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Where the cold winds blow, gently with respect; where the high mountains glow, snowly and variegate; there, my dear countrymen, rest the bravehearts, hailing the motherland, singing the song of sacrifice! when one visits drass, which is the second coldest inhabited place on earth, one feels cold. but, as one visits the kargil war memorial, one feels the gush of blood and warmth. for, here lay the bravehearts of india who made the supreme sacrifice to defend their motherland from the repeated attacks by paki

Garkhun villager tashi namgyal’s report served as the first detection of the well-planned intrusion by the pakistan army in kargil sector in 1999. similar tips from the locals in other areas, proved to be the tip of the iceberg. gradually, it became evident that pakistan had resorted to another military misadventure. after having failed in 1947-48, 1965, and 1971 in severing the link between srinagar and leh via drass-kargil axis, an ‘ugly stability’ prevailed in kargil sector for a long time. however, it d

May 2, 1999 was an usual day in the life of tashi namgyal, around 35-years-old shepherd from village garkhun (also spelt as garkone) in the aryan valley near the batalik ranges in ladakh. as his yaks did not return even after being long gone, he started searching for them. “i had bought one of the yaks just 10 days ago. how could i let it be lost? so, i started looking for it through binoculars,” recalls tashi namgyal, who is now around 60 years old, sitting on the upper floor of his house in garkhun. while

If there is one classic example of how the bravery of soldiers including the supreme sacrifices is done away with at the political negotiating tables, it is of pt 13620. this particular feature is very crucial as it overlooks the town of kargil. it has seen four wars with pakistan -- 1947-48, 1965, 1971, and 1999. however, before 1971, it was captured and recaptured by valiant indian forces, but had to be returned to pakistan! read on, to know more. the indian national tricolour flying high atop a mountain

Sandesh To Soldier: Original letters written by family members to Captain Vijayant Thapar, Major CB Dwivedi, Captain Vikram Batra and Naik Deepchand are testament to bond which families and faujis were able to cement,despite being miles away.