Sunday, November 30, 2008

To fight aloud, is very brave

To fight aloud, is very brave --
But gallanter, I know
Who charge within the bosom
The Cavalry of Woe --

Who win, and nations do not see --
Who fall -- and none observe --
Whose dying eyes, no Country
Regards with patriot love --

We trust, in plumed procession
For such, the Angels go --
Rank after Rank, with even feet --
And Uniforms of Snow.

-Emily Dickinson

p.s-

this post is dedicated to Bangalore"s late Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
who was killed in a firefight with terrorists
inside Taj Hotel in mumbai...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Salute to HIM!

Mariposa said...

Nice tribute...a salute to him!

Priya said...

I got this as a sms fwd :

"Major Unnikrishnan -Malayali by birth, brought up in Bangalore, served in BIHAR regiment and died saving Mumbaikars. A true son of the soil ..... INDIAN soil."

Raghu said...

May his soul rest in peace! Salute to the Major!

Prats said...

May his soul rest in peace.... Kudos to the men in uniform who let us sleep in peace when the danger is at large