Dear BanaSingh Sahib

Just the other day a news items carrying your story of returning Param Vir Chakra caught my eye. It was indeed difficult to consume the fact that an individual who devoted his entire life serving in Indian Army......who has been awarded with Param Vir Chakra for his supreme sacrifice for the nation...has been left in lurch by society in general and government in specific..Stories of our soldires who sacrifice prime time of their life..away from their families...in most difficult terrains.. serving nation being ill treated post-Army life are not new. While your anguish is understandable...I wonder if it was a step in right direction to return the Param Vir Chakra...

Param Vir Chakra is a symbol of supreme sacrifice made by millions and millions of soldires like you..When you got the opportunity..you and your fellow men never looked back to sacrifice your lives on snow clad peaks of Siachin. The stories of valour and grit of Indian Soldires would flow like an epic...Did even one of them thought "What am I going to get out of this?"...had even one of them had looked back towards their families or greener pastures of life...we would have been still serving the British or would have been conqured 100 times by Jehadis....

You may also recollect the lives laid by so many unsung heros during freedom struggle...Bhagat singh...Rajguru...Sukhdev...Chandrashekhar Azad...Netaji Bose...and so many of them...these guys didnt bother about their personal gains while giving their everything to nation...the metal of men who have this ability to devote their lives to the nation is different...they do not cry foul for what they did not get...for that matter they dont expect anything from nation....We always looked up to you in the same line with them...you have been extremely lucky to have survived the onslaught and being the only surviving Param Vir Chakra holder...the rest...they simply rest in peace...we dont even know state of their surviving family members...we dont even know if any one can cry for them...fight for them....But I m sure that all of them must be looking at the Param Vir Chakra with sense pride and satisfaction....It is a priceless memento for the family.....and gets a highest respect....My humble respect to you to not to fall for smaller gains in life and loose all the wonderful things you have achieved till now......

Your PVC matters more to entire generation...it acts as a guiding beacon for future...You have earned it with out bothering about the returns...so why this display of anguish and annoyance today? You had joined Army on your own...While you were serving Indian Army...you have received pay/allowances and all the perks that you deserved...you took great pride in wearing green uniform and passed on the same to your juniors.....I am sure you are getting your due pension.....when you earned your PVC...I am sure some goodies must have come your way (Remember they did not go to your friends who are no more with you)....so all this cumulatively makes your anguish look very small infront of you your self......

While I again agree that soldires are required to be nurtured by the nation...but nurturing and pampering has some difference....people like you should be respected.....but my humble request to you to not to de-grade your self...and disrespect your fellow men who fought with you and did not have great fortune like you to be still their with their families...for their sake...cherish and respect your Param vir chakra...for their sake...cherish your life...for their sake.... simply enjoy what u have.....

with best regards and respect

Your fellow country men...