The Galwan Conflict Poem by narayana aghalaya

AT GALWAN BIHAR REGIMENT GALVANIZED INDIA

Armies have ethics:
foes with mutual respect,
hold talks till the nick
of time; peace one can expect;
if talks fail, guns follow next

to avoid bloodshed
strive hard; to this tradition,
most Armies are wed;
to retreat, shake hands, don't shun;
soldiers lives count; hold back guns.

Chinese don't subscribe
to the ethics of warfare;
sadly, they have vibes,
with things, brutal and unfair;
what others think, they don't care.

at Galwan, days back,
accord for troops to withdraw
was signed by top brass
the Chinese troops, with minds flawed,
didn't move; the accord was thus stalled

the stand-off was tense
the sides were furlong apart
to bring them to sense
our OC despite the hazard
walked the furlong alone unarmed

messenger of peace
Col Santosh Babu deserved
applause, in the least.
but the treatment he was served
left our disciplined troops unnerved

to his utter surprise
outnumbered Babu was pounced
the catch was a prize
the cruel foes, unannounced
left Babu bleeding pronounced

our troops were shell shocked
OC is just like their father!
they rushed, with hands socked
the foes and also smothered;
this grit from where they gathered?

many Chinese died
could be thirty to forty
Babu was martyred
along with nineteen gutsy
boys who died while on duty

it is crystal clear
our boys are battle hardened!
the cost will be dear
foolish foes will not be pardoned
their treachery will get undone

Bihar Regiment
were - while in extreme danger -
in their elements,
as they lost not a second longer,
when foes had a stone-age hangover
---
(July 2020)