Blowing the conch shell

The 18 days battle of Mahabharata was fought between justice & injustice, between religion & irreligion, between honesty & treachery. Lord Krishna had signaled the start of the battle by blowing his conch shell.  We all know the pious implication of the conch shell at religious or ceremonious rites, but rarely we see it as a means of a signal of the start of a battle between justice & injustice. The conch shell of Lord Krishna was called “Panchajannyo” of Arjun ‘Dabdatto” of Bhima “Paundro” of Nakul “Ashwaghosh” & that of Sahadev  was called “Manipushpa”. Thus conch shells bear a deep significance in our culture.

The teachers in protest walk on 4^th Dec. ’15 will blow on conch shells to announce the strife between the holy & the unholy, the ethical & the unethical. They will march to Esplanade from Subodh Mullick Squire starting at 10 am, blowing on conch shells. It is an appeal to PTTs across the state: join this movement for a greater cause, to promote your future just devote 2-3 hrs for our movement, feel that you are not doing a favour to anyone by joining this march of protest but your ownself.  No one can do us a favour, nor can we expect it of them, if we don’t do it to our ownselves. Unified, mass movements have never gone in vain.

 -Elora Biswas (9433931599)