** SHAME !! **

The dust over the bomb blast in Indian Embassy in Kabul has settled. Four Indian lives were lost. I am not going to dwell into the 'Militancy' or the 'Politics' angle of this gory episode - but even more worse than that - our attitude in discriminating the dead - our own people. Amongst those four, most of us would remember two names - Mr Mehta and Mr Rao. Do, any of us, remember the names of other two individuals?? Most probably, we won't - because they were lower level soldiers and not 'Officers'. Their lives, after all, are not as worthy as those two 'Officers'. The names of those two soliders were not widely published or telecast. All the media (newspapers and TV channels included) flashed photos of those officers, their grieving family and everything related to them - but, did we hear anything about those soldiers?? I didnt. NOT A WORD !!! The were just 'two ITBP jawans' - nothing else. All the four of them were serving the role that our Nation wanted them to - then, why this discrimination?? This is not the first instance that such an episode is being enacted and not going to be the last too. Everyday, when we hear about our dead soldiers in J&K or anywhere else, due to whatever reason that may be, we always read it as " Major X, Captain Y and two 'jawans' ". Lower level soldiers are not even worth in being mentioned with their names. I dont blame the media - because that is how the PRO of the respective defence forces circulate the news. After all, "soldeirs" are cheaper commodity and are expendable.