I am honestly afraid while writing this, because I feel that words will not be able to do justice to major general CDS Bipin Rawat Ji. What words would you use to describe a man who could keep on fighting after seeing his best friends fall in battle? I ask you, what words could be used to describe such a legend that he was made an honorary general in the army of another country?! No words are there fellow patriots, such words are yet to be invented! This is so typical of words, they always betray you when you need them the most!
My body shivers even thinking about how such a military general, who was single-handedly responsible for finishing northeast insurgencies and curbing terrorism in Kashmir valley, could be snatched away from us in the bat of an eyelash. These accomplishments of Rawat Ji are further substantiated by him getting the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishist Seva Medal, Uttam Yudh Seva medal etc. It is almost as if he never lived for himself and dedicated his whole life to ‘seva’.
The list does not end here, fellow nationalists, in fact we are just getting started. He played a pivotal role in the modernization of the army and he had a great experience of high-altitude warfare. Imagine you have to take revenge of the martyrdom of your soldiers and you have to do a cross-border attack on terrorists of Myanmar… will you be able to do it?? All while bringing back all your men without a scratch?? Bipin Rawat ji did just that. He also oversaw the revenge of the dastardly Uri attack when we, for the first time, crossed the border since 1971 and cleaned up Pakistan’s mess. He also oversaw the Balakot Airstrike.. What more could a man do?
For many years, there had been no major defence acquisition by the army but the moment he came, we started getting Mirage jets, S-400 Missile Defence System and started manufacturing AK-203s in India. Think about it… We joke about using AK-47s in games but because of him AK-203s will be made in India.
The entire post of CDS was created to achieve greater synergy between tri-services and the man chosen for this job was Rawat Ji. Rather, can you think that how much knowledge and experience he would have had, to virtually have been give the entire responsibility of tri-services in the hands of just one man?
I am also immensely sorry Rawat ji, because we are a very selfish lot. All of us were saying that it is a great loss for the nation, which it undoubtedly is, but it is also a great loss to your family. Moreover, the fact that your daughters lost both of their parents at once, it must have saddened them to no end. I am not worried , however, because since they are your daughters, I am sure they will have a lot of courage. The nation also thanks them because had it not been for their approval, we would not have had the honour of being protected by you. The only way you could protect us was if they gave you the approval to live your life for the nation, which they did. The nation stands firmly with them in this very heavy and painful moment of sorrow.
Bipin Rawat ji, No one would have woken up on 8th December or could have imagined even in their worst nightmares, that such a gallant son of mother India would be taken away from her so violently. Indeed, the version that I like to believe is that you refused to die by illness. You spit in the face of illness and disease and said, “I will not go by your hands! I will meet my marker at my own terms! I will die in the line of duty!!”.
I would be amiss here, if I did not talk of your esteemed wife. I am sure that she must have a lot of courage to send you to battle and I am sure that she also loved you a lot, which is why perhaps God took both of you rather than just taking one of you, because you both were that much in love.
I hope however, that the nationalistic fervour that has been ignited by your untimely martyrdom does not fade out. Your admirers only hold one identity today i.e. Indian and indeed I hope that we are filled with this fervour year round. I promise you, that in order to honour you, all of us who are crying right now will start paying our taxes. We will stop accepting bribes if we did earlier and we will not go work outside the country. We will shun anti-India forces and think of nation first and nation last. We will stop the sinful urges to commit crimes and we will create the utopian Bharat that you fought for. I promise to do this and if we all do this, I am sure you would have joyously embraced martyrdom and would have gone for a long walk with it. I promise to do this and I hope the readers will too.
I know it’s impossible, but I sure do hope that you could somehow read this eulogy, only to reassure yourself that the people who you protected are eternally grateful and indebted to you.
Please Rest in Peace, but even more, Return if possible! Om Shanti.
