Radio City Mumbai: RJ Sucharita and the Nikita Shukla story... #mumbaimasala

One day while browsing twitter I came across a tweet liked by one of my friend , some RC Mumbai (Radio City, as I like to call it) RJ Sucharita talked about a girl Nikita Shukla, a wannabe lawyer and her dream and that believe me brought tears into my eyes and I cried for quite some time after a read the whole story through tweets.
So here is the story itself which you should also read and making sure that the tweets themselves tell the story. This is how a Radio Station, a city , unknown strangers , an RJ came forward to help a girl … and how parents still think of girls as a burden.

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Watch the youtube links too, to hear it from Nikita herself. She can now study, pay her fees and have meals 3 times a day now..

For a ketto page with a target of 5 lakhs, already 9.38 lakhs have been collected.

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Memories would like to salute Nikita`s friends and professors who helped her all this while ...

Heroes: Confessions - "I`ll go and work in Siachen".

Someone had been to Ladakh for a week long family trip. Their local driver was 28 year old chap named Jigmet. His family consists of his parents, wife and 2 small girls.

This was the conversation with Jigmet, during their journey in deep Himalayan Ranges.

Prashant -: At the end of this week tourist season in Ladakh will end. Are you planning to go to Goa, the way Nepali Workers from Hotels do ?

Jigmet -: No, I am local Laddakhi, so I won't go any where in winter.

Prashant -:What work will you do in winter ?

Jigmet -: Nothing, will sit quietly at home (chuckles and winks )
Prashant -: For six months, up to next April ?

Jigmet -: I have one option for working. It's to go to Siachen.

Prashant -: Siachen ? What will you do there ?

Jigmet -: Work as Loader for Indian Army.

Prashant -: You mean, you will join Indian Army as Jawan ?
Jigmet -: No, I have crossed the age limit to join the Army. This is a contract job for Indian Army. With my few friends, also drivers, I will travel 265 kilometers to Siachen Base camp, My medical examination will be done there to check, if I am fit enough for this job. If I am declared fit, then Army will issue us uniforms, shoes, warm clothing, helmets, etc, We will have to walk up mountains for 15 days to reach Siachen. There is no motorable road to reach Siachen. We will work there for 3 months.

Prashant -: What work will you do ?

Jigmet -: It is of loader. To carry load on our back from one chowki to other in Siachen. All supplies are airdropped there. We do the job of picking it up and carrying it to Chowkis.
Prashant -: Why doesn't the army use Mules or vehicles for shifting of loads ?

Jigmet -: Siachen is a glacier. Trucks or other vehicles will not work there. Ice scooters make too much of sound, which will attract attention from enemy around there. Use of vehicle will result in firing from other side.We go out in the middle of night, generally around 2 am and pick up loads silently and bring back to barracks. We can't even use a torch. Mules or horses cannot be used because at the altitude of 18875 feet, in winter temperature of minus 50 no animal will survive.

Prashant -: How can you lift load on your back where oxygen levels are low ?

Jigmet -: We carry maximum 15 kgs at a time. and we work maximum for 2 hours in a day. Rest of the time is for recouping.

Prashant -: That is very risky
Jigmet -: Many of my friends died there. Some of them fell in bottomless crevasses. Some got shot down by enemy bullets. The biggest danger we have in Siachen is of frost bites, but it's rewarding, We are paid Rs 18000/- per month. Since all expenses are taken care of, we can save around Rs 50000/- in these three months. This money is precious for my family, for my daughter's education.and finally I have feeling that I am serving the Army, which means my nation…


This is a true story and this post is an attempt to show that there are people in the country who feel proud to be associated with the army in whichever way they can…

Captivating: एक लड़की हूँ मैं ..

The Indian Air Force celebrates the induction of its 1st female officers as fighter pilots in this video and we at Memories join the celebration with pride.

WOW: That one quote..

The one quote you live by. Well, that is quite a bit of task when you have to choose between the different ones you follow, some said by others, and some your own. This would probably be the shortest writing prompt I have attempted because there is not much there to write. The saying which I follow made up by me itself comes under the category of “I don’t care” and which helps me live my life.

We all are influenced / pressurised by what others around us may say, think or tell us. In the process, we lose our way of doing things , we do things the way we think would impress others because sometimes their opinion matters most and so we are not doing things we want the way to be done. Enough with such pressure, I do the things my way not caring a bit about what the others think or in any way they can influence my way of doing things. “You don’t need a character certificate from the people down here when you go up at the end of your time.” This is what I believe in and what I do. Especially after I have tried just like the others, sometimes trying to do the things, by the way of others, so that we may keep a favourable impression of me or of my end result. In the process I have had heartaches, disappointments and various other things. Some years down the line I realised that when the same people don’t govern my life, then why I should really think about them. This quote above simply says to me that do what you feel like, your own way keeping in mind that it’s not morally wrong. As long as it ticks off all the correct boxes it works well for me. I don’t have to carry a character certificate from the people down here that I was a good boy who kept in mind the feelings of others  when it’s finally time for me to go. There are instances were I have annoyed a lot of people pretty sure that their impression about me must have gone into the negative part. I accomplished the task, according to my full satisfaction.

So just continuing with this philosophy, I get on with life because I know that I would, rather like to be troubled by the solutions of problem rather than what a particular person thinks about me. You care about public opinion, what you really need to clear is how I’m doing something which I do or love doing. The day I leave the earth I would rather like to answer the things which I did in my life, rather than carry a character certificate from the people in my life. Its time for me to be happy and let the others pop in blood pressure pills rather than being the other way around. Character certificates are needed on earth in schools right????

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