What is there to fear ?  Justice Katju

Justice Katju Deathbed

What is there to fear ? 

Many people asked me whether I am not afraid in saying things which they regard dangerous

I replied by quoting a doha ( couplet ) of the great Hindi poet Rahim :

” Chaah gayi, chinta miti, 

  manua beparwaah

  Ja ko kachu na chaahiye

  Shahan ke woh Shah “

I am 79 years old, with only a few years more to live, so what I have to fear now ? I am sitting in the departure lounge of an airport, waiting for the flight which will take me to the next world. 

At this age, my chaah ( desires ) are gone, my ‘chinta’ ( worries ) are over, and my ‘man’ ( mind ) is beparwaah ( without anxiety ). 

 At this age I want nothing ( Ja ko kachu na chaahiye  ). Whatever I wanted I have got

So now I am an Emperor of Emperors ( Shahan ke Shah ). 

What is there to fear now ? 

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