Indian Air Force shot down a Chinese spy balloon type targets moving at 55,000 plus altitude over eastern skies. Big achievement for the Indian Air Force

This is a pic of a platoon of 2 Rajasthan Rifles taken on the evening of 12th Jun 1999. Just two out of the whole number of people who you see here, survived to see the sunlight of 13th Jun 1999.

Each one of them gave up their lives to win back #Tololing from #Pakistan Army infiltrators. A battle which was the turning point in the #KargilWar.

The leftmost person in this pic is Capt Vijayant Thapar, who has been enjoying the company of angels since Jun 1999, while the rest of us slog it out on planet earth. He was awarded the VrC, posthumously.

Each one of these men knew at this very moment when the pic was taken that their chances of survival was less than 10%. Yet they did what they did for the army they belonged to, for the country they belonged to.

Question is what makes people in the #Army take a shot at winning even at the peril of their lives?

- Sense of a greater purpose and the knowledge that fuliment of that purpose immortalises them.

Maiden in the first over on debut! And breathing fire right throughout! ⭐️

Welcome to international cricket Mayank Yadav 🇮🇳