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If
BIT Mesra student Abhishek Mishra, who was most
eligible, eminent, studious and captain of
college cricket team, had swimming skills, he
won’t have died suspiciously. This tragedy teach
only one lesion: never fall in love with wards
of politicians, police, and gundas. It may be an
accident or planned killing. But this death
could have been avoided, if Abhishek had
acquainted himself with the swimming.
Two years back, the only son of my relative, who
was an Engineering student, died in similar
fashion on the shallow beach of Puri. The worst
truth is, his accompanying colleagues watched
him dying but they neither tried to rescue him
nor seek help from others for the same and they
went on “Ägyat Waas”, like Ragini, Vikash and
Bharat did in case of Abhishek.
In another incident, six students of Engineering
College Sambalpur, Orissa died in Mahanadi,
because the water of Hirakud dam was released
suddenly. Every year millions are dying of
drowning in India.
Six months back, I assumed myself the he-man and
jumped in the icy glacier of Great Andes. I was
dying but rescued myself as I knew swimming.
Although that saved my life, pain was severe and
it took me 3 hours to get back to normal. In
foreign countries, death from drowning is
minimal as most of the citizens know how to
swim.
In recent Chhath Puja many teenagers drowned and
died in Jamshedpur and in several parts of
India. I learned swimming because, I was dying
from drowning and was lucky to defeat the death.
Government will not teach kids the swimming.
Parents are careless, although their kids don’t
know swimming they allow their kids to enjoy
picnic near the water. I never had good
experience on picnic spots in India. People
drink, throw garbage, plastic bags everywhere,
litter on the scene tic spots, pass illicit
remarks to the girls of other groups, and
although not professional, try for adventure to
impress female folks and die of negligence. In
my view picnic should be banned in India,
because of lack of facility on picnic spots and
callous and selfish colleagues.
In such a scenario, why not make swimming
compulsory for young kids, so that at the time
of need, at least drowning related deaths can be
avoided. Swimming is such a technique, once
learned can never be forgotten. Surprisingly no
one teaches swimming to animals, but they can
swim to salvage their life, when needed.
Why not promise yourself to counsel your
relatives to learn swimming? Let us initiate
such revolution by PatnaDaily readers and
promise not to settle down unless each Bihari
learns the swimming.
If Afjal Guru, Dawood Ibrahim or tainted
politicians die of drowning, I will not have
pain, but it pains when bright and innocent
student like Abhishek Mishra dies. It really
pains and indeed it pains.
Try to understand the severity of this matter. I
am writing this letter with heavy heart for all
honest Biharis.
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