10 Years - The Fight is still on.

26th July,2009 marks the completion of 10 years of our victory at Kargil. It just seems to be yesterday when we successfully pushed back the intruders(Pakistani troops)beyond the LOC and responded in a befitting manner to the cowardly act of our neighbour .There is no point looking back to what happened that year. All we can say that we were stabbed on our back by a nation whose objective of snatching Kashmir has been persisting throughout. The attack came just on the heels of our PM's Lahore bus journey. Kargil will always be remembered as the victory of our gallant troops over the sinister plans of the enemy.


10 years down the line we have not been able to change much the way certain elements have targeted us,hold common people in our country to ransom. Great journalists like Barkha Dutt in her documentary try to emphasize the point of avoiding wars but it has to be accepted that India's soft approach to this issue and its perpetrators have led to so many battles. We dont war because of the death of innocent people which includes the soldiers but what about the continuous casualty we are having to bear because of the destructive plans of our enemy? Do we want to fight the battle continously or do we want to end with a decisive blow? Times have changed and to talk of a full scale offensive now is impractical. It is interesting to see how things unfold in future. From my own association with people in the army i can very well say how mad they were not to be allowed to cross the LOC and give the enemies a taste of their own medicine.

Lastly as a mark of respect to those brilliant souls who died fighting for our mother land, here are a few lines which echoes my sentiment;
God, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.

Jai Hind.