Who Will Weep After Me?

1. Who will weep after me after I have laid down my life guarding the borders so that the citizens of this country are safe and can go about their normal daily routine even though I have been missing my children’s birthday, not celebrated Diwali, Holi, Eid and Christmas with then for years, or even missed my parent’s funeral?  This is the question which every soldier, officer whether of Indian Army or of Para military forces guarding the border is asking. He knows fully well that not a single crocodile tear will be shed or a single word of sympathy will be offered to his family by the present set of politicians like Sanjay Nirupam, Arvind Kejriwal, Digvijay Singh, etc  or by the our Pakistan friendly  actors and directors like, Karan Johar, Salmon Khan, Kailash Kher, Anurag Kashyap or Om Puri. The actors and directors will be busy in making money, the civil servants in what they are best in doing and the politician in making  irresponsible and stupid statements about the armed forces except for a very few whom you can count on your fingers. We would prefer to pay lacs per episode to these Pakistani’s who will pay taxes to the Pakistani government or give money in the garb of charity to the terrorist organizations in Pakistan to buy bullets which will kill our own Indian soldiers on the border from the money given by these persons.

2. To add salt to the wound the Bihar and UP government offered two lacs rupees to the soldiers of their states who laid down their lives, when this is the amount they offer to the persons who die in hooch tragedy in their states. Does the lives of the soldier who died so that you can stay alive is the same or cheaper than those who took spurious liquor for their comfort and died while the state collected taxes on it? They would prefer not to attend the funeral or go and meet the family members but were there to greet a convicted politician released on bail, or eat lunch with a dalit or sit in protest on roads about their lack of power and comfort.

3. It is time that the citizens of this great country got up and said that enough is enough. We should take a pledge that neither will we elect these politicians to represent us or watch the movies in which these actors or their friendly Pakistani actors have acted. Enough is enough, please stand up and clap for the real heroes of India who have laid or are ready to lay down their lives so that you can go about your business and spent time with your families and enjoy live and not for these filmy and political heroes, who can only act or talk, but would prefer their sons and daughters not to join armed forces in order to serve the country.  

4. The soldier is now realizing that the only people who will cry for him are his family and relatives, his comrades in arms, veterans and some concerned citizens of this great country. A few will come out to help the children and martyr’s family in resettlement by monetary or other grants. But is it enough, only a few concerned citizens out of 135 crores of population? Enough is enough the citizens of this country, please stop hurting the honour, respect, pride and commitment, valour and sacrifice  of the armed and Para military forces by asking them proof of what they have done for this country or make stupid comments. Should the Indian Army and BSF also open the gates at the borders and welcome the Pakistani rangers and army to come and work in India as Pakistani actors and singer? After all they are not terrorists, but are only helping the terrorists like these actors and singers, the only difference s the way they are doing it. One is giving money while the other is giving them training, arms, etc from the money paid by them in the form of taxes and donations or even moral support.

5. Stop before the soldier becomes so demoralized that he should start thinking as to what he is doing on the border away from his family for you and is ready to die for you. Why he cannot lead a normal life like any other citizens and leave the guarding to the citizen of this country or the citizens of this country should pay a defence tax or he will be better off when he is running the country rather than others? If you cannot praise them for the selfless service they are doing then at least keep quiet and enjoy the freedom of speech, fear free life, and other comforts of modern day life while he is denied even this. Remember, this is what he has given you by sacrificing his life and made the lives of his family members very difficult. Besides saving you from external threat how many times he was called upon to help you in natural calamities, floods, forest fire, earth quake, internal disturbance and even saving children from bore well left open by you.

6. The only thing I can say is what Rasthrakavi Pradeep said in his poem which was beautifully sung by our own Lata Mangeshkar

“Aye mere watan ke logo zara ankh me bhar lo pani,

Jo shaeed  hua hai unke zara yad karo kurbani”.

And

 “Kuch Yad unhe bhi kar lo, jo lot ke ghar na aye.”

And stop playing politics, one up man ship, or personal favorites with the national pride of this country, the armed forces and Para military forces.