Posted by shivani on Sunday June 25, @05:46AM
This is no pepsi commercial, it is the cry of joy by "Shershah"
For those of you to whom this title seems unheard of, let me take you back to June 99. When most of us were having a gala time on vaccations, our “jawans” at Tololing, Dras, Kargil regions were busy fighting the Pak army and defending the nation.
It was the time when there used to be Diwali everyday for them, playing with crackers (for us the missiles and bombs) is something they love and to defeat the enemy their sole aim. At the Indian Military Academy these officers take an oath “IF DEATH COMES TO ME BEFORE I PROVE MY BLOOD THEN I PROMISE I WILL KILL DEATH .” and they live to their promise. With their mind, body and soul all for motherland, they never get deterred with the fear of death. For them it’s better to burn out in a short lived blaze than be smouldering forever so long. Harkatul Mujahideen, Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkare Toiba, Al Badr — militant oufits active in J&K are getting full support from Pakistan and the number of infiltrators crossing the LoC is increasing as Pak army is getting demoralised by their continuous failures but they definitely have more to face!! There is no full-stop that our jawans know of.
In our worst nightmare also we can’t imagine ourselves at their place, where tea is a luxury, food would take hours to reach them and that too is hardly edible. But for our brave soldiers these are little things which hardly matter, what matters to them is their success over those who are trying to hurt “their” brothers.
Our country has several officers who have done us proud and we must be grateful to those parents as well who had the heart of lion to see their children devoting their lives for mother-nation. The death of Col.Vishwanathan, the senior most officer and an inspiration to many was a major blow to our country. We have soldiers like Y.Yadav who after being gunned down with 14 bullets, lived to again get back to battlefield with more confidence.
Also we have Capt.Vikram Batra (13 J&K rifles) who chose his success signal as “YEH DIL MANGE MORE ” for he wanted to capture and kill some more enemy. The list of those who gave their lives, leaving behind their wives, children, parents and the entire nation to be proud of them is endless. We can never express our gratitude to them in words.
Kya Azam Tha, Kis Azam Se Voh Jang Lade The, Jo Desh Ke Liye Qurbaan Ho Chale. Dushman Ko Maar Giraya, Desh ko Tutne Se Bachaya, Ae Veer,Tujhe Is Desh Ka Salaam!
What stayed with you?
A line that lingered, a feeling, a disagreement. Great comments are as valuable as the original piece.