Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Godhra is main centre of Panchmahal district, which is
considered to be communally very sensitive. Chronology of a few communal
riots/atrocities is appended below: 1927-28 Murder of P. M. Shah,
a leading local representative of Hindus. 1946 Mr. Sadva Hazi &
Mr. Chudighar, pro-Pakistani Muslim leaders were responsible for attack
on a Parsi Solapuri [...] Read More..>>
We have seen the bloody communal history of the town. Now let us see
the exact horrid, lurid details of the massacre of 27th February 2002
with the background. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had organized a
‘Purnahuti Yagya’ in Ayodhya in February- March 2002. People
participating in this ‘Yagya’ had simply participated and gone [...] Read More..>>
On the 27th February, the Ahmedabad bound Sabarmati Express,
carrying karsevaks from Ayodhya was barbarously attacked and burnt at
Godhra in which around 60 karsevaks laid their lives. Gayatri Panchal a
young eleventh class student was also amongst those who were returning
from Ayodhya. She is a surviving witness to the inhuman atrocious
cruelty [...] Read More..>>
The rioting in Gujarat in the first three days after Godhra was a
result of not just the massacre at Godhra. It was the result of
something else. And this something else was the reaction of the
Left-liberal-secular media. The media in general and TV channels like
Star News-NDTV (who then had a collaboration) in [...] Read More..>>
As Vir Sanghvi says, some versions had it that karsevaks shouted
anti-Muslim slogans, others that they taunted and harassed Muslim
passengers. In the first place, this too is completely wrong, since
there is not an iota of evidence to support any of these claims. But
despite this, the TV channels and most of the print [...] Read More..>>
Godhra was clearly a planned, unprovoked attack. It is impossible
for it to have been the result of petty quarrels at the Godhra railway
station. Vir Sanghvi has already seen it in his article. As he says,
slogans shouted from a moving train or a railway platform cannot enrage
local Muslims, and 2,000 Muslims cannot [...] Read More..>>
