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Karz Tirange Da….क़र्ज़ तिरंगे दा
1डोगरी पाषा ते देशभक्ति दा इक अनोखा समागम “कर्ज़ तिरंगे दा” १२ अगस्त गी सारे जम्मुवासियें दे सामने डुग्गर प्रदेश युवा संगठन द्वारा प्रस्तुत किता गया हा| इस प्रोग्राम च डोगरी कलाकार,लेखक ते डोगरी दे जन्करें हिस्सा लेयिये चार चार चार चन्न लाये|
It’s DPYS, a social organization incorporated with the mission to promote Dogra language, literature, culture and history along with other social activities, which took the honor to organize an event “Karz Tirange Da” to color Dogra land with patriotism and commemorate the freedom-fighters and their struggle for independence.
Chief guest in this event was Retd. Maj. Gen. GS Jamwal. And the guests present there were Sh. Chandu bhau
Sh. Yashpal Nirmail
Sh. Ram Pal Sharma.
Smt. Ayhodaya Rani
Sh.Sham Talib
Sh. Puran chand Bagotra
Sh. Ramesh Rahi
And Sh. Sh. Brij Mohan..Sh. Gyaneshwar Sharma has presided the function
This is not the first event of it’s kind organized by DPYS. They have organized events like “Naman-Salute to Our Heroes” to pay homage to the martyrs who have laid down their lives to defend the state lately. Started from social networking sites Orkut and Facebook, with the help of volunteers who want to do something for their motherland and revive the sense of pride for the Dogra culture, today it’s an NGO registered with the name “Duggar Pradesh Yuva Sansthan Trust”.
Special Thanks to people for making it possible- Gourav Jamwal,Ritika Pathania,Rakesh Singh Sambyal,Nitin Singh Sambyal,Abhishek Parihar,Rahil Gupta,Surbhi Jamwal,Mallu Jasrotia,Codis Mahajan,Vishal Gupta,Vikas Mahajan and Amir Ali Khan.

Wake Up J&K Govt.! Save our Cultural Heritage
0Mission of Exploring the Hidden Beauty Of Jammu
But felt very Bad seeing the sad state of Affairs
My friends outside Jammu always pop me the question whether there are some other places of tourist interest in Jammu other than Katra, Bagh-e-Bahu and Patnitop. To find an answer to this question I plan short trips to adjoining areas in Jammu region.
During such a similar getaway, I along with a biker buddy ‘Aman’ happened to reach a Heriatge spot ‘Jasrota Fort’ near Kathua. Its existence to the passer-by on NH is reliant on a single board on road-side. While moving in the direction of fort, we found another nice spot ‘Ujjah Barrage’ which was inaugurated in 1980 by Sheikh Abdullah. However, it was abandoned and whole structure was in shambles.Even the wooden steps of surveillance tower were missing.
It promised enormous potential for being developed as a place of tourist interest due to its scenic beauty, abundant water and its strategic location, but it was in complete state of neglect. The park built near it has been installed with fountains but there is no water supply to it and the park was totally dry.
If I compare it with Asang Barrage situated near the border of Uttarakhand & Himachal Pradesh, Asang has been developed as Bird Sanctuary, Water Sports Park and Holiday Resort with cottages. They offer various packages for good value to persons opting for longer stay, but here no such provision exists.
After visiting ‘Ujjah’ we went to Jasrota Fort and it was impossible to find without the help of shopkeepers there as the boards were not properly placed.The fort was few kms inside from the road and the connecting passage was rough and not even the suspension of bike rattled but the columns of our spine also.
We parked the bike near a temple and decided to cover rest of distance of few metres by foot.Ruins of walls of fort were visible. The way was full of bushes giving it a haunting and deserted look.On reaching the destination we found a largedeep pit like structure which on close examination revealed a dry pond in which vegetation had acquired jungle like structure. If this pond was restored, it would surely beautify the place. And the fort was in even worse conditions as most of structure had fallen down.
On one or two walls we found beautiful paintwork, the paintwork on others had faded with tough weather and no maintenance and to make them worse, some morons had written their names on these ruins. The remaining structure of the Fort is prone to collapse anytime and it is duty of the concerned authorities to restore it else we will loose a beautiful Heritage Fort.So,being a Jammuitie and Redefining Jammu member,I request the govt. and concerned department to safeguard our cultural heritage
Wake Up! Omar Abdullah and J&K Tourism Dept.
Compiled and Photographed by-
Vikas Mahajan,RJ member
Arun Malhotra-the Mentor
1Mentor makes a difference
A big number of over 60 young boys from turned up for the first day of the two-day trails being conducted by international football player from Jammu Arun Malhotra at University of Jammu grounds.
Exclusively meant for the beginners group of under-14 boys, the opening day activity was full of enthusiasm among the young footballers of the city.
“Otherwise expecting near 50 boys, I was surprised to see over 60 boys in full football uniform reporting the venue well in time. It speaks volume of craze for the game in Jammu,” Arun Malhotra told SAN.
He further said, “I, along with a team of five senior football players looking into best stuff for the 10-day coaching camp starting from April 15 at University grounds.”
Meanwhile, Arun expressed his sincere thanks to the JU administration, especially Director Physical Education, Prof Dhian Singh Bhau for extending a helping hand for holding the activity.
Football camp final selection of 35 players
Here is the final selection of 35 probables of Under-14 category.
Reporting Time is 3:45 pm and the candidates are advised to reach at the Jammu University Ground with Proper Kit on 15th April as tomorrow is holiday (Baisakhi).
Vice- Chancellor Prof. Varun Sahni will be inaugurating this 10 day sports camp.
For any query contact-Mr Sandeep -9086268340
Shivam Mehra
Sunil Kumar
Vikas Thapa
Aarish verma
Stanzin norba
Ruhil Abrol
Rahul Sharma
Ajay Bhagat
Hardik Gupta
Pankaj Sharma
Kumar Vashishd
Stanzin Doneks
Vibhu Goswami
Davinder Singh
Nikhil Singh
Pardeep Sharma
Ankit Gupta
Shivam Malhotra
Pankaj Katal
Vaibhav Malhotra
Ashish Partap
Mayank Anand
Akshay Banotra
Sam Khosla
Dushayant Sharma
Karan Verma
Dhruv Sharma
Neeraj Bhadur
Rakesh Kumar
Nikunj Rakesh
Atul Mehra
Ravi Bhadur
Karan Avash
Dhananjay Raina
Ajay Verma
Arun Malhotra– The Real Sher-E-Jammu
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Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -a desire – a dream , a vision.
Arun Malhotra – born at Mohalla Paharian, Raj Tilak road, Jammu is the most famous and established international footballer from Jammu Kashmir. Arun Malhotra who was born and grew up in Jammu, taught the whole world that to achieve anything,it requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication.
Arun was the first to regain the JK footballers prestige in the Indian football team and he did so magnificently by impressing every one with his play. Arun has done lot for his motherland Jammu for promotion of football. He is doing a lot of things for the promotion of football in his hometown and his ultimate dream of establishing football academy in Jammu. In last couple of years, Arun has organised number of coaching camps for budding players from his own pockets,he has helped youngsters get into professional football clubs.
His motto of life is to open a Professional and International standard Academy in Jammu for the kids.
He use to practice at Parade ground, when he was kid .He had done his schooling from Jain hr. Sc. School and then studied in DBN. He got the clerical job in j&k bank when he was in class 11th and his coach was Mr. Abdul Majid Kakroo. He completed his B.Sc. From science college and at the same time played football for bank team.
In 1999,his hard work yielded him the first sweet fruit of his life which he always dreamt of.He was playing bank tournament at Mumbai and Coach of Air India Mr. Bimal Ghosh came to watch his match.Mr.Ghosh was impressed by his performance and selected him to play for his team on contractual basis. But it was very difficult situation for him to decide whether he leave Bank’s “permanent” job or continue with it.
But he took the risk of his life and ultimately decide to leave bank’s job and join Air India with 2 year’s contract. Someone has rightly said Follow Your Heart – Your Mind Will Catch Up! He signed the contract and the amount was lesser than bank salary. But he didn’t worry about that because he was sure about his ability and if he worked hard, he could fulfill his dream and now the result is in front of us.
His mentor Mr. Vipan Gupta,AGM JK Bank,Jaipur,has guided him like his son and Mr. Gupta was there for his help, whenever he was in trouble.
After Air India,he played for East Bengal (4years) and Mahindra United(3years).In between,he represented Indian football team for 4years from 2002 to 2006 under English coach Stephen Constantine.
Some of his achievements so far
Tournament
|
Played(how many times) |
Won(how many times) |
Awarded |
| National Football League | 8 times | 2 times | Gold Medal |
| Santosh Trophy
(Senior National) |
9 times | ||
| Federation Cup | 10 times | 2 times | Gold medal |
| Durand Cup | 9 times | 2 times | Gold Medal |
| IFA tournament | 5 times | 2 times | Gold Medal |
| Inter University | 3 times |
So far he has played 39 International games for India so far. He played his first international career match in Nepal and won the Gold Medal. In 2002-03,he played L.G. Cup in Vietnam. He has also participated in Asia Cup in North Korea in 2003-04.He played Exhibition tournament in Uzbekistan, Pre-Olympic in Turkmenistan, President cup in Maldives, Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad, Exhibition tour in Hong Kong and Bangladesh, Asian club Championship in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, Saff Cup In Bangladesh and has also represented India in Pre-world Cup Qualifying round in 2005-06 in Japan.
He is currently playing for ONGC football club in Mumbai for last eight years. Jammu Kashmir Govt. has announced State award for him on 26th Jan 2010.

Talking to Redefining Jammu ,he expressed his disappointment as he got no help from state government, who talks a lot these days on twitter,facebook and in assembly too.But does nothing in reality. The infrastructure in the state is in a worst condition as compared to the state of the art facilities and outstanding grounds available in other parts of India. At the same time, he would like to thank the staff of Jammu university, especially VC Mr. Varun Sahni and Director Dhian Singh Bhau who extended their full hearted support to him whenever he required JU ground, staff and other requirements and the JKFA” Jammu &Kashmir football association” who always encouraged him and the upcoming talent especially Sectreatry Jammu Wing Mr. Surinder Singh Bunty.
He added that no matter what happens, one should always respect his mentors.He thanked specially Mr. Mohinder Verma (Presently State co coordinator in Sports Authority of India) and Abdul Majid Kakroo (ex international) for bringing best out of him.
“Himmat -e-Marda, Madad-e-Khuda”
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Naman-Salute To Our National Heroes
0Duggar Pradesh Yuva Sangathan in association with Redefining Jammu organizes a function
Duggar Pradesh Yuva Sangathan has indeed blazed a new trail in Jammu by organizing the function “Naman-Salute to Our Heroes” involving the youth to pay homage to the martyrs who have laid down thier lives to defend the state and also save it from terrorism.
J&K state is one of the leading State in the country which will be seen from the sacrifices made by a people. Taking an Example of Kargil war which was a National War in which the country of over 100 crores lost 524 lives whereas J&K state with the population of 1 Crore lost 69 lives 1.e 14 times more than the rest of country. The state has earned large number of awards during the last 63 years.We have 1 param veer chakar. 9 maha veer chakras, 82 Veer chakras, 4 ashok chakras, 72 Shurya chakras, a total of almost 1000 awards.
While speaking on the occasion Chief guest Retd. Maj. General Goverdhan Singh Jamwal emphasizes on the involvement of youth in such kind of activites .
“ We appreciate the gesture and the efforts being made by the Duggar Pradesh Yuva Sangthan which needs to be emulated by other organiszarions in our state which is the most sensitive border state of the country. If martyrs are not remembered and theirs next of kins are not honored /looked after who will defend or fight for the country “ stated the Chief Guest Maj Gen Goverdhan Singh jamwak, presendent J&K Ex- Services League.
The function was attended by parents/next of kins of the martyrs including Maj A.S.Jasrotia,Lt. Col. Narayan Singh OBE,Dy.S.P. Shaily Singh,Constable Dheeraj Kohli,Maj. Akash Singh Jamwal,Sep. Gurdeep Singh,Sep.Dhyan Singh,L.Nyk Lakhwinder Singh,Sep. Lakhwinder Singh.Also attended by the president Freedom Fighters association Sh. Ved Gandotra,Lt. Col D.S. Salaria,Lt. Col. K.S. Samyal,Lt.Col. J.S. Jasrotia and others.
Special Thanks to Amateur Theatre Group and Mushtaq Kak for taking part in the event.
The event was organized by Duggar Pardesh Yuva Sangathan accompanied by Nittin Singh Sambyal,Rakesh Singh Sambyal, Abhishek Parihar,Parul Mahajan,Surbhi Jamwal,Vipul Mahajan,Rakesh Jamwal,Dhanesh Dogra,Ritika Pathania,Surbhi Jamwal,Mallu Jasrotia etc.
The event was sponsored by Reliance Motors, SFMC PPR Pipes, GIIT.















