the journey continues…

“To the Dead Of the Indian Armies Who fell and are honoured in France,Persia,East Africa…the near and the far east and in sacred memory also of those whose names are here….”

Above are the 2 lines written on the India Gate,New Delhi the Capital of India.Reading those 2 lines I became emotional….so many soldiers sacrificed their lives.somebody’s son,husband,brother….
India Gate was built in the memory 90,00 soldiers who laid down their lives during world war I.

When I was studying in school,I used to read World War I, World War II.But hardly I understood the importance of those until I saw the Kargil Wars.I still remember watching Kargil War on Television, so many soldiers died,their relatives pain..It was countless.
That time in MG Road Bangalore, the Indian air force authority had put a big cut out of the below pictures:
First one where Captain (Dr.) Rajshree Gupta, Army Medical Corps (AMC), salutes the tricolour-draped coffin of her husband, Major Vivek Gupta of the 2nd Rajputana Rifles, who died fighting the enemy.


Other one where she is controlling her emotions during the last ceremony…


Every day while going to office,I would see these pics which touched me so much.
All websites in the internet, mention India Gate as a popular picnic spot!!!.People come here, see it as a monument , take pics from far/near then eat there,play and go..thats it!!.
Is that the whole purpose for which this monument hasbeen built? or
Do we really understand the sacrifice made by our people to the country??

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