Vijay Diwas

VIAY DIWAS-THE DAY OF TRIUMPH

Late Naik Sachidananda Mallik, a Kargil hero laid down his life for the motherland at the frontier. His widow, Nivedita Mallik sobs in nostalgia of her departed mate every year, when comes the last days of July. She along with her only son pays rich tributes to that immortal soul. Yes, fourteen years ago, another great martyr of Indian Army, late Ratan Pradhan, who was hailing from my native i.e. Barbil area of Keonjhar district had also breathed his last while combating the enemies on the border. Hats off for these martyrs’ families. Taking into account, 527 Indian military personnel with handful of Odia warriors had sacrificed their lives in Kargil war. Hymn of Indian life, ‘Basudheiba Kutumbakam’ made our national hero Hon’ble Atal Behari Vajpayeeji extending a friend’s hand to his the then Pakistani counterpart. Atalji signed the treaty of understanding with Pak PM. Tryst between two leaders of Indian sub-continent infused life into the dreams of most Indians for a permanent cease-war with the neighbor. But ironic sabotage at the other’s end foiled the hope of peace. Short while following the historic Indo-Pak dialogue, trespassing over the Line of Control at Kargil in Jammu & Kashmir by the later startled the whole of Hindustan ! Though astonished with the treachery of the opposite side, Hon’ble Atalji took no time to offer his preparedness for a heroic reply. He instilled morale into the psyche of our military force at Kargil. Vajpayeeji left no stone unturned to see our victory. It was his thundering encouragement which took up the Hindustani soldiers’ psychology to unreachable height. Patriotism, pervaded by the Great Atalji did wonder! Bravery displayed by our soldiers at Kargil demonstrated the spirit of Hindustan! Double-crossing Pakistanis had to surrender. Vajpayeeji had sensibly described this ‘Kargil-Victory’ as ‘Conquest of humanity over devils’. Here, I remember the rhetoric of a Kargil warrior, an Indian officer that, ‘We cheered on three occasions during Kargil war; no 1: when Indian cricket side crushed Pakistan, no 2: when Hon’ble Vajpayeeji turned down American President, Clinton’s invitation for a talk and no3: when Indian defence force conquered the Tiger Hills’. This historic day of 26/07/1999 is written with golden letters in the hearts of all Indians. Tears come to my eyes to witness the state of condition, our India is going through after 14 years of Kargil victory. Our country is neck deep in pools of corruption. 2G, Commonwealth Games, Adarsh scam and so on. Meanwhile mining scam in my state of Odisha has been termed as the largest dodge of the millennium. So, what I think is to vow for bringing about another episode of conquest of honesty and prosperity over the evils by pushing them out of the throne.