Height 7428 meters... ice cold winds... temperature almost zero degrees... backpack baggage around 15kilos... time midnight... gun shots blaring through ur ears... u just can't locate the enemy around... u are at the foothill and have to climb the whole mountain to throw the intruders away occupying ur land... there is no end in sight... no location to take shelter from the flying bullets... supply lines have been cut... ufffff... this is the plight of the brave Indian soldier who has to surmount so many obstacles each day so that we, ordinary, thankless, barren and distasteful individuals are able to sleep peacefully with our families… and more often than not it's that nameless, invisible soldier who pay's for our night's sleep with his live... how shameless are we as individuals that we just don't even remember them...
Today is one such day... it's 26th July 2006... a very ordinary day in the lives of us mortals... ungrateful individuals... we would eat, make merry and go to sleep, unmindful of the fact that this was the day 7 years back when some individuals laid their for the nation and did not let the enemy distort the map of India... I still remember some of the names... Capt. Amol Kalia, Squadron leader Ajay Ahuja and Capt. Vikaram Batra who laid their lives...
We Indians do not realize the value of something till the time we pay for it... and keep on taking things for granted... I was appalled to notice that no TV Channel, none of the newspapers or magazines or web links brought our victory in Kargil into any kind of prominence... either they did not feel the need for doing so or did not consider that the news would be given any weightage by the general public...
And more annoying was the reaction of the general public... nobody except for the families of those who lost their dear ones or those who injured themselves beyond recovery, ever remembered even for a minute about this day...
Somebody should have lighted a candle to let somebody know that we care... we remember... that we are with you... but no... how can we do that... what would people say... blah blah blah...
Shame on us... Jaago India Jaago...
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