:

Manjinder Singh (Tarsem Jassar), son of a Govt. Officer and a kind hearted attractive Sardar Gabru, fall in love with Guddi (Simi Chahal), a young ordinary village girl during a visit to a marriage. Even though Manjinder couldnot convey his feelings to Guddi but instead tried hard to find a matchmaker for his marriage with her.

In the meantime, Guddi’s cousin got married to Nasseb Kour (Mandy Takhar). Even though Guddi’s Aunt strictly instructed Naseeb not to talk with Guddi in view of family dispute, they both were friends in no time. With Manjinder’s efforts, his marriage was fixed with Guddi and everything was going good. Then due to family conflict Naseeb’s mother-in-law created dispute in Guddi’s marriage with the help of Naseeb against her will as she was relative of Manjinder.

Whether Naseeb revolts against the wishes of her mother-in-law by hearing her inner voice and help Manjinder and Guddi to get married, or otherwise and how beautiful it all happens is what lies in the movie.

ANALYSIS:

The most beautiful thing about the movie is the near perfect re-creation of the time and ambience of 70s & 80s & the simplicity of the characters. It is not the love story of old times, where Manjinder and Guddi do not share even a single dialogue throughout the story and the only medium of conversation between them was through the letters they send to each other.

Apart from the strong message of following the path of conscience or hear the voice of your heart, the movie is a perfect example for present generation to have a glimpse into the socio-economic life of villages of Punjab during 70-80s.

Rabb da Radio has some touching moments such as its interval, Naseeb’s encounter with Manjinder in Gurudwara Sahib, her mother’s conversation with her and most importantly the climax, unlike many other Punjabi movies is not hurried and out of box for the story.

The movies has some problems such as its slow pace, some problems with script and comparably weak music but overall the movie is a treat to watch with the beautiful cinematography.

WHAT’S GOOD:

Its a beautiful attempt of creating a love story and family drama of the           70-80s that kept us entertained throughout with a strong message.

WHAT’S NOT GOOD:

Slow pace of the movie with some problems with script & comparably weak music.

STAR PERFORMANCES:

Tarsem Jassar’s is greeted with seetis and taalis everytime he is on screen. He plays the character good enough whatever limited role he has to play. Simi Chahal has played the role of a young and bubbly village girl Guddi with ease and sincerity. Mandy Takhar as Naseeb Kour also impresses with her matured performance.

Final words:

Overall, a beautifully projected family drama that kept us entertained throughout. A must watch.

My ratings for this movie is 4 out of 5 stars.

So keep following the page, good day till the next review

Bogal | R E V I E W S

Naam

                 नाम

अरमान थे अपने भी कि कुछ कर जायेंगे 
ज्यादा नहीं तो थोड़ा ही सही
नाम अपना भी रोशन कर जायेंगे 
दुनियादारी की धूप लगी तो पसीना आ गया 
ज़िन्दगी जीने का सलीका आ गया 
नाम रोशन करना तो बहुत दूर है मगर 
नाम बचा कर रखने का तो तरीका आ गया 

#MOVIEREVIEW – #NOOR (2017)

Sorry for the much delayed response friends. Today we are here with a review of one of the movies released this weekend namely NOOR (2017), directed by Sunhil Sippy with 
Sonakshi Sinha, Kanan Gill, Shibani Dandekar, Purab Kohli in the lead roles. Noor is based on Saba Imtiaz’s famous Pakistani Novel ‘Karachi, you are killing me!’

PLOT:

Noor Roy Choudhary is a 28 years old Junior Correspondent, working at a local news agency, aspiring to be like Barkha Dutt is screwed up with her routine stories that have no substance.

In personal life, she is living with her retired father, has two besties from childhood, Zara Patel (Shivani Dandekar), a DJ and Saad (Kannan Gill) and is in search of her dream man. In an accidental meeting, she met Ayananka Bannerjee (Purab Kohli), an ex-war reporter and falls for him.

She is disturbed with her life without a badly looking for a break in her career which she actually got when her household help Malti (Smita Tambe), unintentionally tells about her brother whose kidney was stolen by Dr. Shinde on pretext of stone removal.

When the Noor’s career was about to achieve heights, betrayal, heartbreak followed by threat calls pulls her down and she is forced to leave the country. Did Noor bounced back and exposed the nexus of illegal organ trade lies in the movie.

ANALYSIS:

The movie fails to show attract the viewer’s attention. Character of Noor has no knowledge of news gathering processes and doesn’t even behave like a Junior Correspondent. Her behaviour while shooting an interview is not suitable for an intern Journalist even. She discloses her source, what a glitch for a journalist. Moreover, her behaviour on personal front look too childish for a 28 years old.

This film can serve as a rule book for budding journalist highlighting what not to do during investigative journalism. Noor’s leaving country after getting life threat in the middle of a case is also not digestible.

WHAT’S GOOD:

Its hard to tell what is good in the movie. May be its Sonakshi in some scenes.

WHAT’S BAD:

A poor plot with poor representation of journalism.

STAR PERFORMANCES:

Sonakshi Sinha performed good in parts. Not her best performance. Kannan Gill also not looked good as hero. Purab Kohli is good and Smita Tambe, played her part as Noor’s household help with perfection.

Final words:

The movie is a poor representation of Investigative journalism. You may watch it for Sonakshi.

My ratings for this movie is 2 out of 5 stars.

So keep following the page, good day till the next review

Bogal | R E V I E W S

     लघु कविता 

सबसे कठिन होता है

दूसरों को समझा पाना आसान तो नहीं

मगर इतना कठिन भी नहीं होता।

दूसरों को भाषण देना आसान तो नहीं

मगर इतना कठिन भी नहीं होता ।

दूसरों को न्याय&अन्याय समझाना आसान तो नहीं

मगर इतना कठिन भी नहीं होता ।

इस संसार में सबसे कठिन होता है

सबकुछ समझकर सवयं पर लागू करना ।

दीपक बन स्वयं को जलाकर

दुनिया को रोशन करना ।

कठिनाईओं की परवाह न करके

ज्योति पुंज बनकर मार्गदर्शक बनना ।

#Movie #Review #BegumJaan (2017)

Today we are here with the review of BEGUM JAAN (2017) which is the remake of Srjit Mukherjee’s own directorial Bengali film ‘Rajkahini’. With Vidya Balan, Gauhar Khan, Pallavi Sharda, Ila Arun, Naseeruddin Shah & Chunkey Pandey in lead roles, the movie is based on a unique concept of division of a brothel during the time of partition between India and Pakistan. The movie also strike on the patriarchy prevalent in the society at the time till now.

PLOT:

BEGUM JAAN is a story of a brothel owner (Vidya Balan), who is living a carefree life with her girls under the patronage of a local Raja (Naseeruddin Shah) until the turbulent time of partition which comes as a storm in their life.  

As we know, before leaving the country Englishmen divided it into two parts i.e. India and Pakistan through a line called Radcliffe named after                Lord Cyril Radcliffe, a man who divided the country without the knowledge of the topography of the country. In this new division, Begum Jaan’s brothel or Kotha falls straight in the way and hence she is sent a notice by the government through INC leader Hariprasad & Muslim League leader Illyas, asking her to vacate the same.

But Begum Jaan refuses to leave her place and seek help from Raja (Naseer) which is later refused due to his inability. An adamant Begum and her girls put up a strong fight for their home irrespective of the disastrous consequence.

 

ANALYSIS:

Begum Jaan’s opening scene shows us a young couple in Delhi getting harassed by a bunch of boys. With this the filmmaker want to make a statement that women were never ‘independent’ neither then nor now. Further, the film is taken back to the Begum Jaan’s newly independent India.

Vidya Balan has played Begum Jaan with hard work and put in every effort to give soul to her character who is like a elder sister to her girls at times and also a disciplined businesswoman on the other hand. The scene where Begum has a nightmare gives some insight into her character.

The scene between Rubina (Gauahar Khan) and Sujit (Pitobash) where Sujit expresses his love for Rubina is really a great. In another scene where Begum is shown conversating with Master about independence of India is really spot on. She tells him that independence to the country will not make difference in their life and still have to sell their flesh. She further questions him, “Can anyone will come to my Kotha and marry one of my girls after Independence?” 

Overall, one can say that Mukherji has put too much melodrama in the movie which irritates at times which is quite evident from the screechy conversations among the Begum’s girls. Some sub plots of the movie such as Ila Arun’s character of ‘Amma’ of the brothel, who keep narrating brave heart stories to the young girl, Laadli imagining those characters to be Begum Jaan could have been avoided.

One thing which is somewhat not digestible in this film is that Begum Jaan doesn’t want to leave her brothel and want to die instead in an era of partition when lacs of people are forced in getting displaced from their roots and numerous got killed.

Music is good and sound better as per the situation in the movie.

WHAT’S GOOD:

Strong performance by Vidya Balan and other supporting actors in unique but loosely handled plot.

UNINTERESTING:

As already said story is loosely handled with addition of unnecessary melodrama and ruining the very spirit of movie.

STAR PERFORMANCES:-

Vidya Balan, once again brilliantly played the role of stubborn and daredevil Begum Jaan (a brothel owner). From the supporting cast, Gauahar Khan, Pitobash, Pallavi Sharda and Vivek Mushrah mark their impact in the film with their strong performances. Naseer doesn’t look as good in his Cameo. Chunkey Pandey as Kabir, the bad guy has played his part with perfection. Actually he is looked evil.

FINAL WORDS:

Despite the mind-blowing performances by the cast, the film loses to make impact due to lot of melodrama inspite of a nice concept.

My ratings for this movie is 2.5 out of 5 stars.

So keep following the page, good day till the next review

CINEMA & SOCIETY

As we know, cinema is a form of art, which creatively expresses the feelings of humans and a particular society or in other words one can say that the cinema or films are the mirror that reflect the society. Cinema has the potential to play an important role as a medium for social change through entertainment, information and education.

Cinema is a catalyst of a mass culture and mass art. The cinema being a powerful mass media propagate information, education, politics, music & transmission of culture among common masses. Cinema is a social monitor projecting social evils like dowry, corruption, black marketing, unemployment etc. prevalent in the society. Films also propagate fashion styles & mannerism and being a combination of visual movements and sound effects movies have a more connect with the viewers.

While speaking on the debate whether Cinema influences Society or Society influences Cinema, I think filmmakers make  films after getting influenced by a particular area/section/part/class/issue of society and further influence a larger section of society by its mass appeal.

In a country like India with a low literacy rate cinema is an effective mass medium, as such, the filmmakers have a more social responsibility to be honest in making films with a social message rapped with entertainment.

The film of every genre has its impact on the society whether it is Comedy, tragedy, thriller, romantic, science-fiction, social etc. For example Comedy films entertain & relax whereas social or tragic movies provide outlet to the emotions and Science fiction movies propagate information.

It was the era in Indian cinema when big banners were making a good number of movies on social issues such as Achhoot Kanya, Awara, Mother India, Pakeezah, Lajja, Damini, Prem Rog etc. I would not hesitate to say that in a past sometime bollywood has witnessed movies based on strong female characters such as Jab We Met, Queen, Kahaani, English Vinglish, Pink, Akira, Neerja, Naam Shabana etc.

But nowadays top banners have dried up making movies on social issues in general.  There are some filmmakers who work on good projects but they are not popular and doesn’t have a mass appeal. I feel very painful to say that filmmakers make films on social subjects only for screenings in the national/international film festivals and these movies are not even screened in the theatres for the masses.

It means bollywood filmmakers are fully aware of what a good movie is all about (they should be) but they knowingly and consciously make Masala movies with full on entertainment, filthy item numbers, lifestyle of high society, crumbling families, confused love relations, too much violence etc.

Now, the question lies in us that; Are we as a public or movie viewers, not interested in watching movies with a social quotient? Are we insensitive enough to watch the plight of different sections of our society in movies? Are we are so stressed up in our day-to-day life that we want to watch humorous & romantic movies only? Are we missing the required innovation in the bollywood movies which is required after some time?

To conclude I can say that Cinema should be a reflection of society and must contribute positively to it. The characters and incidents in the films should be like that the common masses feel connected with them. The filmmaker should come up with innovative ideas bundled with entertainment so that the movie theatres have audiences. We as public should also watch and promote movies on social issues so that filmmaker feel compelled to make movies on such themes.

–        S. D. BOGAL 

मेरे शहर का आसमान कुछ धुंधला सा है,
जाने कौन इसमें ज़हर घोल रहा है ?

HINDI POEM - KYA KISI KO INSAAN CHAAHIYE

क्या किसी को इंसान चाहिए?

किसीको राम चाहिए, किसीको रहमान चाहिए।
परेशान हूँ यही सोचकर , क्या किसीको इंसान चाहिए?
मंदिर का घड़ियाल किसीको, गिरिजा का किसीको क्रॉस चाहिए, 
गुरूद्वारे के शब्द किसीको, मस्जिद की किसीको अज़ान चाहिए।
इंसानों की लाशों पर चढ़कर, इसको मस्ज़िद, उसको मंदिर महान चाहिए,
परेशान हूँ यही सोचकर , क्या किसीको इंसान चाहिए?

मस्ज़िद से आये या गुरूद्वारे से, भूखे को तो अन्न चाहिए,
हिन्दू दे या ईसाई देदे, ठण्ड से ठिठुरते को तो कपडा चाहिए।
अस्पताल में तड़पते धर्म के ठेकेदार ने कब डॉक्टर से कहा,
कि खून उसको किसी धर्म विशेष का ही चाहिए।
बाहर आते ही जाने क्यों, फिर उसे हिन्दू, सिख या मुसलमान चाहिए।
परेशान हूँ यही सोचकर , क्या किसीको इंसान चाहिए?

FATE OF DOGRI AND DOGRAS

It was 22^nd December, a nice winter morning and after completing my morning walk, I reached home, picked up newspaper and came to the living room. I look out a news item published in the newspaper with respect to celebrations of Dogri Mannta Diwas.

Then I switched on the radio and tune in to local channel where a special report on promotion of Dogri language was running. As I was listening to the programme, my ten years old son came near me and asked, “Papa Ji, Good Morning. What are you listening on radio so early?”

“I am listening the programme on Dogri Mannta Diwas”, I replied him.

“What is Dogri Mannta Diwas”, he enquired again.

I replied again, “It is the same day in 2003, when Dogri Language, our mother tongue, was included in the 8^th Schedule of Indian Constitution in 2003.”

“Papa, tell me more about Dogri language”, my son asked.

“I will take you to a programme on Dogri Language in the evening today and it will address many of your queries,” I said to my son.

After performing day’s work when I came back home I came to know that my son was eagerly waiting for me to attend the programme as I had promised to him.

After a while, we left the house and reached the venue of the programme on scheduled time and took the seats comfortably.

The speaker (don’t recall his name) welcomed the gathering attending the programme.

While addressing all he said, “We all Dogras should come forward for the development of Dogri our Mother Tongue. More and programmes, seminars, should be conducted regularly on promotion of Dogri language. Dogri should be taught as compulsory subject in schools upto Matriculation. More job opportunities should be explored by the Government for the Dogri scholars and students.”

He further kept on saying, “the nations or people, who preserve their languages develop much faster than others. The basic principle is that the ideas or expressions comes in one’s mind in his or her own language and then he or she has to translate them into other language, if needed; and where your own language is the official language, your mental processing of translating it is not needed.

For example, in Punjab, our neighbouring state itself, Punjabi is its official language. While talking of national language, Chinese is the official language of China and Russian is the official  language of Russia.”

One more speaker addressed the gathering and said that our mother tongue Dogri is nowadays written in Devnagri script but it had its own script known as Takri or Lande. How and why the script was changed is matter of concern and research for our learned scholars. Was it a politically motivated or there was some other reason. Because of Devnagri script it is confined to small Hindu dominated areas of Jammu region excluding other Muslim populated areas of Jammu region and Sialkot in Pakistan.  

He further said, “when our Children are forced to speak Hindi in our homes consciously or sub-consciously and speaking Dogri is often seen as taboo for young ones then how could we expect Dogri to be flourished?”

The other speakers also spoke on the occasion and after that we both came back home at around 6:00 p.m. During the journey to home, my son was mum; he not even uttered a single word.

 When we reached home, my son asked me, “Papa, I’m very confused.”

I replied, “Why”

He said, “If Dogri is the mother tongue. What is Hindi?”

I replied politely, “Hindi is our National Language.”

“But one day my school teacher was saying that Urdu is the official language of our state,” he said in a puzzled manner.

“Yes, Urdu is the official language in J&K,” I replied.

“Then what about English language,” he questioned in a more confused state.

Before answering him, I thought for a while that all the questions raised by my son are a matter of concern for all of us. Anyhow I tried to make him understand that Dogri is our mother tongue of Dogras living in Jammu province while as Urdu is official language of J&K State and used in official records of Govt. Departments. Hindi is the national language of India and English being the international language is preferred over Dogri or Hindi it is used in official records, in addition to Urdu.

After taking some snacks my son left the room but I was still thinking about his point even after answering him that what is our situation as Jammuites. we don’t know official language of the state i.e. Urdu, we don’t know how to write Dogri, our mother tongue, we are not even comfortable 100% with Hindi language, our national language and English, being most preferred and promoted international language always remained an alien language for us and we somehow manage with it. 

I am not certain that our mother tongue Dogri shall be flourished when I being a Dogra, who is writing about Dogri in English language and not in Dogri as I don’t know how to write Dogri.

                                                                                        -  S. D. BOGAL