Drass (Ladakh): For the households of the jawans who laid down their lives defending Indian territory from intruders, the Kargil Vijay Diwas — the day on which the nation commemorates its victory within the Kargil War — is an event that invokes emotions of each ache and delight. As India celebrates the twenty fourth anniversary of its triumph within the Kargil War, the households of these killed within the battle keep in mind their family members with delight. The emotions of unhappiness, nevertheless, haven’t waned.
It has been over twenty years for the reason that Kargil War however Kanta Devi remembers each final phrase of her dialog together with her son earlier than he left residence for the battlefront. He had stated that he was the son of the nation and never mine, an emotional Devi recalled on Vijay Diwas. She was right here to go to the Kargil War Memorial to pay her respects to her son, Grenadier Udhaymaan Singh, who sacrificed his life for the nation through the 1999 battle.
“I feel happy and proud to see that everyone is paying respects to my son but I did not want to lose my (only) son. I feel so much pain,” she advised the information company PTI.
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Grenadier Singh was a part of the 18 Grenadiers through the battle and his regiment, together with two different battalions, was given the duty of recapturing Tiger Hill from Pakistani intruders.
The battalion launched an assault and reached the highest of the hill however confronted intense firing from the enemy. Grenadier Singh suffered a deadly gunshot and succumbed to accidents.
Tears rolling down her cheeks, Devi recalled when her son got here residence on trip for the final time.
“When he came home on vacation, I told him that I wanted him to resign from service and stay home. He asked me what would happen to the country if every mother wished the same. He told me that he was the son of the country now and not mine,” she stated.
Devi stated a mom can overlook the whole lot however not her son.
“A mother’s pain is such. I have two daughters but only one son. How can I forget him? Sometimes I think I should forget him because he won’t come back but how can I? I remember everything about him,” the sobbing mom stated.
Referring to the Vijay Diwas, Devi stated that is her first go to to the War Memorial.
“I feel happy on this day as well. This is the first time that I have come here and I feel good. The whole country feels good but I also feel sadness. I cannot listen to patriotic songs. When they played one here, it made me remember him, he was tall and handsome,” she added.
“There is a lot of sadness. At the same time, I feel proud that my son saved my country. I have nothing to do with Tiger Hill but he saved it (for the nation),” Devi stated.
Kargil Vijay Diwas is an event to have a good time, not mourn
Charu Lata Acharya, a Veer Naari, feels that the Vijay Diwas is a celebration of the sacrifices of troopers like her husband — Major P Acharya of the two Rajputana Rifles.
“On one side, you feel that you have lost your loved one, your husband, who promised to be with you for life but, being a fauji’s (soldier’s) wife, I feel proud that the motherland was before his family,” she stated.
Acharya stated she feels proud not solely of her husband however of all of the troopers equally.
“I feel really proud,” she added.
The Vijay Diwas is an event to have a good time and never mourn the sacrifices of the troopers, she stated.
“Some people keep a fast according to their religion, some celebrate Diwali. For us, our family, this is our Diwali and Pongal. This is our celebration. We do not mourn our soldiers’ sacrifices, we celebrate. We are proud of their sacrifice,” Acharya stated.
Kargil Vijay Diwas evokes a sense of delight
Manmohan Pandey, the brother of Captain Manoj Pandey — who was tasked with clearing the path to Khalubar Top for his battalion and fatally collapsed on the remaining bunker after finishing his mission — stated the day evokes a sense of delight.
“Coming here, seeing those points, I had the same feeling that I had when he (Captain Pandey) achieved martyrdom. It is a feeling of pride. If there is anything we feel inside, it is pride,” he stated.
Pandey, who got here together with his youngsters, stated he needed to point out them who the true superheroes have been.
On his third go to to the memorial, Pandey stated “I get a feeling of pride and bravery (whenever I come here)”.
“We cannot give anything other than our respects to them. They have given us a lot. They have left us but they also inspired us. Our future generations will keep getting inspiration from them,” he added.
