Meri Janambhoomi - Sagar (Saugor)
For most of the place when we gave a name to it, then there is some history attached to that particular place, same goes with my birthplace - 'Saugor'. The name is amalgation of two words namely 'SAU' meaning 100 and 'GARH' meaning division, as it was once the headquaters of the Britshers while they where ruling India. One thing that never change 'Change' has changed the name of 'Saugor' to 'Sagar' which means an 'Sea' ( a sea of what???? that i would be describing it later). And if the name 'Sagar' would have given you the impression that the area is having an abundant amount of water resource the name givden to the place 'Sagar' is totally a misnomer, as it is a totally a water scarce area.
I am writing this blog as one my friend Anurag also from requested me for doing so, I dont know the reason for it, still the thaught of writing something about my birthplace has given me a nostalgic feeling of my childhood, my school, the small cursive streets, the big holes in the roads ( I really wonder whether they really exist there), a recognition that i belong to a city that is having one of the oldest Universities of India(Dr. Harisingh Gaur Universities), temples a visited, and offcourse my friends.
Sagar situated in the northen-central part of india, 180 kms from the state capital Bhopal. And easily connected to other cities of MP and also to the other states through national hoghway 26. The city is build over the five small pleateaus, that makes roads of sagar like the humps of of the camel. Being very near to Jhasi and Lalitpur the main components of BUNDELKHAND it has become a prime location for bundelkhandi culture. The language used is Hindi but only if he dont know Bundelkhandi the local dialect ( i really miss that) though the language may hurts the people who are not used to it as one may feel that the words are really sharp and missing the important ingredients of respect, but every language and dialect goes in its own way so is bundelkhandi. Major religions are Jainism, Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism, with other religions existing in harmony with others.
As far as education is concerned the city boast of two courses in university that are of world class reputation i.e. Pharmacy and Criminology( this subject is thaught in only two university in India). 6-7 good schools like Convent, Army,Central etc and a largde number of local schools, there are hardly any big industries there, and unemployment is very high, which exhort the youth to indulge in various illlegal activities, and the sagarities are known for there rude and always ready to fight behavior, this is mostly the case when something wrong is happening to them. Due to lack of propder guidance, money and a sense of responsibilty many talent just goes wasted. Beedi making is the main occupation and the cartel of these big manufacturer had always hindered in the development of other industries due to there self motive. But the beedi's of sagar are also famous among the smokers of India, and is also for which sagar is known.
The main reason what I feel regarding the current battered situation of sagar is due to the migration of people from nearby villages to city heartland, and the educated people of sagar moving out of sagar and even the state for better oppurtunities. This situation is quite alarming as it will make city sagar to a village when a town is getting converted to an metro in the rest of the developing state, what really amazed mde was the statitics from my own batch of school of 180 people, of whom nearly 50% has left the city either for higher studies or for job.
What i really feel that instead of running from the situation we should fight the situation, do something that would enrich my Janambhoomi, and how that has to be seriously thaught over.
Does the people who has left sagar will return back to there birhtplace, and help him to recuperate or make him die in pain.
I am writing this blog as one my friend Anurag also from requested me for doing so, I dont know the reason for it, still the thaught of writing something about my birthplace has given me a nostalgic feeling of my childhood, my school, the small cursive streets, the big holes in the roads ( I really wonder whether they really exist there), a recognition that i belong to a city that is having one of the oldest Universities of India(Dr. Harisingh Gaur Universities), temples a visited, and offcourse my friends.
Sagar situated in the northen-central part of india, 180 kms from the state capital Bhopal. And easily connected to other cities of MP and also to the other states through national hoghway 26. The city is build over the five small pleateaus, that makes roads of sagar like the humps of of the camel. Being very near to Jhasi and Lalitpur the main components of BUNDELKHAND it has become a prime location for bundelkhandi culture. The language used is Hindi but only if he dont know Bundelkhandi the local dialect ( i really miss that) though the language may hurts the people who are not used to it as one may feel that the words are really sharp and missing the important ingredients of respect, but every language and dialect goes in its own way so is bundelkhandi. Major religions are Jainism, Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism, with other religions existing in harmony with others.
As far as education is concerned the city boast of two courses in university that are of world class reputation i.e. Pharmacy and Criminology( this subject is thaught in only two university in India). 6-7 good schools like Convent, Army,Central etc and a largde number of local schools, there are hardly any big industries there, and unemployment is very high, which exhort the youth to indulge in various illlegal activities, and the sagarities are known for there rude and always ready to fight behavior, this is mostly the case when something wrong is happening to them. Due to lack of propder guidance, money and a sense of responsibilty many talent just goes wasted. Beedi making is the main occupation and the cartel of these big manufacturer had always hindered in the development of other industries due to there self motive. But the beedi's of sagar are also famous among the smokers of India, and is also for which sagar is known.
The main reason what I feel regarding the current battered situation of sagar is due to the migration of people from nearby villages to city heartland, and the educated people of sagar moving out of sagar and even the state for better oppurtunities. This situation is quite alarming as it will make city sagar to a village when a town is getting converted to an metro in the rest of the developing state, what really amazed mde was the statitics from my own batch of school of 180 people, of whom nearly 50% has left the city either for higher studies or for job.
What i really feel that instead of running from the situation we should fight the situation, do something that would enrich my Janambhoomi, and how that has to be seriously thaught over.
Does the people who has left sagar will return back to there birhtplace, and help him to recuperate or make him die in pain.
posted by NRJ at 3:26 AM
1 Comments:
Anurag : I am reallly impressed that u have written about sagar as i didnt expected this from u and to know that u know more about sagar then i do is good for me...u have reallly made me think that i also owe a responsibility towards My Matrabhoomi as well. so thanks so much for making me realise..
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