July has been a month which has seen stars being robbed from us, be it the glamour world or be it the social arena. The latest star to have departed for her heavenly abode is Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, a revolutionary of the Indian independence struggle.
Born Lakshmi Swaminathan in Chennai, Dr Lakshmi Sahgall led a very colorful heroic life and was a famed gynecologist and a devote social worker. She had to face a lot of hardships in her life like the early demise of his father and a failed marriage but she she was determined to fight it out. Her life took a new direction after she went to Singapore post the failure of her marriage when she came in contact with the members of the Indian National Army (INA), popularly known as the Azad Hind Fauj. Lead by the great revolutionary Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, INA was formed to free India from the clutches of the colonial British rule. Dr Lakshmi became Captain Lakshmi when she was entrusted upon to form and lead the all women's INA regiment the Rani of Jhansi regiment. The regiment performed heroically during the IInd World War but INA after initial successes had to beat a retreat. Most of the prominent INA commanders including Capt Lakshmi were arrested by the British and a trial was initiated against many of them. In fact, the famed INA trials or Red Fort trails of Delhi also acted as a catalyst to hasten the end of the colonial rule of the British as it led to larger discontentment amongst the masses.
Till her very end, Captain Lakshmi led a very active life and tended to her patients even 2 days before her demise at the ripe age of 97 years. She was also a member of the Rajya Sabha, the House of Elders in the Indian Parliament and was also a presidential candidate in the year 2002. The revolutionary and visionary that she was, she even donated her body to the medical college for research rather than getting it cremated.
The thing that all Blue Caramelers should learn from Captain Lakshmi is that life could some time become very miserable but the real mantra is to learn from it and not be captivated by it. If Captain Sahgal had only lived in her past brooding over her father's early demise or maybe the failure of her marriage, then she might not have become the Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, the country came to respect and adore. The fact that she remarried and had a very happy married life is also a testimony to her zest for life. Let us not be the prisoners of our past but be the architects of our future by doing things in the present. Let all Blue Caramelers in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Mumbai stretch ourselves in these last 7 days of July and open the gates for a wonderful future, that is all I wish, for now atleast!
Born Lakshmi Swaminathan in Chennai, Dr Lakshmi Sahgall led a very colorful heroic life and was a famed gynecologist and a devote social worker. She had to face a lot of hardships in her life like the early demise of his father and a failed marriage but she she was determined to fight it out. Her life took a new direction after she went to Singapore post the failure of her marriage when she came in contact with the members of the Indian National Army (INA), popularly known as the Azad Hind Fauj. Lead by the great revolutionary Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, INA was formed to free India from the clutches of the colonial British rule. Dr Lakshmi became Captain Lakshmi when she was entrusted upon to form and lead the all women's INA regiment the Rani of Jhansi regiment. The regiment performed heroically during the IInd World War but INA after initial successes had to beat a retreat. Most of the prominent INA commanders including Capt Lakshmi were arrested by the British and a trial was initiated against many of them. In fact, the famed INA trials or Red Fort trails of Delhi also acted as a catalyst to hasten the end of the colonial rule of the British as it led to larger discontentment amongst the masses.
Till her very end, Captain Lakshmi led a very active life and tended to her patients even 2 days before her demise at the ripe age of 97 years. She was also a member of the Rajya Sabha, the House of Elders in the Indian Parliament and was also a presidential candidate in the year 2002. The revolutionary and visionary that she was, she even donated her body to the medical college for research rather than getting it cremated.
The thing that all Blue Caramelers should learn from Captain Lakshmi is that life could some time become very miserable but the real mantra is to learn from it and not be captivated by it. If Captain Sahgal had only lived in her past brooding over her father's early demise or maybe the failure of her marriage, then she might not have become the Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, the country came to respect and adore. The fact that she remarried and had a very happy married life is also a testimony to her zest for life. Let us not be the prisoners of our past but be the architects of our future by doing things in the present. Let all Blue Caramelers in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Mumbai stretch ourselves in these last 7 days of July and open the gates for a wonderful future, that is all I wish, for now atleast!
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