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."
Islam forbids organ donation, but allows receiving: As a Pakistani girl receives a heart transplant in India, Indians have many questions
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
You think that this Paki will ever be grateful?
OpIndia : A 19-year-old fashion designing aspirant named Ayesha Rashan from Pakistan’s Karachi got a new lease on life after she received
a heart from an Indian patient via a heart transplantation surgery in
Chennai.
She was first admitted to MGM Healthcare in Chennai in 2019 as a
result of a serious cardiac condition that developed into heart
failure. She was advised of a heart transplant. The family was hesitant,
though, because they couldn’t afford more than Rs 35 lakh needed for
the transplant.
Afterwards, the medical team put the family in touch with the
Aishwaryam Trust which provided the funds for the procedure. She
eventually received the life-saving surgery at the hospital around six
months ago and that too free of cost. The donor was a 69-year-old
brain-dead patient from Delhi.
Notably, the development has raised a number of concerns among
netizens who are wondering how a Pakistani girl managed to reach the top
of the waiting list in a nation of over 1.2 billion people that is
infamous for its high heart disease rate which is double the national
averages of the western world. They also emphasised how Muslims often
receive organs, however, organ donation is outright forbidden in Islam. Read it all here.....
Dr K G Suresh Rao, co-director at the hospital’s Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support claimed,
“A heart is allotted to foreigners only when there is no prospective
recipient in the entire country. Since this patient’s heart was that of a
69-year-old, many surgeons hesitated. We decided to take the risk
partly because the condition of the donor’s heart was good and partly
because we knew this was Ayesha’s only chance.”
On the other hand, the users are finding it hard to accept this
argument considering the prevalence of heart disease among Indians and
the enormous size of the country’s population. Organ transplants for
foreigners, particularly those from Bangladesh and Pakistan, should be
prohibited, according to Rakesh Krishnan Simha who highlighted, “Each
year thousands of Indians die waiting for a heart transplant.
However, a
Pakistani girl jumped the queue and received an Indian heart free
through leftist architect Chitra Vishwanath’s Aishwaryan Trust. The
heart was flown from Delhi to Chennai for the Pakistani girl. The
doctors claim nobody wanted it in Delhi, but who knows if these doctors
are being economical with the truth to avoid controversy.”
