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Were I a Jawan, I would lay down my arms, turn in my badge and bid adieu to the army! Why should I give my life to my country which has absolutely no respect for me and my fellow-army personnel? We give up our civilian life, leave our family, toil in harsh conditions and what do we get in return? Abuse of the highest order!

My brother was brutally murdered by Bangladeshi ‘soldiers’ and my country does not even retaliate in any way. They send a protest note! A note – is that all I am worth? They murdered him in cold blood. They mutilated him – tortured him not 100 meters away from his own country’s border; after kidnapping him by crossing the same border that he protects and my country sends a ‘token’ protest note. Why should I spill my blood for such ungrateful country men and women?

I shall go home, live with my wife and my kids, earn a living doing something and not bother about what Pakistanis do in Kashmir and Punjab, not turn a hair about the atrocities in the North-East. Why should I, my family is fine. Isn’t that how you all live? Why should I be different? Is Natwar Singh’s brother-in-law fighting along sides me? Or M. K. Narayanan’s uncle leading us? Sitting comfortably at Delhi, drinking tea from Assam does not make you all any closer to me and my brothers fighting for you ungrateful leaders!

Where is the media now? They come out in forces when the cine actors deem to visit us and spend holi with us. Where are they now when we could use their support? Where are those actors now when we cry for one of our own? Where are you all in our time of need? Why should I fight for you? My son needs a father as much as yours does! My wife does not need a medal to replace me at home. Don’t just stand there and click photographs when she receives a medal for my valor – a posthumous one at that. We don’t need you then. Nor am I humored by the wreath that every minister plants in-front of our memorials twice a year. Respect us and support us.

Acting high commissioner of Bangladesh Masun bin Momen actually smiled when somebody asked him what he expected from India. He smiled and said he was waiting for the protest note. He was waiting for the ROUTINE protest note. We are a country of spineless imbeciles who will treat these same ‘dignitaries’ with impeccable respect when they choose to grace us with their condescending presence.

Go forth India. Arrange for a test and one-day series with Bangladesh next. Let them whip our sorry asses into shape.

Ramya Ramaswamy

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