Killing the man to reverence his memory

January 11. Today was the 44th death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the man who died embracing peace in Tashket after he had won the war at Icchogil, Khemkaran, Chhamb Jorhian and Akhnoor. The man who gave the country the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan. There is not a single line in the media to remind us of his anniversary. This is the media that wouldn't forgive me if I forgot to send the Chief Minister's message of homage to Sant Longowal or even a lesser leader on their anniversaries. Is Lal Bahadur Shastri -- the "common man's hero whose memory will always continue to inspire us", as a newspaper editorial had commented a year after his death -- finally dead and gone with that memory.