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कुछ लोग ...

लोग बिछुड़ जाते है दो राहे पर , हम एक राह चले ,कुछ पीछे छुट गए कुछ आगे निकल गए । कोई आबे हयात था ,कोई दिल का सबाब कोई आबे जमजम था कोई मन का खवाब कोई चश्मे नूर ,तो कोई लखते जिगर कोई हमनशीं ,हमराज कोई हमसफ़र हमराह ,हमप्याला .हमनिवाला ,हमनज़र अब कोई नही किसी की ख़बर वक्त की दल दल में कुछ तो फिसल गए काल के साए कुछ को निगल गए । और कुछ तो ऐसे थे न जाने कैसे-कैसे थे - कमबख्त, कमजर्फ बददिमाग, बदमिजाज़, बदलहाजिब बदगुमान बेमुरब्बत, बेहया और बदजुबान हाथ मिलाया, काँधे चद्का आगे निकल गए ।

existance of mankind in danger

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There was a news item in the newspapers recently which I read with interest and which stated: "A pastry-eating competi-tion in the canteen of a multinational IT company in Udyog Vihar cost a young engineer his life on Wednesday (Nov. 19, 08) afternoon. Twenty-two-year-old Saurabh Sabharwal, who reportedly choked to death, was found unconscious in the washroom after having eaten many pastries. He was rushed to a private hospital where the doctors declared him dead." The most memorable incident of this kind occurred in 1976. A US scientist in 1975 declared that existence of mankind was in danger. "There is a common opening for our food pipe and wind pipe — epiglottis. When we gulp food, it covers the wind pipe. Accordingly when we breath (inhale), it covers the food pipe. This is the mechanism to avoid the entry of food into wind pipe. At times epiglottis forgets its function and food may slip into wind pipe which is withdrawn through coughing. If food in not retracted int...