Last Words Of An Indian Soldier..!!

Present Day

In a house in Delhi at Sarita Vihar- 

"Get me my tea!", going through the newspaper headlines, the father asks his daughter-in-law. 

"Bringing in, in just a few minutes daddy.", responds the daughter-in-law and the wife of Karanveer, dealing with household work. from the kitchen.

A 7-year-old kid shouts loudly, "Mama, Where is my bread and butter?" from the garden while playing with his toys.
His mother brings him breakfast and says, "I should not find anything left, Aarav." kissing his forehead.
Sweeping the house says Nisha, sister of Karanveer, "Bhabhi, we will prepare something nice today since it's Sunday and everyone is home." 
"Sure, we will", says Manju smiling.

They are all enjoying Sunday and deciding the names of the people who are to be invited to the marriage function of Nisha which is on 24 of the next month. 
"Many works are left, we have to book the marriage hall and cards are still to be distributed and he has not come so far. When will your brother be leaving for home from the border?" enquires the father to Nisha in a commanding tone.
Nisha answers gently, "In a few weeks probably baba. In a recent letter, he had mentioned"

And it is the moment, the time stops. Everything seems to go on in slow motion. The family has no idea what happened 2 days ago with Karanveer at the border. The oppressive pain was knocking at the door.

A military truck stops at the gate of the house. Some soldiers are carrying a coffin which is covered by the national flag. The soldiers have tears in their eyes and their legs are trembling while they are entering the house. They place the coffin at the entrance door and stand speechless. 

On seeing this, the heartbeat of the father starts pacing like a horse. Anyhow he conjoins the courage and can hardly utter, "Hey men, where is Karanveer? He was expected to come sooner. He hasn't come with you, has he? "
The moment he asks the question, the soldiers could not control tears falling from their eyes anymore, they let it flow. Their tears say it all, therefore, the father gets the answer and he bursts into tears and sighs, "Why my son? You could have called me instead" looking in the sky.

"Karanveer, who is a son, brother, father, husband, and a military man was martyred at the border fighting with the terrorists."

The wife is unable to gather the courage to accept that she is a widow now. Her husband, with whom she had promised to walk alongside at all phases of life and imagined living with him only is no more. She sank to her knees and sobbed.

His sister who has always tied a Raksha on his wrist felt an electric shock kind of emotion. She has always prayed for his protection and victory. It's like all go into vain. She is baffled, crying and complaining about her loss to the almighty 

His kid, Aarav, who is still unable to understand exactly what's happening all around. He only knows that something bad has happened. He is so innocent that he asks his mother why she is weeping and he gets no reply. Then, he rushes towards the soldiers who have brought the coffin and asks them curiously, "what's wrong?"

"Your father has saved many lives. He has served the nation in a true manner and in reward he is called by God.", replies one of the soldiers weeping and embracing the kid.

2 Days Ago (The Encounter Day)

It's midnight at India - Pakistan border. Indian Soldiers are guarding the border and suddenly a bullet from the other side of the border, shoots a soldier, he is wounded. It is Kanarveer who is shot. The bullet penetrates his left arm. He is the head of the battalion. So he alerts everyone to take their position. It is Pakistani terrorists who were firing from the other side. 

In the Indian base, only 6 soldiers were there on the war day whereas 15 terrorists had aimed their gun at them from the other side to kill our soldiers. 

Karanveer is in unbearable pain, bleeding so fast yet joins his companions saying, "I won't be a patriot if I can't save my brothers form the damn terrorists ." However,  the very next moment, he joins the soldiers and after 1 hour of the continuous head to head fighting, all the terrorists got killed with no Indian soldier martyred. Kananveer shot 5 terrorists dead. They were celebrating the victory, hugging one another.

Then suddenly out of the blue, a grenade is thrown at them by someone, soldiers couldn't understand how that happened. Actually, It was a trap. 2 terrorists had already crossed the border and they were hiding near the Indian camp. When they found the soldiers unarmed, they threw a grenade at them. 2 soldiers died by the grenade including Karanveer. The remaining four soldiers took some time to read the situation and they killed the remaining terrorists too. 

But they lost 2 soldiers for which all were extremely abashed.

The dead bodies of the martyred soldiers were not in a single piece since they were burst! It took some time to collect the pieces of the bodies and send them home.

Present Day

In the belonging of Karanveer, a latter was placed. It was written by Karanveer just the night before the war. It was to be posted soon. But before that, he sacrificed his life and made himself immortal in Indian history. Since at the border there was no network accessibility, he used to send letters to communicate with his family. the letter reads - 

["Dear dad,  

I hope you are healthy and taking your medicines on time. Don't eat sweets otherwise, your sugar level will increase and will create trouble for all. I'm coming in a few weeks and this time I'll stay longer so I can make the house built well before Nisha's marriage(the sister)."

"Dear Love

I'm missing you so much and I love you infinite times. Here at the border, I get ample of time and I imagine you with me every time. In reply to this letter, do answer how you are and how is Aarav (Kid). Take care of everyone. You are my strength. Love you.

"Dear son

Your father is coming soon and bringing you new toys. You are the son of a soldier so be brave and take care of the family. This time, your training will start and we'll have a lot of fun. Love you!"

"Dear sister

How quickly you have grown! Next month is your wedding. I'm so excited to dance at the wedding. I'm bringing you a very beautiful bride sari. You'll look gorgeous in that. Take care of yourself and keep telling Aarav the inspiring tales of soldiers."]

He was planning to visit home but God has his own plans. How painful is it to know that his family did not even receive his dead body as a whole! A wife becomes a widow. The pride of a father is gone. His sister will no longer celebrate Raksha Bandhan. His son is left alone to fight throughout life. The day, karanveer joined the armed forces, he knew that his life is no certain. Anytime anything may happen yet he wishes his son to become a soldier and serve the nation. 

We just can never thanks enough to the soldiers for what they do.

I'd show my gratitude just by concluding - "Every soldier who is standing at the border, guarding the sky and the sea, is living a life which they cherish, just like you and me. It is not their job to die for us. Their job is to protect us. So, when a soldier is martyred, someone who doesn't know you, and yet fought for you, dies. They are like a family, we never met, but always have.

So, pray for them. Be with them because they have a family like us at home, who have had sleepless nights and tears falling from their eyes, because they have lost a son, a brother, a father, and so did we...!!"

Note-This story is true and is written in a form to pay tribute to the Indian Soldiers.

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