Any discussion on Indo-Pak war brings to my mind yellowish old newspapers covering the windows of our quarters in the Sainik School campus. I was not even born at the time of the 1971 war, but the windows covered with old newspapers always reminded us of the war. The aerial view of the lit up campus would have given an impression of a defence establishment. Our parents explained that the windows were covered to avoid air attacks. Even after several rounds of maintenance work, the newspapers on the windows remained.
Among war stories, we have also heard a lot of stories about the First World War, in which some of our relatives also took part. They were in the French army. I have heard many sad stories about their children orphaned by the war after the French hospital was attacked.
So far, an India-Pak war may have been fought by soldiers somewhere far away. Most of us only read in newspapers about our soldiers dying in the border. What would be the magnitude of another war between the two countries? Can we imagine covering up our windows and living in fear of air attacks?
2 comments:
True, very true. War is synonymous to destruction, only destruction. The creator made one world, but we, the silly "social" animals, with silly brains, have drawn lines, created nations and sown hatred in our minds for the people whom we never met.
Nice observation, well thought out, quite natural. The “Yellowish” newspaper is nothing but a symbol that everything fades away one day, we will also fade away. So, what’s the use of greed, ego, hatred, violence, pride….all these elements are human-created.
We will leave back all these here and go once the call comes.
Being part of defence services during the kargil war & also seen the empathy of the country towards it, I can only say that we are country which is ready to give 3 crores to a sports person but makes a war widow to run around for the 5 laks promised to her.
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