Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap…….
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
Peacetime is always thankless for soldiers !!
LET IT REACH THE ONES CRYING FOR PEACE AND ASKING FOR CREDENTIALS!
Out there on mountains, in jungle leeches bite, frost bites, man and beast gasp for air as they pant climbing cliffs, they pant in togetherness yet they carry on, some say the patriotism motivates them, naah, not at this moment, the only motivation is to reach his post, the man has assumed that to be his home, he sweats, experience the stich pain but keeps moving. He needs to reach and he knows no heroes welcome or paparazzi chase, all he'd rather be assured and contend with is some hot roti and daal, some rest and then perhaps a sentry duty on a bad day. He is human, yes he is and he too has plans and ambitions though not pretty far fetched yet he does plan to take off his shoes and remove those leeches and hope for a bath on reaching, be assured his buddy would prepare tadka for his daal(theres no racial profiling either, he doesn't know these fine terms, he may be a tall burly Jagtar Singh from Mansa, Punjab and his buddy an aao Naga from mokokchung, Nagaland or a yum Bahadur Subba from YUKSOM, Sikkim) he'll expect that buddy to keep his food hot and wait for him to arrive, they are a family. He prays that the company havildar major will spare him tonight's sentry watch and that's a major deal sir.
No, this soldier didn't plan for this life he wouldn't, had he he'd not be here, yes he's got liabilities back home, he's got stomachs to feed, yes sir he chose a profession but hell yeah, it breaks him when he hears you question his decision to stand guard at the thin red line, someone had to.
Well as of now he's not worried, he lives and dies alone, a paltry procession in his native village when he dies is all the publicity he's guaranteed. He takes off his shoes, removes leeches, thank his gods that he'll rest as he has not been detailed for sentry duty tonight, unroll his mat and sleeping bag and ignore you, you are leeches too. He'll not let leeches affect.
JAI HIND
Jai GORAKH
Good O’l days of beating coffee in a Pup tent on a misty morning, beating cold with some “whatever could be hauled up to the altitude brand of cigarettes”
That delusional Brown Panted fool Musharraf thought he had a foolproof plan that summer of 1999. He very nearly succeeded .. but for such men of insane valour who were willing to sacrifice everything for their Motherland.
Glad I walked on this earth at the same time as them.
If Army has to get involved in an exercise like 'Conducting Exams' - then all top IAS officers from Ministry should be made to report to local commander for at least 5yrs!!
Well said. Ok, the Armed Forces will deliver. What are all these civilian agencies for? Just to loot, cheat, take NFU & put down the Armed Forces? Shameful. The expenditures for this should be recovered from the salaries of those babus, etc.