Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday released the book “Khaki Mein Sthitpragya” written by former Director General of Police of Uttarakhand Anil Raturi at the IRDT auditorium located at Survey Chowk, Dehradun. Anil Raturi has written this book based on his memoirs and experiences as an IPS officer.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that through this book, Anil Raturi has presented the memoirs, experiences and challenges of his service period as a police officer in an interesting way. He said that being the same in both success and failure is Sthitpragya. This book will help the people coming into service in taking decisions. The Chief Minister said that when we realize that no one is going to support us on earth, then we rise above the ground and come into a state of direct connection with God, this is also Sthitapragya. This is possible only by the grace of God.
The Chief Minister said that Anil Raturi worked as a successful and dutiful officer. The Raturi couple made a special place for themselves not only in Uttarakhand but in the country with their work and behavior. Both of them created their own reputation by doing extraordinary work in public interest while being simple. During his service period, Anil Raturi faced difficult challenges many times and solved problems on the strength of strong willpower. He said that it is important for a man to have the quality of achieving the goal while keeping his mind calm while doing work.
The Chief Minister said that the police has a big challenge of maintaining peace and law and order. To face every challenge, it is also necessary to have patience along with strong willpower. This is a journey in which there are many ups and downs and challenges, it is important to maintain morality and patience in adverse circumstances. Today police has modern technology. Earlier, despite having limited resources, police had to face big challenges.
Author of the book “Khaki Mein Sthitpragya” Anil Raturi said that through this book he has tried to describe some important memories, experiences and challenges based on his experience of three and a half decades as a police officer. He said that the powers given to police to maintain peace and law and order, it is necessary to use them properly for human welfare. Through this book, an attempt has been made to show how our new officers can face challenges and move forward on their path of work with patience and can fulfill their responsibilities with full dedication and strong will. He said that the success of any work is not the result of only one person, many people contribute to it.
Vice Chancellor Doon University Prof. Surekha Dangwal said that there is a notion that if one is in uniform, one cannot be a Sthitapragya and if one is a Sthitapragya, one cannot wear a uniform. Anil Raturi has broken this myth through the inspirational journey of his life that one can be a Sthitapragya in uniform. She said that the influence of T.S. Eliot is visible in Anil Raturi’s writing style. A person who behaves the same way in happiness, sorrow, passion and in his ups and downs of life is a Sthitapragya. She said that through this book he has told that the life of a police officer is like the edge of a sword. It is not necessary that if you enter the Chakravyuh and break it, you will still be called a winner, if you do not break it, you will definitely be called a failure. Chief Secretary Mrs. Radha Raturi sang Mangalgeet on the occasion of the inauguration of the program. On this occasion, DGP Abhinav Kumar, former Chief Secretary N. Ravishankar, litterateur and former Vice Chancellor Dr. Sudha Rani Pandey, senior officers of the government and police and eminent personalities from the field of literature were present.
