`Jhanda geet` writer a forgotten figure in hometown
As India prepares to celebrate its 60th Independence Day, Shyam Lal Gupta, who wrote the famous patriotic song - "Jhanda Uncha Rahe Hamara" - that inspired freedom fighters, remains a forgotten figure here in his own hometown.
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Kanpur: As India prepares to celebrate
its 60th Independence Day, Shyam Lal Gupta, who wrote the famous
patriotic song - "Jhanda Uncha Rahe Hamara" - that inspired
freedom fighters, remains a forgotten figure here in his own
hometown.
Except a few NGOs, no political leader or government
officials offered flowers to his statue, situated in the heart
of the town near Phoolbagh, on his death anniversary on August
10 last.
The relatives of Padmashree Awardee Gupta today roam
around the city as vendors to earn their livelihoods.
Gupta's grandsons -- Rakesh Gupta, Sanjay Gupta and
Rajesh Gupta -- who earn their livelihood through petty works
like selling 'hing' etc, live in a dilapidated house at
Generalgunj, which was allotted by a trust.
"When the Government of India can offer a job to the
relatives of Tantya Tope, why can't the relatives of 'Jhanda
Geet' poet get similar benefits?," argued Alok Mehrotra,
chairman of city-based Vandemataram Sangharsh Committee.
Gupta was born at Narval in Kanpur in 1896.
Though, the district administration has kept Gupta's
belongings like Padmashree Award, manuscript of his 'Jhanda
Geet' and stamp released in his memory in the state museum
here, but it forgot to think about his family members.
"The whole nation will sing 'Vijayi Vishwa Tiranga
Pyara' on the 60th Independence Day but there is no one to offer a
flower on Gupta's statue here," Mehrotra says.
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