Father’s day is annually celebrated on 15the June with great enthusiasm and respect and devotion to fathers on this special day which is dedicated to fathers. Father’s day is a day set aside for honouring one’s father ,as well as fatherhood, parental bonds, and the influence of father’s in society. ’Father’s day ‘complements similar celebrations honouring family members , such as Mothers Day and in some countries, siblings’ day and Grandparents Day.
The day is held on various dates across the world and different regions maintain their own traditions of honouring fatherhood. Father’s day is observed by more then 112 countries in the world .It is observed and celebrated worldwide on June 15 and on this day sons honour fathers and fatherhood. Father’s day is not an original custom of India but is rather followed by the influence of the western world. It is observed on the third Sunday of June. I take this auspicious occasion to pay my tributes to my great father whom I remember even today after more than 15 years of his passing away.
My father Pt.Badri Nath Koul S/O Late Laxman Koul was born on 23rd October 1923 in village Hanand Chowalgam Of then Tehsil Kulgam in a respectable family of Kashmiri Pandits and his father was working as Patwari in revenue department. Early education of my beloved father who was my darling was in the local government high school Kulgam and there he went to DAV School Srinagar for pursuing his matriculation and passed matric examination in 1942.My father moved to Srinagar for pursuing education and their he resided with his relations called Dhars who were his relations from his fathers side as his fathers sister was married there.
After passing matriculation examination, he took admission in Amar Singh collage Srinagar and passed intermediate examination in year April 1944 from Punjab university. He had the distinction of being the first graduate of his village and thus commanded much respect from the people. He never indulged in corrupt practices and was my inspiration and role model. Then my father passed BA examination in the year 1946 also from Punjab university with good marks.
He was a voracious reader and took much interest in reading books, journals, newspapers and religious texts. He got employed in Health and Jails department as Tehvildar as heath and Jails department was one department. After some time he was posted in health department as a clerk and was later on after many years promoted as head clerk. Most part of his service he remained posted either in district hospital Anantnag or DMO office Anantnag and later retired as a head clerk in year 1978.My father was a man of simple living and high thinking and he performed his government job with selflessly and with dedication and I always saw him doing paper work in his office unmindful of what is happening outside. He was the firm believer in the doctrine of work is worship. He was honest to the core and exhorted other to be honest in dealings and he never showed undue favour with any employee during his stay as clerk and Head clerk in the health department.
My father was very punctual and honest in his dealings. He never made a show of his educational qualification as graduation mattered most in those olden days. He learnt typing from Lahor in the undivided India and was compelled to come back to Jammu and Kashmir as Kabalyee raid commenced. During his official carrier he also worked for few years in Jammu and thus has firs hand experience of living in hot and humid climate of Jammu and thus was reluctant to buy a plot in Jammu as the department offered him a plot at government rates but he declined.
But later in the early 1990 he along with his family was forced to migrate to Jammu where he had already in 1986 purchased a pot of ten marlas in Gole Gujral Jammu where we are presently residing and we owe this plot of land and everything else I have to him and his blessings. My father being a highly educated man was very much interested in my education and gave me a good education and it was because of his financial and other support that I pursued masters in commerce subject and got employed in school education department. It was my dear father who got the application form filed in Kashmir university for my M com as I was away on a collage tour then when my result of BA class was announced. I owe everything to my great father including my education and later job. Had I got no support from my father as well as my mother I would have been an illiterate. I owe my education ,job and every else thing to my father
.My father was a truly religious man and was always busy morning and evening in worship of God.It is said of him that he was worshipping Parthishur of sliver throughout his life and propitiated Shiva at the river and as his age advanced he donated his shivling to some one.He was a religious man through and through and all paths and stautras were memorised by him orally and he used to recited Bhagwad Gita, Ramayana and studied Mahabaratha .He took great pleasure and interest in reading religious scriptures and narrated stories from Mahabharatha ,Ramayana and other religious texts to his family and I have learned Mahamnapar,Bhawni Shastranam and other staturas from my dear father. Alas,my father passed away at his Jammu residence after a very brief illness on 17 of May 2010 at the age of 87 years coinciding with Yashak chourm .It was a big loss to me and my family. May his soul rest in peace.

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