Mission Accomplished

Disclaimer: All the characters and incidents are ficitious. Any resemblence is a sheer coincidence only!

Lt. Gajendra Singh was summoned by Major General. “Your leave is sanctioned and you are proceeding on leave from tomorrow. But be back by 2nd of next month. You have only 20 days. My advance congratulations on your marriage1”

Gajendra could not believe it even now. He is standing on the railway platform waiting for his train. 4 days will be lost in train and hardly 15 days. Still, his face was gleaming. Suddenly, he heard a familiar noise that is of shooting. He saw two militants on the over-bridge linking platforms 3, 4, 5 & 6 firing from top onto the platform creating panic among public.

“Gajji you need to act!” he told to himself. Gajji climbed the bridge from rear side through the metallic pillars. He held one of the terrorists from behind and strangled his neck literally. The firing from this terrorist went haywire. Seeing this, the first terrorist now shot at Gajendra and two bullets pierced Gajji’s back. Gajendra took shield behind the second terrorist. The bullets went through the terrorist and he died. Gajendra is severely hit and hardly could walk. But he was determined. He took the gun from the second terrorist and started walking towards the first terrorists firing continuously on him. In the end the terrorist too died.

“Mission accomplished!” was the last words uttered by Gajendra. He fell like an uprooted tree. With him shattered the hopes of his parents who were waiting for him eagerly and the dreams of the young girl who was supposed to tie the nuptial knot.



Blessed are those parents who gave a birth to such brave hearts who put their life ahead of country. If such sacrifices do not inspire us to focus our actions towards the welfare of our country, we better call ourselves as traitors! Our ministry would recommend Gajendra’s name for Pam Vir Chakra award. The entire nation salutes brave hearts like Lt. Gajendra Singh Thakur”

The minister was going through the draft again. “It needs another round of editing. This statement should act as a slap on the face of the opposition who are determined to eject me out. All these male chauvinist pigs are making repeated statements that a woman can never be a strong and stern minister. With this single incident, I will make every one of them bite the dust! Let me meet the Prime Minister first” Saying this, the minister headed to meet the Prime Minister.

“my friend, you are aware, I am not against anyone. We are all here because of one person. None of our actions should antagonize him. I would advice to consult him before we make any such statement!”

The minister accompanied by the Prime Minister was waiting in the lounge. It is almost midnight and almost all the news channels had flashed this news. “Sir! Any delay would further damage our reputation. Do you still feel we need to talk to him? I don’t think he will oppose it! It’s a tactical move that will prove to a shot in our arm!”

Suddenly the Prime Minister got up from his chair and so did the minister. “What’s up? Its so late in the night.” Both briefed him the entire story. The man in his nightgown sat on the sofa tapping his cigarette ashes onto the tray.

“I would say let us wait and watch. You see this is election year! What happened is happened. We got rid of two terrorists. However, let us not react and go overboard in this issue. It might boomerang on our votes as one particular community will feel isolated away from us. I do not want to take chances in this year.” He paused for a while and extinguished his cigarette. He got up and went closer to the window.

He continued, “This jawan has not done this when he is on duty! He was proceeding on a leave. Let us term it as fake!" The man showed no expression and was cool. "It was his personal animosity and he killed two Muslims. A commission will be set up to inquire on the incidents happened. you see!, Hindus can be divided on region, language, caste etc., but you can’t do this with Muslims. The people will forget everything in 2 weeks time. I am concerned about the elections. If we win, we will change our stances based on the findings of the commission! As far as your continuance in the cabinet, let people cry! They are not the ones who decide the cabinet. It’s me! Why do you worry! Now let’s go. Take care! Good night!”