Har Maidan Fateh

In older times, every regiment used to carry their regimental flag/colour into the battle and loosing that would be considered an utmost disgrace to the regiment. Soldiers protect their flag from falling into hands of the enemy even if the price would be the supreme sacrifice. Every battalion has its own ethos and composition, its own battle cry and motto but every soldier is always ready to kill the enemy to defend the sovereignty of the nation. For an Indian soldier the core ethos are “Naam, Namak, Nishan” The ethos of ‘Naam, Namak, Nishaan’ is the honour code for every Indian soldier that drives officers and men alike and these ethos permeates the whole of the Indian Army, whether its Infantry, Armored and Artillery. In the annals of the Indian army, there are endless stories to fight for NAAM, NAMAK, NISHAN. One such saga of valour and indomitable courage is of the 122 Ahirs of the 13 Kumaon Regiment who under the leadership of Major Shaitan Singh Bhati fought for “Naa

The archives of the Indian Army have abundant stories of bravery, courage and uncomparable valour.  15 th  August 1947, India became an independent Nation, but this independence came with the throbbing pain of partition. Might be, not many people are aware that just few months after Independence in 1947, India had almost lost Srinagar and the Kashmir Valley to Pakistan and this affliction was successfully inhibited by the bravery of one man, Major Somnath Sharma, and his valiant troops belonging to  Creed of the Man Eater , known to the world by  Kumaon Regiment  of the Indian Army who proved the Motto of the regiment worthwhile ( पराक्रमो   विजयते ). While evicting Pakistani infiltrators and raiders during the Indo-Pak war of 1947-48 in Kashmir, Major Somnath Sharma was killed in action at the age of 24 years.  October, 1947, after two months of independence, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru receives a message that warns of planning of Pakistan for infiltration through tribal raiders

December 2018, I was sitting idle at home and was just rolling TV channels to find something interesting to watch and suddenly tuned to a news channel where a summit was happening. The compere on the stage was introducing next speaker which really raised curiosity in me, as her words were overwhelming about the upcoming speaker. For the first time I have heard a retired soldier is hosting a show called "Patriot", the name itself was so convincing and touched to the core. So decided to watch and then a speaker appeared on screen... A simple person but with lot of enthusiasm on face... It was the first glimpse and by the time his talk finished I was his fan, what he talked has really shaken me from inside and realized me that how selfish I am and rather I should say we all are... We are just doing our job, enjoying time with family and friends and enjoying every leisure beyond our capacity and someone was living a life on LoC and that person will not even think for a secon