Simran Randhawa recalls using a toy phone to make imaginary calls to “talk” to her father Major Sukhwinder Singh Randhawa, who was killed during an anti-terrorist operation in Pulwama in 1997, when she was just 18 months old. Had it. Recounting her experience in her book ‘Cost of War’, Simran says that it is easier to chant for war and action from the safety of the home but every victory has a price.
“I wanted to write a book to describe how a child feels after losing their father. The war doesn’t just end with the fallen soldiers. It also leaves behind the broken lives of their families,” said 26-year-old Simran, who is currently studying psychology in Canada. His father, Major Randhawa was posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra when he killed two terrorists on June 17, 1997. She was 18 months old at that time.
Her mother, Lt Col RJ Randhawa, was the first married woman officer appointed in the Army and the credit goes to Ranjana Malik, the then President of the Army Wives Welfare Association, who led her case through her husband and then Army Chief General Ved Prakash . Malik. Malik said in the book, “The matter was followed closely by Ranjana and I had a meeting with the then Defense Minister (Defence Minister) Mulayam Singh Yadav, who relaxed the rules and allowed him to join the Army. ” launch.
In the book, Simran talks about the moments in her life where she remembered her father and questioned those who were involved in the war. “… it’s easier to chant for war and action from the safety of your homes. It’s easier to talk about military or government inaction when you’re looking at the TV screen and not seeing the gunfire.” Think of us every time you call for war. I think we, as a country, sometimes forget that every victory has a price. We forget until you pass a war memorial and see the never-ending names, we forget until you see someone like me cry, and our lives are ruined goes. I think sometimes we forget that for every victory there is bloodshed,” she writes.
He recalled his visit to the National War Memorial where everyone sees a stone for all the martyred soldiers. “And at the end you see rows of empty stones, waiting for the soldiers to fall. What an ominous sight to expect more bloodshed. In a way it is practical to have room for more stones, but in every way, it is absolutely heartbreaking,” she said. Simran keeps every single memory of her and writes that people usually say that children forget with time. “Well, let me tell you something, they don’t. They may not remember details or facts, but they do remember how they feel,” she said.
“I remembered the feeling of loss. The feeling of calling out for someone who is just a memory. I remember using a toy phone to make an imaginary call to Papa at an imaginary military base he’s on. “A base from which he could not return or call from. I remember seeing families and just knowing something was missing…,” she wrote.
Former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) chief Lt Gen KJS Dhillon said the book is the spirit of a young girl, who feels fortunate to be born prematurely, that would mean she has carried something in her soldier father’s lap. And spend the moment. , Former Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia praised the author, saying it is not only the cost of war but the “cost of peace” for the nation paid by the families of soldiers, sailors and air warriors.
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