We live in a funny nation where few people are trying to make a terrorist, the martyr of the country and on the other side a martyr doesn’t get the due credit of his supreme sacrifice. I wish Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad could be saved today. Not just for his family but for the whole country who doesn’t even realise the amount of sacrifice and unmatched valour these men display. We have a very short memory, we will soon forget this incident too. But what after this? Do we need more sacrifices like this to make the countrymen understand that our soldiers are not here just to draw free ration and subsidised liquor. They’re much more beyond than that. If they’re paid an extra allowance to serve a location that is because of the difficulty they face there. They’re not making money out of it or getting rich. The families sitting back at home doesn’t need the money but the men to be safe at all times. No money or allowance can ever substitute the men of their lives sitting so far guarding the country selflessly. But who cares? No politician, No celebrity, No businessman, No man in power except for those who have their sons/daughters, father/mother serving in the armed forces. Why don’t we have that attachment with each and every soldier serving in the country? Why just their families and relatives? Are the men of the armed forces only guarding their families? I wish I could go door to door and make people understand that if you respect those who guard you at all times, this country can be a better place to live in. Just for once be empathetic instead of being sympathetic and then you’ll really realise the worth. The men in arms just need the respect of the fellow countrymen and to have faith in them that no matter what happens, they’ll never let us down. That in time of crisis it’s not just the duty of the soldier but all of the countrymen to stay united and don’t get political about things. The dirty politics where one or the other party wins but a soldier always loses. He’s always stuck between the whims and fancies of the politicians. Tears roll down my eyes just to think that we have lost another precious men. What’s next? A short lived memory…