{"id":8830,"date":"2017-05-17T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T04:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8830"},"modified":"2017-05-17T09:38:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T04:08:20","slug":"tribute-to-the-immortal-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8830","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to the immortal soldiers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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How they live and why they die? <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Tribute to the immortal soldiers.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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\"***\"<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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\"indian-flag<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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We both left home at 18.
\nYou cleared JEE,
\nI got recommended
\nYou got IIT,
\nI got NDA.<\/p>\n

You pursued your graduation degree
\nI received the toughest training
\nYour day started at 7am and ended at 5pm
\nMine lasted from 4am till 9pm, including many nights.<\/p>\n

You had your convocation ceremony,
\nI had my ‘Passing out parade’
\nThe best corporates hired you,
\nand, best pay package awarded<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\"army<\/p>\n

Srinagar floods, Indian Army jawans jump into freezing water to help pull people to safety<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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With 2 stripes pinned on my shoulders.
\nI was ordered to join my ‘Paltan’
\nYou got a job
\nI acquired a way of life.<\/p>\n

You often got to see your family,
\nI just longed to see my parents.
\nYou celebrated festivals with lights and music,
\nI celebrated with my comrades in gloomy bunkers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Indian-army-5\"<\/p>\n

Sikh warriors of the Indian army.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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\"Jawans<\/p>\n

Courageous Muslim soldiers of the Indian army at Kargil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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We both got married,
\nYour wife got to see you everyday
\nMy wife just wished I was alive.
\nYou were sent on business trips
\nI was sent to the line of control<\/p>\n

We both returned,
\nBoth our wives could not control their tears,
\nYou wiped hers, but I could not
\nYou hugged her, but I could not ….<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\"indian-army-amar-jawan-jyoti<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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With medals on my chest I lay in a coffin wrapped in our beloved tricolours
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\nThough we both left home at 18,
\nMy life ended, so that yours may continue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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