rambabu wrote:
Hanumanthappa, after a brave fight with death, breathed his last. May his soul rest in peace.
I read it in evening news paper, very shocking news, may his soul rest in peace.
Shana sez:Yeah, heard the news. But at least his family got to see him. There are so many stories of missing family members, not just of soldiers, who disappear and are never traced. Unless you get the body you don't get closure, and keep hoping and hoping, even when the years have passed. And then you start imagining what they might have looked like at this age, or that age.
I remember chatting with a soldier who was posted in Siachen a while ago. And the first thing he said about his job is that "it's lonely, and very boring. We have to keep each other awake," or something. And they'd keep up games of friendly fire with the Pakistanis, everynow and then. If any one you has been to Thar Desert which is also near the Pakistan border, you'll have noticed solitary soldiers standing in the middle of the vast emptiness. Keeping guard over the marshy, sandy wasteland. They're usually alone , with the next soldier quite far away. But soldiers also love the camaraderie and brotherhood and the fact that each one is ready to die for the other (which is mass brainwashing for killing purposes as far as I'm concerned, but that's my view). And they miss that a lot when they frequently return to civilian life. Or so I"ve been told If any of you has served or has someone in the forces you'll know what I mean.
RIP to the soldier.
