Yaadein...............the sweet n sour moments shared from life.

I do feel ashamed to ask for OROP. At the end of all this what did I really do? Ofcourse I did one tenure of Leh, flying at 20,000 feet plus altitude, then one tenure flying at North Sikkim again at 20,000 feet plus of altitude (with no integrated Oxygen masks, which my country could not procure for 22 years I was in uniform) and one ground tenure at Gurez - oh that ? it was only at 14,000 fe et stay for 2 years - a cake walk. The doctors do advice there should be no more than 2 tenures at high altitude - but I am sure they would have some vested interests in saying so. But then look at the hardships of my counterpart bureaucrat - He had tough decisions to make - there were power cuts every now and then in those days over and above he had to handle the pressure of politicians, and imagine the pressure of getting some tons of money home and trying to hide it. He could not comfortably sleep over it as they poked his back through the mattresses. He was living perpetual fear. Anyone can...

You’re 29 years old with a wife, two children and a job. You have enough money, and can afford a few nice things, and you live in a small house in the city. Sud denly the political situation in your country changes and a few months later soldiers are gathered in front of your house. And in front of your neighbors’ houses. They say that if you don’t fight for them, they will shoot you. Your neighbor refuses. One shot. That’s it. You overhear one of the soldiers telling your wife to spread her legs. Somehow you get rid of the soldiers and spend the night deep in thought. Suddenly you hear an explosion. Your house no longer has a living room. You run outside and see that the whole street is destroyed. Nothing is left standing. You take your family back into the house, and then you run to your parents' house. It is no longer there. Nor are your parents. You look around and find an arm with your Mother’s ring on its finger. You can’t find any other sign of your parents. ~~~~~ "B...