करगिल विजय

हम तो गए  थे,

दोस्ती का उपहार लेकर,

दिलों में प्यार लेकर,

पतझड़ में बहार लेकर,

तुम घुस आये कारगिल में,

हाथों में हथियार लेकर,

बमों का भण्डार लेकर,

ऊंचाई के आड़ लेकर

क्या सोचा था, 

तुम्हारी चतुरायी  से डर जायेंगे,

गीद्दर भभकियों से सिहर जायेंगे,

तुम्हारी गोलियों से मर जायेंगे 

अरे हम भारतीय हैं,

हर ऊंचाई पर चढ़ जायेंगे,

देश की आन पर मौत से भी लड़ जायेंगे,

इस दुनिया में नाम अपना कर जायेंगे 

जो हम लड़ते हैं,

तो पूरा देश पीछे खड़ा होता है,

हर जीत पर जशन खूब होता है,

हर कुर्बानी का भी आदर यहाँ होता है,

पर जब तुम मरते हो,

तो कोई नाम भी नहीं तुम्हारा पूछता है,

तुम्हारा अस्तित्व भी नाकारा जाता है,

हमें ही तुम्हारा कब्र भी खोदना होता है 

पहचानों हमें,

हम अर्जुन के तीर हैं,

राणा की शमशीर हैं,

भारत माता के वीर हैं,

मत उकसाओ हमें,

की कभी हमारा सब्र टूट जायेगा , 

भीतर सोया ज्वालामुखी फूट जायेगा,

दुनिया से उस दिन तुम्हारा देश मिट जायेगा

When Indian Prime Minister Mr. A. B. Vajpayee was touring Pakistan in order to establish peaceful and cordial relationship between two countries, the Pakistani troops positioned themselves on the strategic peaks of Kargil. The altitude at which Pakistani soldiers were sitting with heavy arms and ammunitions, made them assume that Indians won't be able to recapture those points.

Rising to the occasion, Indian army not only threw the infiltrators out, but also proved their metal to world। Ofcourse it required brave sacrifices from Indian soldiers, which was honored and acknowledged by whole country.

On the other hand, to save its face, Pakistan refused to take back the dead-bodies of its soldiers by denying their identity. Indian soldiers performed the last rituals as per the religion of dead Pakistani soldiers.


I wrote this on 16th August 1999(year of Kargil war) one day after celebrating 53rd Indian Independence day. I attempted to capture the details, that I mentioned above in this writing, along with a warning to those who are looking at Indian soil with coveted eyes. I couldn't think of anything better than publishing my this writing to world, on this years(2010) Independence day.

------------Comment on 27 Oct 2018----------------
Somehow this post was garbled and after I published it in 2010. I was not finding the original diary in which I had written it. Just found it and restored the post.