Meghna Girish wants to know why a recommendation for Shaurya Chakra for her son Major Girish, killed in 2016 in J&K, was changed to an official report mentioning a soldier's gallant action.
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I stand by you Meghna.
These govt servents are good for nothing.
P M and RM , please look into this matters as top preority . Our country image is at stake.
One suggestions ~ please transfer on deputation these types of govt officers and beurocrates to Kargil / Aasam , toughest border post for 2 years Then only these people will realise.
Modiji and the present Government is doing nothing for Soldier
Pak Army takes care at best
Dieing for India is of no use
No respect no love that’s what a soldier wants
Shame on you modiji
Potential martyrs! Choose your Commanding Officers carefully- at least those who are well versed in the Queen’s English to get your valour recognised from the babus of MoD. As if the recommendations of officers in the chain of command were weak too and they were clueless and recommended & forwarded a ‘week’ citation in case of braveheart Girish. It’s not your valour that will fetch you recognition but the quality of tEnglish used in the citation . Many a time a non deserving act gets recognised when supported by a flowery and bombastic citation. It indeed is better to remain unsung than getting insulted and leaving the kin pained.
Reading the POST, reminds me that as a young officer, when I was just one year old in uniform & fortunate to experience all facets of effect of war – the 1965 war-, I learnt that in times of war and countering insurgency, numerous gallant actions are performed by the soldiers but only some fortunate get recogonised & decorated.
Fortunate are those who have the privilege of performing, what they learn over the years.
Through the years, just by learning or recalling a martyrdom, my eyes go moist & throat chokes.
Later being decorated or not, is mostly dependent upon the expression of words used in proposed recommendations & for functionaries to give a heartless reading.
A martyr, at critical Moments, does not think, whether his actions are being watched by some for being decorated but selflessly singlehandedly acts the best in solitude and exemplifies the sacrifice. Immediate family suffers the void.
Decorations are great honours but Unsung Martyrs need to be honoured by occasionally recalling their valour and sacrifices for the GEN NEXT. But that would show some faults in incumbent dispensations.
It is time for society to take upon themselves for honouring unsung actions of Martyrs, rather than depend upon the decisions of the functionaries that matter in decorations & their visible lip sympathy.
Martyr takes his final call and in line of duty first & against all odds, moves to LAST POST.
Recalling valour & honouring & respecting with human care the Martyr’s near ones in their daily life, is the greatest honour, but that is being given a miss by the concerned / common persons & that is the saddest part.
Wishing some changes in society’s approach to what was visible in 60’s that I witnessed.
I wish better sense prevails in persons that matter.
My respectful salutes to the valour and sacrifices and the examples set, worthy of emulation.
A mother who smiles proudly in front of her dead son’s name who gave his life for the Country definitely deserves more than a Shourya chakra award. My respect to you and off course your son
Gallantry awards in India are a farce. In one instance govt awarded 13 gallantry awards for killing an unarmed fugitive and his collegue and that too in a chance encounter. Country’s second highest, third highest and top police medals were awarded so liberally. There is no balance, no sensibility in awarding there medals.
Who has respect for Indian Gallantry awards.
They are awarded to mostly chicken hearted pliable fellows.
A sad commentary on the process for ‘Honours and Awards’ in the Indian Defence Services. And the ‘stringent yardsticks’ and due diligence (read finding ways to deny the award) seem limited to the Defence Services alone. When 26/11 happened, the MHA handed out major awards to 11 policemen, and cash and monetary benefits to a host of others. In sharp contrast, only Maj Sandeep Unnikrishnan was awarded an Ashok Chakra.
In 1999, when a Pak Navy Atlantique aircraft was shot down by a MiG21 Bis in the Kutch sector, I as the Sqn CO recommended both pilots (one a Flt Lt and the other a Fg Offr) for a Shaurya Chakra. However, MEA red-flagged it saying that rewarding those who caused the death of 16 PN personnel (on board the Atlantique) would cause friction with the Pakistanis. And it is disillusioning to have to accept that the MEA won that round, and the Flt Lt received a ‘Commendation’ from the Chief, while the Fg Offr had to make do with one from the AOC-in-C!! Never mind the fact that all 16 PN personnel were posthumously awarded the ‘Nishan-e-Pakistan’!!
It happens in India!! Sad commentary. I stand with Meghna in her quest for recognition of her gallant son. Jai Hind
If not the son, the mother who is proudly standing in her dead son’s name and proudly smiling should be given an award that is if possible better than the shaurya chakra award. My condolences and all respect to this mother and off course the Don
I don’t think any one should interfere in gallantry awards recommendation process. From the new it’s clears it has to pass multilevel levels. It’s not like CO is happy with you he will recommend you to one
How is it that all operational commanders found Akshay worth of Shaurya Chakra but people in Administrative roles downgraded the citation not one but two steps down. This need a clear justification. Committee formation and such measures are clear eyewash and won’t help. This is indeed sorry state of affairs and must be dealt in a fair and appropriate way
Administrative officers in AC offices are rear echelon mother *******. An apt term coined by Vietnam war veterans.
He led bravely at great personal risk, and lost his life while saving others. Has MoD run out of medals? What message is going out to young officers and youngsters aspiring to join? Are we tied down to percentages? Why give medals notrelated to bravery (like PVSM), as lifetime achievement awards?
Since, Smt. Meghna ji has exhausted all administrative channels, right from Army Chief to the Defence Minister, now she is left with no alternative but to approach the Armed Forces Tribunal to get justice.
Let’s face the truth. In gallantry awards too there is a quota system. If you have the right people lobbying for you, you get it. Here the officer who has got it is from 166 Medium Regiment (the parent unit under attack). The one who didn’t get it is from 51 Engineers, an supporting unit.
So obviously…. The award goes to…..
I stand by you Meghna.
These govt servents are good for nothing.
P M and RM , please look into this matters as top preority . Our country image is at stake.
One suggestions ~ please transfer on deputation these types of govt officers and beurocrates to Kargil / Aasam , toughest border post for 2 years Then only these people will realise.
Modiji and the present Government is doing nothing for Soldier
Pak Army takes care at best
Dieing for India is of no use
No respect no love that’s what a soldier wants
Shame on you modiji
Potential martyrs! Choose your Commanding Officers carefully- at least those who are well versed in the Queen’s English to get your valour recognised from the babus of MoD. As if the recommendations of officers in the chain of command were weak too and they were clueless and recommended & forwarded a ‘week’ citation in case of braveheart Girish. It’s not your valour that will fetch you recognition but the quality of tEnglish used in the citation . Many a time a non deserving act gets recognised when supported by a flowery and bombastic citation. It indeed is better to remain unsung than getting insulted and leaving the kin pained.
Kind request to our PM MODIJI to consider .
Hope the major gets his award for fighting terrorist and saving innocent lives.
Reading the POST, reminds me that as a young officer, when I was just one year old in uniform & fortunate to experience all facets of effect of war – the 1965 war-, I learnt that in times of war and countering insurgency, numerous gallant actions are performed by the soldiers but only some fortunate get recogonised & decorated.
Fortunate are those who have the privilege of performing, what they learn over the years.
Through the years, just by learning or recalling a martyrdom, my eyes go moist & throat chokes.
Later being decorated or not, is mostly dependent upon the expression of words used in proposed recommendations & for functionaries to give a heartless reading.
A martyr, at critical Moments, does not think, whether his actions are being watched by some for being decorated but selflessly singlehandedly acts the best in solitude and exemplifies the sacrifice. Immediate family suffers the void.
Decorations are great honours but Unsung Martyrs need to be honoured by occasionally recalling their valour and sacrifices for the GEN NEXT. But that would show some faults in incumbent dispensations.
It is time for society to take upon themselves for honouring unsung actions of Martyrs, rather than depend upon the decisions of the functionaries that matter in decorations & their visible lip sympathy.
Martyr takes his final call and in line of duty first & against all odds, moves to LAST POST.
Recalling valour & honouring & respecting with human care the Martyr’s near ones in their daily life, is the greatest honour, but that is being given a miss by the concerned / common persons & that is the saddest part.
Wishing some changes in society’s approach to what was visible in 60’s that I witnessed.
I wish better sense prevails in persons that matter.
My respectful salutes to the valour and sacrifices and the examples set, worthy of emulation.
A mother who smiles proudly in front of her dead son’s name who gave his life for the Country definitely deserves more than a Shourya chakra award. My respect to you and off course your son
Gallantry awards in India are a farce. In one instance govt awarded 13 gallantry awards for killing an unarmed fugitive and his collegue and that too in a chance encounter. Country’s second highest, third highest and top police medals were awarded so liberally. There is no balance, no sensibility in awarding there medals.
Who has respect for Indian Gallantry awards.
They are awarded to mostly chicken hearted pliable fellows.
A sad commentary on the process for ‘Honours and Awards’ in the Indian Defence Services. And the ‘stringent yardsticks’ and due diligence (read finding ways to deny the award) seem limited to the Defence Services alone. When 26/11 happened, the MHA handed out major awards to 11 policemen, and cash and monetary benefits to a host of others. In sharp contrast, only Maj Sandeep Unnikrishnan was awarded an Ashok Chakra.
In 1999, when a Pak Navy Atlantique aircraft was shot down by a MiG21 Bis in the Kutch sector, I as the Sqn CO recommended both pilots (one a Flt Lt and the other a Fg Offr) for a Shaurya Chakra. However, MEA red-flagged it saying that rewarding those who caused the death of 16 PN personnel (on board the Atlantique) would cause friction with the Pakistanis. And it is disillusioning to have to accept that the MEA won that round, and the Flt Lt received a ‘Commendation’ from the Chief, while the Fg Offr had to make do with one from the AOC-in-C!! Never mind the fact that all 16 PN personnel were posthumously awarded the ‘Nishan-e-Pakistan’!!
It happens in India!! Sad commentary. I stand with Meghna in her quest for recognition of her gallant son. Jai Hind
If not the son, the mother who is proudly standing in her dead son’s name and proudly smiling should be given an award that is if possible better than the shaurya chakra award. My condolences and all respect to this mother and off course the Don
I don’t think any one should interfere in gallantry awards recommendation process. From the new it’s clears it has to pass multilevel levels. It’s not like CO is happy with you he will recommend you to one
All is not fair in award system. One can not expect fair play. Service personnel Better explain it.
How is it that all operational commanders found Akshay worth of Shaurya Chakra but people in Administrative roles downgraded the citation not one but two steps down. This need a clear justification. Committee formation and such measures are clear eyewash and won’t help. This is indeed sorry state of affairs and must be dealt in a fair and appropriate way
Administrative officers in AC offices are rear echelon mother *******. An apt term coined by Vietnam war veterans.
He led bravely at great personal risk, and lost his life while saving others. Has MoD run out of medals? What message is going out to young officers and youngsters aspiring to join? Are we tied down to percentages? Why give medals notrelated to bravery (like PVSM), as lifetime achievement awards?
Since, Smt. Meghna ji has exhausted all administrative channels, right from Army Chief to the Defence Minister, now she is left with no alternative but to approach the Armed Forces Tribunal to get justice.
Let’s face the truth. In gallantry awards too there is a quota system. If you have the right people lobbying for you, you get it. Here the officer who has got it is from 166 Medium Regiment (the parent unit under attack). The one who didn’t get it is from 51 Engineers, an supporting unit.
So obviously…. The award goes to…..