The Counterfeiters

The plan was directed by, and named after, SS Sturmbannführer (Major) Bernhard Krüger, who set up a team of 142 counterfeiters from inmates at Sachsenhausen concentration camp at first, and then from other camps, especially Auschwitz। Beginning in 1942, the work of engraving the complex printing plates, developing the appropriate rag-based paper with the correct watermarks, and breaking the code to generate valid serial numbers was extremely difficult, but by the time Sachsenhausen was evacuated in April 1945 the printing press had produced 8,965,080 banknotes with a total value of £134,610,810. The notes are considered among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced, being almost impossible to distinguish from the real currency.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/

one of the first ghazals that I memorized, by Saleem Kaushar Sahib

मैं ख्याल हूँ किसी और का, मुझे सोचता कोई और है
सरे-आइना मेरा अक्स है, पसे-आइना कोई और है

मैं किसी के दस्ते-तलब में हूँ, किसी के हर्फे-दुआ में हूँ
मैं नसीब हूँ किसी और का, मुझे मांगता कोई और है

अजब ऐतबार-ओ-बे ऐतबारी के दरम्यान है जिन्दगी
मैं करीब हूँ किसी और के मुहे जानता कोई और है

मेरी रौशनी तेरी खद्दो-खाल से मुख्तलिफ तो नही मगर
तू करीब आ तुझे देख लूँ तू वही है या कोई और है

तुझे दुश्मनों की ख़बर न थी मुझे दोस्तों का पता नही
तेरी दास्ताँ कोई और थी मेरा वाक्या कोई और है

वही मुन्सिफों की रिवायते वही फैसलों की इबारतें
मेरा जुर्म तो कोई और था पर मेरी सज़ा कोई और है

कभी लौट आयें तो पूछना नही देखना उन्हें गौर से
जिन्हें रास्ते में ख़बर हुई की ये रास्ता कोई और है

जो मेरी रियाज़ते-नीम-शब् को "सलीम" सुबह न मिल सकी
तो इसके मानी तो ये हुए की यहाँ खुदा कोई और है

http://aligarians.com/2006/02/main-khayaal-huun-kisii-aur-kaa-mujhe-sochataa-koii-aur-hai/

rat race

a samll ghazal by Nida Fazli Sahib

हर तरफ़ हर जगह बेशुमार आदमी
फिर भी तन्हाईयों का शिकार आदमी

सुबह से शाम तक बोझ ढोता हुआ
अपनी ही लाश का ख़ुद मजार आदमी

हर तरफ़ भागते दौड़ते रास्ते
हर तरफ़ आदमी का शिकार आदमी

रोज़ जीता हुआ रोज़ मरता हुआ
हर नए दिन नया इंतज़ार आदमी

ज़िन्दगी का मुकद्दर सफर दर सफर
आखिरी साँस तक बेकरार आदमी

Into The Wild (movie quote)

Seas only gifts are hard blows and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now, I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions facing the blind deaf stone alone with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head.

Raj's goons target 26/11 heroes

Raj's goons target 26/11 heroes

Ketki Angre

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:07 PM (Nashik)

On Monday, those who were martyred in the Mumbai attacks on November 26, 2008 were honoured a grateful nation on Republic Day in New Delhi.

But in Nashik, the workers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) went on a rampage in a civic school, burning and tearing apart the posters of those heroes.

The reason -- locals were celebrating their martyrdom by singing Bhojpuri songs. The incident has left locals shaken and insecure.

For 11-year-old Sunita Yadav, who was at school when the mob came, it was a nightmare.

"My brother and I called for help. We hid under the staircase. My foot was hurt and I could not go to school the next day. When I returned, my mother was crying," Sunita said.

Last February, Raj Thackeray's hate campaign had forced an exodus from this MNS stronghold.

About 50 per cent have returned but these incidents will make them insecure once again.

"Anything can happen anytime. Where will we go?" a villager said.

Raj Thackeray has been arrested four times over the last year but he remains undeterred. And by arresting 18 MNS workers in this attack, the state claims enough has been done.

"We want to send a strong message. All those indulged in violence have been arrested. Strict sections have been applied to them," Maharashtra Home Minister Jayant Patil said.

It is not just Raj Thackeray's party but also the Shiv Sena that is on a rampage. Sena MP Sanjay Raut was briefly arrested and released on bail on Tuesday, a week after leading a brazen attack on a five star hotel in the city.

But it's clear that the Shiv Sena too doesn't fear tough action from the government.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20090081600&type=News