17th December, 09:45 AM
Arnesh singh, a soldier in the Dogra Regiment of the Indian Army, was posted in location NJ9842. NJ9842, is the northernmost demarcated point of the Indo-Pak cease fire line known as the Line of Control, the highest battleground in earth, The Siachen glacier. Two months and a week had gone by since he took his post here, the climate was extreme, many soldiers died cause of the climate rather than enemy firing. Arnesh was in his morning scout, A7 assault rifle strapped on his right shoulder, ice axe on his left hand. Normally arnesh finished his scout in 45 min spanning 6kms. He walked on a mountain gorge, between two cliffs was a river roaring at the bottom. The path ahead was narrow and slippery, Arnesh slipped on the snow and lost his balance, he fell down on the steep slope with his head hitting hard on the snow. The A7 rifle on his right had slipped and he accidently pressed the trigger, firing a shot in air. He desperately tried to use his ice axe to hold on to something but the melting snow didn't help the cause. Suddenly he noticed an ice axe firmly holding on to the earth little ahead of him, he caught the ice axe with his right hand and used his own ice axe in left hand to slow down the speed of falling. Both the ice axe held firmly to the earth, Arnesh regained his balance, he looked at the ice axe at his right hand, he didn't know how it got there or who threw it on time to save him from falling. He looked around, on the other side of the cliff he saw a soldier, his uniform had a green field with a white crescent moon and five-rayed star at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at the hoist side. Arnesh tried to get a good look at him but the soldier had quickly disappeared from sight, arnesh climbed his way up to safety. He turned around to see the soldier who saved him but he was no where in sight, the ice axe on his right hand also had the same symbol as the uniformed solider he saw. He aimed and threw the ice axe to the place where he saw the soldier standing, hoping he will pick it up later. Trained to kill enemies at any situation, arnesh found it difficult to digest what he experienced. He has been saved by his enemy, after all even animals kill only when needed, and human being was top of that chain. Basic instinct of human being is not killing, he thought to himself. Arnesh reached back to his camp, he had to give an account on what happened to the bullet fired from his A7 rifle, he wrote on the sheet “fired in life endangered situation”.
18th December, 09:45 AM
An old man in late sixties was reading news paper on his single storey home at gandhinagar, he was sipping his tea while carefully reading every inch of the newspaper, to his right there was a pile of different newspaper of the same date. His mobile phone started buzzing, the number was not displayed in it, he knew instantly that this was an important call and took it. A man's voice on the other end of the phone said: “Hello Masterji?”
Masterji: “Yes...!”
Man on phone: “Masterji... this is PM's secretory speaking, PM was hoping if you could spare few min for him today... it is very important masterji...!”
Masterji after a long pause: “hmmm... ask him to call back after an hour!”
PM's secretory: “Thank you masterji!”
Masterji: “hmmm.. okay!”
Secretory wondered who this man was, why Prime minister wanted to contact him over secured line! These meetings were never noted in his daily schedule list, it was as if it never happened, prime minister never gave the man’s name or his location, it was just phone number and called him ‘masterji’!
10:45 AM
Masterji's mobile buzzed, there was no number displayed again.
Masterji: “hello..”
PM's secretory: “Masterji... Prime minister is connected now and I’ll be disconnecting...!”
Prime Minister(PM): “Pranam Masterji!”
Masterji: “How can I help you prime minister...!”
There was a silence for few seconds... PM cleared his throat and spoke..
PM: “Masterji you were the prime force behind our parties success, you made me the prime minister of India... But I need your help Masterji... Situation is getting out of hand... Please help us...!”
Masterji: “Please explain...!”
PM: “Masterji you must be aware of the Anna movement and lokpal bill... it is gaining more and more force everyday, biggest support to them are the youngsters... Anna will go into fasting again if government doesn't materialize the lokpal bill, but the lokpal bill is asking even the PM to be under the scanner, which is worrying us a lot...!”
Masterji laughed softly: “Why Mr.Prime minister.. are you corrupt?”
PM in a wry sound: “Masterji....! This winter session of the parliament Anna wants the lokpal bill be passed but our party members are against it. The opposition party is also egging people against us on this matter...! People are starting to lose faith in our government... opposition is planning for no confidence motion… Please help us Masterji..!”
Masterji: “hmmm… I need information about what is happening in our border.. how soon can you get it?”
PM: “Masterji give me an hour… but may I ask why we need that?”
Masterji: “Get me that information and we will talk again after an hour!”
11:45 AM
Masterji was on phone again with PM.
PM: “Masterji there border security is good, there has been no news of enemy approach. Everything is under control”
Masterji: “Mr.Prime minister, if I am not wrong, Indian army has permanent base at siachen. And because of the adverse condition there are many soldiers dying or frequently transferred to other location. am I right? do you have information regarding that?”
PM: “Yes masterji you are right. we do lose many soldiers every year due to adverse climate conditions… but I need one more hour to get full detailed report on siachen!”
12:45 PM
PM: “Masterji I have detailed report on siachen base for the past three months. Nine soldiers had returned or transferred from that base because of series health problems, out of which 3 soldiers died, 10 gun shots were fired in last three months but no one was killed because of firing!”
Masterji: “hmmm… every bullet will be accounted for.. am I right minister?”
PM: “Yes… I have the details also… interestingly only a day before a bullet was fired and reason stated was ‘in life endangering situation’!”
Masterji: “hmmm… call defense minister and increase the camp strength in siachen!”
PM: “But masterji… there is no problem in it… it is totally under control…!”
Masterji: “Mr.PM… patriotism is a sensitive matter for Indian people, if you know how to handle it then you can conquer them…! please do as I say, ask defense minster to strengthen the camp at siachen. Do ask him to send a memo to the camp lead. do note that he mentions the “life endangering” gun shot in the memo and how Indians will not go silent to injustice.”
PM: “Yes masterji… will do as you said!”
Masterji: “Mr. PM… make sure media is tipped of what we are doing. there is no point if they don’t know what we are doing! but make sure that whole news is not leaked to the media… you need to get through the winter session without further talks about lokpal. In the remaining 5-6 days of the session need to planned carefully, ask Defense minister to immediately send troops to siachen, so by first day evening the word will get around about increase in number of soldiers. Media will start questioning the government about the situation, give them the reply as "normal military routine” being carried out. On the second day late afternoon, we need media to know about the gun shots heard in siachen, remember to hold back the information we have because that is the leverage we have! Media will do an entire episode about the gun shots being heard in siachen, they will dig up the old India Pakistan Kargil war and keep showing that in news. Do we have the list of soldiers who died in the last few months?”
PM: “Yes masterji… we have…!”
Masterji: “Next day leak to the media about the death of the soldiers and highlight the cause of death as “unknown” reason but we are investigating it. There will be huge speculation and media will start weaving stories of their own about the “unknown” deaths. And make sure that no one gives any details about what is happening in siachen, let the media create hype about why government is silent about the crisis! We have our media contacts in tact right?”
PM: “Yes masterji…!”
Masterji: “Make sure that one of our media contacts goes to siachen directly and does a live coverage of things. And after that leak them the information of “life endangering” gun shot and make sure they interview one of the soldiers about their life there in siachen! Media will start foul mouthing about the current government, that is when you make your grand speech in parliament final session… suspicious activity recorded in the siachen line of control and hence the precaution! tell the world about the gun shots,dead soldiers and protecting the borders by increasing the strength…a speech which will make every Indian proud and its enemies weak on its knees!!”
PM: “Masterji… Don’t you think the Pakistan Prime minister will keep silent on this?”
Masterji: “How much news paper do you read Mr. PM? You know in past two weeks there has been two bombing in major Pakistan cities? nearly 10 people have died in this incident, the entire world has an eye on how Pakistan government is reacting to it. People of Pakistan don’t know who to trust, the Pakistan Prime minister will welcome this with open hands, he will use the same patriotism trump card to gain confidence, besides there won’t be any war and remember wars are always won on papers not on battlegrounds!”
PM: “That is brilliant masterji!!”
Masterji: “Once the statement is made by you then we need a hero, make one of the recently died soldier as a hero.. Nation needs a hero and we will give them one.. then flood the social network with messages of patriotism and how the soldier died for his country… no one can question it, if they do question it they will be labeled as traitors!”
PM: “Sure Masterji, we do have lots of political groups in social networking… message can be easily spread!”
Masterji: “And then when the issue is in its peak you ask your media friends to take an interview with Anna and opposition leaders, ask them which is more important for the country now? lokpal or border security? then ask how they feels about the situation at the border? what they plans to do help the ‘jawans’ in the border… let media do its role after that… their statements will further spread in India… people will be engulfed in saving India from outside attack! Wait for another two days, then you give statement about meeting the Pakistan Prime minister and resolving the situation without any further casualties. Meet the Prime Minister in a neutral venue and hold talk for two days. And that is how you become the national hero who brought peace to the tense situation in siachen, resolving the issue by just talking!!”
PM with a big smile: “Yes masterji…! I will!”
Masterji: “You shouldn’t be stopping with that Mr.PM, once the peace talk is done, arrange a top cine star to visit the military camp at siachen… hmmm if possible a big star from all regional film industry will be better, that will create better impact with people! People will be exhausted from the happening, it will take a herculean effort to get them into motion again… they will be fed up with the politics and decide to ignore it… and you then you can sit back and device a plan for better INDIA” he said with a sarcastic laughter.
PM: “Will do it masterji!” replied with the same sarcastic laugh.
24th December, 11:45 AM
Masterji was watching a news bulletin which ran breaking news “Shooting at Siachen Glacier… Is government sleeping?”, the plan had worked as expected. The live coverage showed the final parliament session in which the Indian Prime Minister was making his speech about the current situation “India has never in the invaded another country in her history, but that doesn’t mean we will be silent if you poke at her… Bharathmatha is always patient but she will not stand the injustice done to her, anyone who makes her bleed will have to pay in double! Don’t take our silence for granted, this is the Land of Tigers, don’t mistake its crouching for cowardice!! Bharath Mata ki Jai!! Jai Hind!!” the parliament erupted in applause and everyone recited the slogan again and again, back home kingmaker was smiling after hearing the speech!
Inspired from chanakya’s chant
Arnesh singh, a soldier in the Dogra Regiment of the Indian Army, was posted in location NJ9842. NJ9842, is the northernmost demarcated point of the Indo-Pak cease fire line known as the Line of Control, the highest battleground in earth, The Siachen glacier. Two months and a week had gone by since he took his post here, the climate was extreme, many soldiers died cause of the climate rather than enemy firing. Arnesh was in his morning scout, A7 assault rifle strapped on his right shoulder, ice axe on his left hand. Normally arnesh finished his scout in 45 min spanning 6kms. He walked on a mountain gorge, between two cliffs was a river roaring at the bottom. The path ahead was narrow and slippery, Arnesh slipped on the snow and lost his balance, he fell down on the steep slope with his head hitting hard on the snow. The A7 rifle on his right had slipped and he accidently pressed the trigger, firing a shot in air. He desperately tried to use his ice axe to hold on to something but the melting snow didn't help the cause. Suddenly he noticed an ice axe firmly holding on to the earth little ahead of him, he caught the ice axe with his right hand and used his own ice axe in left hand to slow down the speed of falling. Both the ice axe held firmly to the earth, Arnesh regained his balance, he looked at the ice axe at his right hand, he didn't know how it got there or who threw it on time to save him from falling. He looked around, on the other side of the cliff he saw a soldier, his uniform had a green field with a white crescent moon and five-rayed star at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at the hoist side. Arnesh tried to get a good look at him but the soldier had quickly disappeared from sight, arnesh climbed his way up to safety. He turned around to see the soldier who saved him but he was no where in sight, the ice axe on his right hand also had the same symbol as the uniformed solider he saw. He aimed and threw the ice axe to the place where he saw the soldier standing, hoping he will pick it up later. Trained to kill enemies at any situation, arnesh found it difficult to digest what he experienced. He has been saved by his enemy, after all even animals kill only when needed, and human being was top of that chain. Basic instinct of human being is not killing, he thought to himself. Arnesh reached back to his camp, he had to give an account on what happened to the bullet fired from his A7 rifle, he wrote on the sheet “fired in life endangered situation”.
18th December, 09:45 AM
An old man in late sixties was reading news paper on his single storey home at gandhinagar, he was sipping his tea while carefully reading every inch of the newspaper, to his right there was a pile of different newspaper of the same date. His mobile phone started buzzing, the number was not displayed in it, he knew instantly that this was an important call and took it. A man's voice on the other end of the phone said: “Hello Masterji?”
Masterji: “Yes...!”
Man on phone: “Masterji... this is PM's secretory speaking, PM was hoping if you could spare few min for him today... it is very important masterji...!”
Masterji after a long pause: “hmmm... ask him to call back after an hour!”
PM's secretory: “Thank you masterji!”
Masterji: “hmmm.. okay!”
Secretory wondered who this man was, why Prime minister wanted to contact him over secured line! These meetings were never noted in his daily schedule list, it was as if it never happened, prime minister never gave the man’s name or his location, it was just phone number and called him ‘masterji’!
10:45 AM
Masterji's mobile buzzed, there was no number displayed again.
Masterji: “hello..”
PM's secretory: “Masterji... Prime minister is connected now and I’ll be disconnecting...!”
Prime Minister(PM): “Pranam Masterji!”
Masterji: “How can I help you prime minister...!”
There was a silence for few seconds... PM cleared his throat and spoke..
PM: “Masterji you were the prime force behind our parties success, you made me the prime minister of India... But I need your help Masterji... Situation is getting out of hand... Please help us...!”
Masterji: “Please explain...!”
PM: “Masterji you must be aware of the Anna movement and lokpal bill... it is gaining more and more force everyday, biggest support to them are the youngsters... Anna will go into fasting again if government doesn't materialize the lokpal bill, but the lokpal bill is asking even the PM to be under the scanner, which is worrying us a lot...!”
Masterji laughed softly: “Why Mr.Prime minister.. are you corrupt?”
PM in a wry sound: “Masterji....! This winter session of the parliament Anna wants the lokpal bill be passed but our party members are against it. The opposition party is also egging people against us on this matter...! People are starting to lose faith in our government... opposition is planning for no confidence motion… Please help us Masterji..!”
Masterji: “hmmm… I need information about what is happening in our border.. how soon can you get it?”
PM: “Masterji give me an hour… but may I ask why we need that?”
Masterji: “Get me that information and we will talk again after an hour!”
11:45 AM
Masterji was on phone again with PM.
PM: “Masterji there border security is good, there has been no news of enemy approach. Everything is under control”
Masterji: “Mr.Prime minister, if I am not wrong, Indian army has permanent base at siachen. And because of the adverse condition there are many soldiers dying or frequently transferred to other location. am I right? do you have information regarding that?”
PM: “Yes masterji you are right. we do lose many soldiers every year due to adverse climate conditions… but I need one more hour to get full detailed report on siachen!”
12:45 PM
PM: “Masterji I have detailed report on siachen base for the past three months. Nine soldiers had returned or transferred from that base because of series health problems, out of which 3 soldiers died, 10 gun shots were fired in last three months but no one was killed because of firing!”
Masterji: “hmmm… every bullet will be accounted for.. am I right minister?”
PM: “Yes… I have the details also… interestingly only a day before a bullet was fired and reason stated was ‘in life endangering situation’!”
Masterji: “hmmm… call defense minister and increase the camp strength in siachen!”
PM: “But masterji… there is no problem in it… it is totally under control…!”
Masterji: “Mr.PM… patriotism is a sensitive matter for Indian people, if you know how to handle it then you can conquer them…! please do as I say, ask defense minster to strengthen the camp at siachen. Do ask him to send a memo to the camp lead. do note that he mentions the “life endangering” gun shot in the memo and how Indians will not go silent to injustice.”
PM: “Yes masterji… will do as you said!”
Masterji: “Mr. PM… make sure media is tipped of what we are doing. there is no point if they don’t know what we are doing! but make sure that whole news is not leaked to the media… you need to get through the winter session without further talks about lokpal. In the remaining 5-6 days of the session need to planned carefully, ask Defense minister to immediately send troops to siachen, so by first day evening the word will get around about increase in number of soldiers. Media will start questioning the government about the situation, give them the reply as "normal military routine” being carried out. On the second day late afternoon, we need media to know about the gun shots heard in siachen, remember to hold back the information we have because that is the leverage we have! Media will do an entire episode about the gun shots being heard in siachen, they will dig up the old India Pakistan Kargil war and keep showing that in news. Do we have the list of soldiers who died in the last few months?”
PM: “Yes masterji… we have…!”
Masterji: “Next day leak to the media about the death of the soldiers and highlight the cause of death as “unknown” reason but we are investigating it. There will be huge speculation and media will start weaving stories of their own about the “unknown” deaths. And make sure that no one gives any details about what is happening in siachen, let the media create hype about why government is silent about the crisis! We have our media contacts in tact right?”
PM: “Yes masterji…!”
Masterji: “Make sure that one of our media contacts goes to siachen directly and does a live coverage of things. And after that leak them the information of “life endangering” gun shot and make sure they interview one of the soldiers about their life there in siachen! Media will start foul mouthing about the current government, that is when you make your grand speech in parliament final session… suspicious activity recorded in the siachen line of control and hence the precaution! tell the world about the gun shots,dead soldiers and protecting the borders by increasing the strength…a speech which will make every Indian proud and its enemies weak on its knees!!”
PM: “Masterji… Don’t you think the Pakistan Prime minister will keep silent on this?”
Masterji: “How much news paper do you read Mr. PM? You know in past two weeks there has been two bombing in major Pakistan cities? nearly 10 people have died in this incident, the entire world has an eye on how Pakistan government is reacting to it. People of Pakistan don’t know who to trust, the Pakistan Prime minister will welcome this with open hands, he will use the same patriotism trump card to gain confidence, besides there won’t be any war and remember wars are always won on papers not on battlegrounds!”
PM: “That is brilliant masterji!!”
Masterji: “Once the statement is made by you then we need a hero, make one of the recently died soldier as a hero.. Nation needs a hero and we will give them one.. then flood the social network with messages of patriotism and how the soldier died for his country… no one can question it, if they do question it they will be labeled as traitors!”
PM: “Sure Masterji, we do have lots of political groups in social networking… message can be easily spread!”
Masterji: “And then when the issue is in its peak you ask your media friends to take an interview with Anna and opposition leaders, ask them which is more important for the country now? lokpal or border security? then ask how they feels about the situation at the border? what they plans to do help the ‘jawans’ in the border… let media do its role after that… their statements will further spread in India… people will be engulfed in saving India from outside attack! Wait for another two days, then you give statement about meeting the Pakistan Prime minister and resolving the situation without any further casualties. Meet the Prime Minister in a neutral venue and hold talk for two days. And that is how you become the national hero who brought peace to the tense situation in siachen, resolving the issue by just talking!!”
PM with a big smile: “Yes masterji…! I will!”
Masterji: “You shouldn’t be stopping with that Mr.PM, once the peace talk is done, arrange a top cine star to visit the military camp at siachen… hmmm if possible a big star from all regional film industry will be better, that will create better impact with people! People will be exhausted from the happening, it will take a herculean effort to get them into motion again… they will be fed up with the politics and decide to ignore it… and you then you can sit back and device a plan for better INDIA” he said with a sarcastic laughter.
PM: “Will do it masterji!” replied with the same sarcastic laugh.
24th December, 11:45 AM
Masterji was watching a news bulletin which ran breaking news “Shooting at Siachen Glacier… Is government sleeping?”, the plan had worked as expected. The live coverage showed the final parliament session in which the Indian Prime Minister was making his speech about the current situation “India has never in the invaded another country in her history, but that doesn’t mean we will be silent if you poke at her… Bharathmatha is always patient but she will not stand the injustice done to her, anyone who makes her bleed will have to pay in double! Don’t take our silence for granted, this is the Land of Tigers, don’t mistake its crouching for cowardice!! Bharath Mata ki Jai!! Jai Hind!!” the parliament erupted in applause and everyone recited the slogan again and again, back home kingmaker was smiling after hearing the speech!
Inspired from chanakya’s chant
8 Comments:
Sooper da..!
This Siachen exactly reciprocates like FDI incident..!
Awesome narration..!
very well written!!.. if some1 makes a movie .....it will b a sure hit.
@vijay,neha: thanks a lot! :)
great da:). very well thought blog post:).
dai.. semaya politics pesara man nee..polictics pathi pesi na unna ketathey ilaye.. :) anyways well narrated....kudos man.. :)
@akshay and bharadhwaj: thank you thank you! :)
Man this is your best...Take a bow sir:)
@yogu: thank you dude!! :)
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