'We soldiers fight for the Indians standing behind us'

March 01, 2019 12:44

It is a time when all army and air force units in Kashmir and Punjab are on a high state of alert. Weapons are being readied, troops are mentally ready, unit locations are secure, rehearsals are being carried out and soldiers are getting deployed along the border.

In certain posts at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, it is still snowing. The day time temperature is a couple of degrees below 0 and the night time temperature plummets to a minus 30 degrees.

"You could give us millions of dollars worth of the best thermal uniform, but in an ambush you cannot fire a gun wearing a glove because your finger will not go inside the trigger," an army officer tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih in a chance conversation. Read the story here.

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