Dr. Satish Vyas, a very good friend of mine and a well-known member of our whole community left us yesterday.
Tall, with a bigger than life and jolly personality, he was always seen laughing and making everyone else laugh with him. He always became the center of attraction for the artists as well as the audiences in every Urdu Mushaira or Hindi Kavi-Sammelan that took place in town.
His religion was humanity and to serve humanity was his Pooja (worship). Every year, he spent a couple of months to perform free plastic surgeries in India and Philipines to help the poor who could not afford to pay.
While I feel sad, thinking that we won't be able to see him anymore - yet at the same time - feel proud to have him as a friend for a long time, and admire him for the way he lived his life.
Suddenly, this Rubaayi written by Sahir Ludhianavi comes to my mind which nicely and briefly portrays his personality and ideology about life:
न मुँह छुपा के जीए हम न सर झुका के जीए
सितमगरों की नज़र से नज़र मिला के जीए
अब एक रात अगर कम जीए तो कम ही सही
यही बहुत है कि हम मशअलें जला के जीए
Na munh chhupaa kay jeeye hum na sar jhuka kay jeeye
Sitamgaron kee nazar say nazar milaa kay jeeye
Ab ek raat agar kum jeeye - to kum hee sahi
Yahi bahut hai ki hum mash'alen jalaa kay jeeye
'Rajan Sachdeva'
Mash'alen ----- Lamps, Big Torches
Tall, with a bigger than life and jolly personality, he was always seen laughing and making everyone else laugh with him. He always became the center of attraction for the artists as well as the audiences in every Urdu Mushaira or Hindi Kavi-Sammelan that took place in town.
His religion was humanity and to serve humanity was his Pooja (worship). Every year, he spent a couple of months to perform free plastic surgeries in India and Philipines to help the poor who could not afford to pay.
While I feel sad, thinking that we won't be able to see him anymore - yet at the same time - feel proud to have him as a friend for a long time, and admire him for the way he lived his life.
Suddenly, this Rubaayi written by Sahir Ludhianavi comes to my mind which nicely and briefly portrays his personality and ideology about life:
न मुँह छुपा के जीए हम न सर झुका के जीए
सितमगरों की नज़र से नज़र मिला के जीए
अब एक रात अगर कम जीए तो कम ही सही
यही बहुत है कि हम मशअलें जला के जीए
Na munh chhupaa kay jeeye hum na sar jhuka kay jeeye
Sitamgaron kee nazar say nazar milaa kay jeeye
Ab ek raat agar kum jeeye - to kum hee sahi
Yahi bahut hai ki hum mash'alen jalaa kay jeeye
'Rajan Sachdeva'
Mash'alen ----- Lamps, Big Torches
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