Imam Hussain ibn Ali's message is immortal. Reiterating it is not customary or ritual, but an indispensable necessity to reawaken mankind and let it reappraise itself of the dire requisite to stand fast against tyranny, callousness and repression.

That is what the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and scion of Ali and Fatima stood for in the barren deserts of Karbala in 61 Hijra (680 AD), and did not blink even for a nano-second in sacrificing his kith and kin, among his 72 righteous comrades, to uphold the glorious message of emancipation of humanity.

Hussain fought the barbaric mercenaries numbering no less than nine lakhs, who had encircled the pious family from Kufa to Euphrates, and was unrelenting as he went down fighting, acclaiming his stature as a divine legend unparalleled in living history.

Hussain's determination and conviction, thus, is worth-emulating for all eras and all times to come. The Iman's resoluteness drives inspiration to all without any consideration of race or religion.

The 10-hour epic of Karbala is a lesson from absolute........

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