Day before yesterday, when I was praising Creditviolet as usual, I refrained from poetic expressions because of the recent overdose. However since this has a serious connotation, this is what came to my mind:-
At the risk of repeatedly rhyming and sounding like a bore
After Credits joining this forum, it is no longer what it used to be before
His knowledgeable posts and links one cannot help but adore
In his absence, visiting this forum time and again would have seemed like a chore
We need more posts from him and more like him, :Ye dil maange more**
**For those who may not be aware Ye dil maange more is a famous Pepsi ad catchline.
"Ye dil maange more" were the last words of Parmavir Chakra, the late Captain Vikram Batra said on Television.Only a couple of days later, in a bull run,he single handedly finished off more than a dozen Pakistani soldiers in true hindi-movie style in the Kargil War and captured some hilltop before dying. What a top.
NDTV has tried to ensure that we do not forget Kargil by sending Actors like Aamir and Shahrukh Khan and even Aishwarya Rai for a tete-a-tete with the Jawans. We should try and pay our own little tribute our own little way. The Army is the only unblemished institution in this country and for all practical purposes, because some young people like Batra spend their whole young lives away from family to guard our borders to enable us to sit in our Airconditioned rooms to trade and invest. There we go again:-
As we fight our little battles of bulls and bears
The real battles are faught elsewhere to allay our fears
By people who, for this purpose give away their best years
I think more than anybody else they deserve three cheers
We must not forget, their sacrifices once reduced Pandit Nehru to tears
I am referring to the famous Lata Mangeshkar song, Ai mere watan ke logo, Zara aankh me bhar lo pani, jo Shaheed whue hai unki, zara yaad karo Kurbani.
I would also like to remind that the one thing that the markets hate is uncertainty and these people more than anybody else are instrumental in insulating us against that. I would rather face a May17,2004 situation(When markets fell drastically)with long positions than Siachen anyday.Even in peace time, we cant do without them.
This has been a somewhat unresponsive forum but if you know any of the Kargil or other heros, I hope you will pay your tributes. If I had not written this, it would have weighed heavily on my conscience.
At the risk of repeatedly rhyming and sounding like a bore
After Credits joining this forum, it is no longer what it used to be before
His knowledgeable posts and links one cannot help but adore
In his absence, visiting this forum time and again would have seemed like a chore
We need more posts from him and more like him, :Ye dil maange more**
**For those who may not be aware Ye dil maange more is a famous Pepsi ad catchline.
"Ye dil maange more" were the last words of Parmavir Chakra, the late Captain Vikram Batra said on Television.Only a couple of days later, in a bull run,he single handedly finished off more than a dozen Pakistani soldiers in true hindi-movie style in the Kargil War and captured some hilltop before dying. What a top.
NDTV has tried to ensure that we do not forget Kargil by sending Actors like Aamir and Shahrukh Khan and even Aishwarya Rai for a tete-a-tete with the Jawans. We should try and pay our own little tribute our own little way. The Army is the only unblemished institution in this country and for all practical purposes, because some young people like Batra spend their whole young lives away from family to guard our borders to enable us to sit in our Airconditioned rooms to trade and invest. There we go again:-
As we fight our little battles of bulls and bears
The real battles are faught elsewhere to allay our fears
By people who, for this purpose give away their best years
I think more than anybody else they deserve three cheers
We must not forget, their sacrifices once reduced Pandit Nehru to tears
I am referring to the famous Lata Mangeshkar song, Ai mere watan ke logo, Zara aankh me bhar lo pani, jo Shaheed whue hai unki, zara yaad karo Kurbani.
I would also like to remind that the one thing that the markets hate is uncertainty and these people more than anybody else are instrumental in insulating us against that. I would rather face a May17,2004 situation(When markets fell drastically)with long positions than Siachen anyday.Even in peace time, we cant do without them.
This has been a somewhat unresponsive forum but if you know any of the Kargil or other heros, I hope you will pay your tributes. If I had not written this, it would have weighed heavily on my conscience.
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