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Last letter written by Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh to his brother.

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Bhagat Singh, apart from being fierce nationalist, was great writer in his limited span of life. He was fluent in English, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi as far as writing is concerned. His quotes, poems and letters he wrote to different people during different stages of life are well researched. His letters in particular, are not only beautiful piece of writing but also testimony of brilliant, mature and philosophical man he was in such young age!   This is his hand-written letter from jail in urdu to his younger brother Kultar Singh on March 3, 1931. These are words of young man aged just 23 who knew his life was truncated short.. Mortals like us would have crumbled under fear of inevitable death that was silently approaching but then he was no ordinary young man like us, he had purposefully chosen his dark fate when he could have chosen comfort of living long luxurious life. There was clear thought process behind his each action and thankfully for us, he explained most of them ...
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Golden era of Tennis and dominance of big 3!

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Just came across this interesting chart of Grand Slam winners (Men) between 2005 and 2015. Roger Federer -17, Rafael Nadal -14 and Novak Djokovic-12; having three players with 12+ Grand Slam kitty, Tennis can not have superior golden era anytime soon. Actually it is an era of big four but having only 2 Grand Slams in pocket, Andy Murray is far from matching up with them. Numbers are always fascinating but when prime of more than one all time greats run parallel, they might be projecting false projections some times. Let's break 2003-2016 into phases. 2003-2005 This was an era undoubtedly belonged to Federer. He raked 6 Grands Slams during this period, 3 Wimbledon, 2 US Opens and 1 Australian Open. His counterpart Nadal was yet to make impact and won 1 French Open, first of his illustrative tally of 9! Can not much interpreted about rivalries and comparisons when single man is winning everything! 2006-2008 Federer was in his Prime, won 7 slam title...
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