@TooWhiteToTweet@DesiCrime
Was listening in to your podcast where both expressed that youre against the basic idea of death penalty.
Ive often wondered on the why & the why not of this debate.
But when you read stories like these, I feel rage. Burning the need to debate. What do you feel?
I was trained to fight Wars.
She was never trained for the kind of battles, she fought every day.
When I left for NDA, I was 18.
A BOY full of pride,
Carrying a steel trunk and dreams.
When I got Commissioned,
I was 22 : A MAN in uniform.
But the day I Married her,
I realised the true meaning of courage...
Not in Bullets, but in Patience.
The first time I got posted to the border,
She didn’t cry.
She just smiled and said,
“Bas phone karte rehna.”
And when the phone didn’t connect for days,
She still smiled when her parents asked, “Kaisa hai beta?”
She’s been smiling through uncertainty ever since.
She celebrates #Diwali by herself.
Lights diyas in every corner of our small SF quarter...
Says it makes her feel I’m home.
One year, the electricity went out.
She told me later how she sat in darkness, lighting candles one by one, whispering to my Mom :
“He must be lighting diyas on the border too.”
That night, I was under a tarpaulin tent, eating cold poori and pickle from a dented mess tin.
#Karwachauths come and go.
She dresses up, puts on sindoor, opens the video call, and smiles through a weak network..
“Main dekh liya, tum khana khao.”
The call drops before I can even reply.
She handles everything.
From paying bills online to fixing the water motor.
When the car broke down,
she learned to push-start it.
When I couldn’t come home for medical emergencies,
she sat in the hospital alone,
praying to every god she knew.
Through it all, she never complains.
Not once.
She once had a promising career
a steady job, her own desk, colleagues, and a sense of independence she had built with quiet pride.
But when I got my first peace posting,
She made a choice most won’t understand.
She left it all behind..
Not because she had to,
but because she wanted to be with us.
She said, “What’s the point of building a career if it keeps us apart?”
Since then, every posting, every move, every new city has been her project ..
Rebuilding a home from scratch, Without complaint,
Without applause.
She keeps my medals polished but tells me softly..
“Don’t bring more medals,
if they cost us more years Apart.”
I’ve realised that the bravest salute isn’t given on the parade ground..
it’s given silently...
..by a woman waving from a railway platform.
They don’t wear stars on their shoulders,
but they carry the weight of our absence,
With grace.
So if you ever meet a soldier,
Salute twice ..
once for him,
and once for his Wife
that keeps him strong.
Because I may have fought for the Nation,
but she fought for my life.
And she won every single time.
❤️ To every military wife,
YOU are the unseen medal
We proudly wear. 🫡
#KarwaChauth2025 ❤️ #Love
@cr01_chri@arunbothra You are a certified animal idiot. You claim chasing dogs are hit by cars, beaten with sticks, pelted with stones, starved for days etc. -- ever checked if that is ALWAYS due to the people who they attacked? Your love makes you blind. And it's clear who is the monster here.
Got robbed today in broad daylight on way to work in Whitefield!
I usually walk to work, crossing the footover bridge at Graphite India Junction. Have been spotting a few transgenders standing right before RxDx clinic, after the FOB steps for a last few days.
We need new run out laws. Basically English batsmen are only to be considered run out if they agree to the decision. Otherwise, it is against the spirit of cricket.
India if you have brains play them in a one off test... It's a win win scenario for both parties involved... Perfect match practice for England test series
Never thought I would say this for Kohli one day but if he is any serious about his red-ball career then go and play a couple of matches in the Ranji trophy immediately after this BGT (I know he won't). He has forgotten the art of grinding it out in test cricket like old days.
If not then just announce your retirement from the red-ball after this Test and go gracefully like Ashwin for the betterment of yourself, fans, and mainly Team India. There is no point in stretching your test career further. You are tarnishing your legacy day by day every time you walk out to bat now and I can't handle this torture anymore.
- A die-hard Virat Kohli Fan
@vikramsathaye Koi sense hai is baat ka !!?
Same as if someone suggests you to stop doing 'What the duck' with cricketers and start hosting 'What the fuck' with politicians or administrators instead.