Indian Army Jawans - Bravo And Thanks For Carrying A Pregnant Woman To Hospital - In Knee-Deep Snow. Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

Thro' the knee deep snow they waded
to carry a pregnant woman for delivery
to a hospital thro' those hills of Jammu and Kashmir;
they walked four kilometers carrying her on a cot
which they lifted on their shoulders
in order to enable her to reach a hospital
and get medical attention and treatment
so that she could deliver her baby safely.

How cold those soldiers must have felt
with the freezing wind blowing on their faces
and in their nostrils;
yet they braved the weather
and the long stretch of knee-deep snow-laden road
without giving up their commitment and self-sacrifice
as they carried her and made her the prime focus
of their endeavor so that she receives safety and care
to deliver her child and bring in this world a joy
to herself and her family.

And as she thought she had got in labor
and the hours maybe near,
without any hesitation or encumbrance
the Jawans helped her and enabled her
to reach the hospital
though cold and fatigued those soldiers
must have themselves felt.

No words can express the gratitude
and appreciation that India will hold for these Jawans
for enduring the hardships and walking thro'
knee-deep snow carrying a pregnant woman
to a hospital on their shoulders in a cot
for four kilometers without any delay or restrain
so as to assist her to have her baby safely.

And from the bottom of our hearts
every Indian wants to say - Bravo to those soldiers
for a job so well done and give them a big salute
for their true example of compassion and humanity
for which India will be proud of them forever.