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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2021 DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU daily Col Satish Singh Lalotra nadu etc have a rallying point in Upping the ante the form of common festival, Excelsior "A dream with no action may dress code, language and culture Established 1965 be great for happiness in sleep, signifying their affinity and eth- Founder Editor S.D. Rohmetra but a torture in wake"-Dale nicity to a particular geographi- Roberts. cal area. But when it comes to Hope, faith, aspirations are Dogra identity crisis propagation and spread of words which move mountains Dograculture, language the pic- when imbued in the true spirit by society at large . The Dogra land dard/ flag /fort /fortress around Though the 8th schedule of our ence which rules the roost. It has Specially abled need ture turns dismal. Even in areas human beings. The world is is no exception to this thumb rule which rallies its subjects . constitution had recognized to be understood that unless and wherever the Dogra community replete with examples when out as enunciated by Abraham Though majority of Dogras have Dogri language as one of the offi- until the locals do promote their in a sizeable strength has set- to be empowered of nothingness sprouted excel- Maslow . Moreover evident and been in the armed forces and well cial languages alongside 22 oth- art ,culture and language the out- tled,for example the northern lence ,andraison d' etre for a man clearly given to understand are aware of these matters but sadly er national /regional languages siders will be the first to form an ersons with benchmark disabilities districts of Punjab the commu- on this earth. As per world certain prerequisites for bridging it is missing from the general via a 92nd amendment little has impression of a race which is on nity has taken the regional hue should in fact receive extra attention from famous psychologist - cum - these aspirational crevasses populace as such. Has the gener- been done to propagate its reach a "self destruction mode". A i.e Punjabi at in its stride put- the Government and the society as well, management specialist Abraham which have to be undertaken al populace given due regards to in terms of inclusion in the text very recent example of the P Maslow ,a human being has his willy nilly by only those sections the great " Naam" of Dogras. ? books of school curriculum by rebuff which Dogra dress got ting its own identity on the back- not to even think of meting out to them a virtu- needs stacked up in a hierarchy of the society which have been It's a debatable question. Cross the UT board of school educa- was during the convocation of burner. In case of our immediate al discriminatory treatment and hence made which when fulfilled leads not unencumbered or already section of the society in the UT tion.A very concerted drive at IIT,Jammu,wherein the graduat- neighbour Punjab, there are only to his satisfaction but also crossed the lowest rung of of J&K are so busy eking out a local school board level should ing students were told to don the numerous literary bodies both victims of neglect. As per rules, posts in whets up his appetite for higher human need i.e the need for sur- living for themselves that this be kick started to take maximum "Pakol cap" and a pheran .Noth- official and quasi official which Government services have to be identified as needs. In his master piece trea- vival. In fact these prerequisites facet of understanding has gone students into the fold of Dogri ing could be more preposterous act as a bridge to span the gulf between the people separated by well as filled too in order to see that the persons tise 'Hierarchy of needs" he has have to be the sole preserve of out of their radar. Same with language programme. Where is than this. In heart of Dograland, pitched up these needs in a those people who are buffeted "Namak" and "Nishan". "Nis- the increased coverage of Dogri the Dogra dress has been short the Radcliffe line. Contrary to under this category get the requisite benefits. pyramidal form with the largest between the needs of self esteem han"over here has different con- language programmes from changed for an alien dress could the above the Dogra muslims in What all is to be done having been duly men- and most fundamental need at and that of self notations i.e the physical entities Radio Jammu ? Are we able to be the "rallying point" for the areas like Shakargarh, the bottom and the "need for self- actualization.Shall list out these in the form of flags/standards, beam across the borders with locals to generate a Tsunami of Nainakot, Zafarwal etc of Pak- tioned in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities actualization" at the top. In oth- prerequisites one by one so as to forts, temples heritage sites good signal /frequency strength unity. But did the Dogras rise in istan are an island in themselves. Act, 2016 but due to the constraints under er words ,the idea is that individ- make them fit into the overall etcwhich remind people of their and please the listening palate of unison , as one man ?There are These are some of the points which our regional leaders Article 370 the same could not ipso- facto been ual's most basic need must be ful- mosaic of Dogra identity. First connect with the Dogra lineage. Dogra Muslims. Has Radio Jam- numerous examples in our coun- filled first before he/she and foremost requirement to Herein comes the role of sec- mu ever given the feedback of try where leaders used age old should lay stress upon .With the implemented and that could be the alibi and becomes motivated to achieve have a common firmament of tion of Dogra society which as quality of our Dogri language Hindu iconic figures like Lord spread of digital technology even the genuine reason of delaying the higher level needs. The problem Dogra unity is that of adherence per Abraham Maslow is placed programmes from their point of Ganesha to invoke a sense of across the world, efforts should in the Indian society as opposed to symbols of identity which in highest in the hierarchy of needs view? Because therein lies the unity, purpose, zeal, pride etc in be made to digitize our forgotten process in somehow implementing the crux of to the western world is that army parlance are known as viz the self-actuated or self real worth of our winning the the general public to throw out heritage data sites, the old the Act. However, under J&K Reorganisation majority of our population is still "Naam,Namak and Nishan. esteem category. These people hearts and minds of Dogra com- the yoke of British oppression treaties etc as a repository for "Though loosely used colloqui- having surmounted the basic munity across the international posterity lest they succumb to Act 2019, the said Act stands automatically mired in the lowest rung of needs from India and Maharashtra in i.e the basic needs of food, water, ally off and on in military circles needs of safety /security should border rendering the physical particular. Ganesha Chaturthi the vagaries of time and tide. applicable now in the UT of Jammu and shelter and warmth . With very ,the same template of identity is become the 'Standard bearers" separation as redundant. was one such festival used by Though a start has been made by Kashmir . At the same time, it is beyond com- few people graduating to higher equally incumbent upon general for the general population and Next in line of prerequisite Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the late few entities like the DSS (Dogra level of human needs i.e "esteem masses to adopt and can be act as an interface between the for bridging the identity crisis is 19th century to act as a glue on sadar sabha) to highlight the prehension as to why Rules are not framed needs"and self actualization extrapolated to define the rela- people at the lowest rung of soci- that of Dogra dress traditional- the disparate Hindu community plight of Dogra culture being which with every Central Act, it is absolutely encompassing feelings like pres- tions between a nation state and ety and uplift their senses to ly worn only now by a miniscule and galvanise them into action. subsumed by extraneous forces tige, sense of accomplishment its inhabitants. embrace the principles of people, but urgently requiring necessary to be done within the permissible Have the Dogras used the icon- ,it is like a drop in the ocean. etc the society is often open to "Naam"signifies reputation "Naam, Namak and Nishan resuscitation by way of its mass ic Goddess figure of Mata Vaish- Need is to gather a groundswell time frame of six months from the date of com- unscrupulous elements to block of your country, clan, lineage etc which lie buried under the daily spread and appeal amongst the no Devi to instill a feeling of of support from all and sundry from which you draw suste- drudgery of their existence. Next mencement of the Act in the absence of which their way to the higher need lev- rank and file of the UT of J&K. commonality of purpose ? In to make the Dogra identity a els for a human being. nance, "Namak' fidelity to the prerequisite for the Dogras in Unfortunately the traditional fact almost all regions in our crescendo to be heard all around.

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