Even that proverb is not spelt properly. If that was act of shaving the cat, what is the name for Q&A from Quora gossip to name? No words. There is another proverb in tamil. Aadatheriyadha.......medai Konal endraalaam. K R IRS 19123
On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 6:08 PM 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > There is a Tamil saying- Velayillatha ambittan, poonayae chorachan. Your > response reminds me the same > > On Thursday, 19 January, 2023 at 09:12:40 pm IST, APS Mani < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > My comment was meant for Mr GK > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 9:10 PM APS Mani <[email protected]> wrote: > > Silly summaries on the exposure of a gruesome tale. For you everything is > like 'sappadu' and nothing more and no serious feelings also. > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 8:48 PM 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Mr Sekar, > > Thank you for reading the forward and responding with additions of your > feelings on reading the forward. > > I have seen films Kalapani acted by Mohanlal and Kappalottiya Thamizhan > acted by Late Sivaji Ganesan Yes. The incidents and descriptions told in > the forward is touching. > > It is our own Indians were traitors, who helped the British to do so many > nasty things. Very few of the Britishers were good like Peter Pandian who > worked sincerely and helped Indians, as read from writings > > Gopalakrishnan > > On Thursday, 19 January, 2023 at 08:33:45 pm IST, 'N Sekar' via iyer123 < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > It was heart wrenching to read the type of tortures our valiant freedom > fighters had to undergo. We pray for the departed souls of all those who > fought for our freedom, although, unfortunately, only one or two families > had been credited with for our freedom. Veer Savarkar is being mocked by a > section of our ungrateful population. > > If you had seen the Tamizh film " Kappalotiya Tamizhan", you would have > shed tears for the sufferings the true children of Bharat Mata like VOC, > Subramanya Siva, Bharathiyar, Vanchnathan and countless others. > > Unbelievably, a few thousand Britishers were able to subjugate nearly 30 > crores of Indians - it was possible because of our Traitors and Desh > Drokis, in the guise of ICS officers, Police and others who helped the > British administration. Without these traitors the British could not have > ruled over us for so long. These traitors were partners in crime to all the > atrocities that happened to our freedom fighters. > > We are an ungrateful Nation sir, we have deliberately suppressed the names > of so many of our local Heroes, which are now slowly coming to light. We > celebrated our Invaders but forgot those who stood and fought for us and > sacrificed their lives for us. > > Pranams to all those noble souls. God bless their souls. > > N Sekar > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature> > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 7:45 PM, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 > <[email protected]> wrote: > > What are the dark secrets of Kalapani jail which is also called as > Cellular jail in Andaman that every Indian should know?- FORWARD > > Girish Kumar (गिरीश कुमार),Studied at St. Francis De Sales High > SchoolUpdated Aug 31 > > " KALAPANI "....The name itself brings chills down the spines. *Life here > would be filled with torture, hunger and loneliness*. They would be > worked like slaves. Some would go mad, others would be driven to suicide. > This place would form one of the darkest chapters in India’s struggle for > freedom. *Below are the real facts of Cellular Jail in which Britishers > tortured our Indians* in such a way that prisoners wish they could die > instead of this brutal torture. > > *Source : All the information is taken from documentary, books and various > internet sources.* > > *1) The Cellular Jail is also, termed as Kala Paani. Kal* means “time or > death” while Paani means “water“. The name itself gives shivers to > prisoners. > > *2) Construction of this Cellular jail started in the* year 1896 and > ended in 1906 under the advise of the Demon named *" Charles James > Lyall".* The main intention to build this jail was to decrease the > spirits of our Indian freedom fighters who fought against Britishers. > *Whenever > Britishers think that they have threat against a person, then they would > simply put them in this jail.* > > *3) Cellular Jail is a massive three-storeyed structure* with seven wings > of unequal lengths, radiating from a central watch tower, shaped like > spokes of a wheel as shown in the below figure. > > *4) Once you go in then it is highly impossible to escape* because your > movements are constantly observed by guards. The watch tower housed the > alarm bell and guardsmen kept an eye on the prisoners all the time. The > concept of this design is that the prisoners literally have no idea whether > they are being watched or not. > > *5) If you manage to escape from guards you have to swim across the sea* > with your wounded body which I think it is highly impossible. And also > there is a small island nearby this jail and if you manage to reach there > by facing difficulties, you will be killed by wild animals or tribes living > there. > > Even if you manage to escape from these wild animals and tribes then you > will see nothing but sea so death is the only option. This is the view from > cellular jail. 👇 > > *6) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Batukeshwar Dutt,* Barindra kumar Ghosh, > Bhai Parmanand, Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, Hare Krishna Konar, Mahavir Singh, > Mohan kishore Namadas, Mohit Moitra, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Shiv Verma, > Sohan Singh Bhakna, Sudhangshu Dasgupta, Yogendra Shukla were some famous > revolutionaries who were tortured in this Cellular jails. > > *7) It has 696 cells, one for each person. The name* Cellular Jail is > derived from its unique feature as it has only cells and no dormitories. *Each > cell measures 13 1/2 ‘x 7’,* secured by a heavy iron grill door with a > specially designed latch system. Inadequate and congested jail. > > *8)Besides the barred door, the cellular wing itself* had prison bars > giving the whole area a double security. > > *9) Prisoners were forced to work on the oil grinding* mill was all the > more terrible and caused several deaths. > > *10)The most difficult work was coir-pounding and oil-grinding*. Each one > was given the dry husk of twenty coconuts. The husk had first to be placed > on a piece of wood and then to be beaten with a wooden hammer till it > became soft. Then the outer skin had to be removed. Then it was dipped in > water and moistened and then again one had to pound it. *By sheer > pounding the entire husk inside dropped off, only the fibers remaining*. > These fibers had then to be dried in the sun and cleaned. Each one was > expected to prepare daily a roll of such fibers weighing one seer. > > *11)Punishment was inhuman, it ranged from extra* hours on the grinding > mill to standing handcuffed for a week, to bar-fetters for six months, to > confinement in solitary cells, to four days of starvation diet and > crossbars for ten days, a punishment which compelled the victim to keep his > legs apart. > > *12) If they fail to complete the task which were* assigned to them, then > that person would be tied on flogging stand wearing punishment dress(which > is shown below) and then he gets continuous blows on his buttocks and > purposefully they would hit on the same spot until the skin layer is blown > away. Below are the pictures of that punishment 👇 > > *13) There was no light in those prisons and was* completely pitch dark. > Only one prisoner was kept in each prison and there is no chance to > communicate with others. > > *14) Three bowls were given to the prisoners. One is* to urinate and pass > stools ,one is for drinking water and the other is for eating food. Those > three bowls were kept in their respective prisons. *It was not sufficient > for prisoners to urinate because the bowl was too small so prisoners used > to urinate on the floor and eat on that same floor as well*. There are no > washrooms and bedrooms in this cellular jails. *Those bowls were cleaned > out by the prisoners when they were out the next morning.* > > *15) Daily after working hard for hours prisoners* would get unhygienic > food which consists of worms, mosquitoes and stones. > > *16) Dirty Rain water was given for prisoners to drink.* > > *17) Many Prisoners died in those prisons after* getting exposed to these > unhygienic conditions. > > *18) Mahavir Singh, Mohan Kishore , Mohan Moitra* started hunger strike > till 45 days for providing unhygienic food and for not having toilet seats > but instead *Britishers started a process called force feed where one is > forced to eat food against his will. *After doing so, those food > particles got stuck in their wind pipes and they died eventually. Their > bodies were thrown into the Andaman waters. > > *19) The place where prisoners were given meager* meals, right opposite > to that are the gallows. Though closed within a building, the cries of the > men being hung could be easily heard across the mess. It was designed so > that psychologically it would affect the other prisoners who ate in the > mess. > > *20) Veer Savarkar and his brother Babarao* Savarkar were put in > different prisons. Until two years they didn't had any idea that they were > in same hell. > > *21) Britishers made our freedom fighters to build* other jails for > themselves without knowing that they will be placed in those prisons which > they have made with their own hands. > > *22) Those who fight against Britishers were forced to* drink Urine and > eat poop. > > *23)You will be surprised to know that prisoners were* tied to the mouth > of cannons and they were blown up. > > *24) Barindra kumar Ghosh who is one of the* greatest revolutionaries of > India mentioned in his book - "The suffering we had to undergo was perhaps > entirely due to our destiny. No individual person could be held responsible > for that. All credit should be given to the jail regulations only and > perhaps to a wilful God.". > > 25)Records suggest around 80,000 Indians were sent to Andaman as > punishment over a period of some 80 years from 1860. Thousands of them were > shot, hanged or tortured to death. > > 26)This jail was later taken over by the Japanese troops in the year 1942 > at the time of World War II. > > *27) Scotsman David Barry, the jailor between 1909* and 1931, was > infamous for his insane cruelty. “While you are here, I am your god,” was > the cry with which he welcomed prisoners. > > *28)David Barry(jailer) once asked Ullaskar Dutta to* glean three litres > of oil in a day. Ullaskar refused because even oxen can glean only two > litres a day. They fettered his arms raised to the ceiling, and his feet to > the ground. He stood motionless for three days for he could not move. When > they untied him finally, he collapsed senseless. He went mad after he woke > up. It is believed that some of the prisoners went mad while going through > this brutual torture. > > *29) Do you know what are the demands of our* freedom fighters in this > cellular jail? > > We want soap to clean ourselves.We want beds to sleep on.We want edible > food.Let us study for we are political prisoners.Allow us to communicate > with each other. > > *In the end, the British relented and accepted the prisoners’ demands*. I > think you can understand the pain and frustration our beloved freedom > fighters who have experienced in this prison. *Finally prisoners were > sent home between September 1937 and January 1938.* > > *30)The Sikhs have made a lot of sacrifices in the* freedom struggle and > their number was the second highest even in the list of political prisoners > imprisoned at the Cellular Jail. This is really great and sad as well > because their names are completely whitewashed. Here is the list👇. Below > numbers belong to only famous freedom fighters but we really don't know how > many real fighters were imprisoned here. > > *Spending a single day in this jail is like nightmare for everyone*. Just > imagine the condition of Veer Savarkar who was imprisoned here for almost > 13 years. Savarkar, then aged 28, was convicted for revolting against the > Morley-Minto reforms and was sentenced to 50-years imprisonment and > transported on 4 July 1911 to the infamous Cellular jail in the Andaman and > Nicobar Islands and was released on 6th January 1924. > > *The walls of this cellular jail truly knows the real pain of our freedom > fighters*.We should be really thankful to these legends. Their sacrifice > cannot be measured in words and saddest part is even after experiencing > trauma, their true stories are not mentioned in our so called social text > books and how can we expect coming generations to remember them? > > *A big Salute to all the freedom fighters who fought* for us selflessly > and sacrificed their life after experiencing dreadful punishments.The > reason we are enjoying today is all because of the freedom fighters who > sacrificed their lives. Forgetting our freedom fighters is like forgetting > our country. > > *If you are really interested to know how exactly our* revolutionaries > had spent their deranged life in kalapani jail, then definitely I would > recommend you all to read this book.👇 > > *Respected friends,* > > I found the reading quite interesting and thought of forwarding. *Whether > there are still more facts or exaggeration is not verified*. 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