Happy Independence Day

IF I DIE IN THE WAR ZONE...
PACK MY BODY AND SEND ME HOME!
PIN THE MEDALS ON MY CHEST...
TELL MY MOTHER I DID MY BEST!
TELL THOSE PRETTY GIRLS NOT TO CRY….
‘CAUSE I AM A SOLDIER....
....BORN TO DIE....
BUT DON’T YOU WORRY...
TO SURVIVE IN BATTLE IS MY WILL.....
‘CAUSE THIS DAMN SOLDIER IS BORN TO KILL!

"WE FOLLOW OUR OWN RULES,
MAKE OUR OWN NORMS.
FEROCIOUS WE ARE , LETHAL IN ANY FORM,
TAMERS OF TIDES,WE PLAY WITH STORMS,
YOU GUESSED IT RIGHT WE ARE "MEN IN UNIFORM”

NO AGONY NO PAIN SHALL MAKE ME CRY…
SOLDIER WAS I BORN SOLDIER SHALL I DIE!
I LIVE BY CHANCE…
LOVE BY CHOICE…
AND
KILL BY PROFFESSION..........
(A Soldier)

The father doesn’t like to call him a martyr though he is proud that his son has done something for the country. The mother is too doleful to say anything. The friend says he will always bear the pain of losing that gem of a person. The parents were expecting his arrival the very next month to attend the marriage of a childhood friend. But then, they had to confront the arrival of the dead body of their gallant son. The agony of losing the only son can be understood by no one but the mother only. He had told his mother that he would never let a soldier die before him. He gave his word. He died while arranging the evacuation of a colleague. “Do not come up, I will handle them,” were probably his last words. The scene when his dead body arrived melted the hearts of all the people of the locality. The mother is deadpan, speechless but proud at the same time.
Sandeep Unnikrishnan, a Major in the Indian Army serving in the elite National Security Guards (NSG) was killed in action while fighting terrorists in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. At the time when most of the young lads in the city where he lived dreamt to have the most secured jobs in the IT or some other sector, he desired to join the Army to serve the nation. He was passionate, determined and a real braveheart. It is only because of such responsible heroes like him that we are able to sleep peacefully in our homes. Hail the mother who gave birth to such a valiant son. Hail the father who brought up the son inculcating such values and sense of duty.
On this Independence Day, I pay tribute to Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and all the gallant sons who don’t bother to give up their lives for our well being and for saving the pride of the nation. Their contributions to their motherland are exceptionally incomparable.