1971: Beyond Borders Page #4

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coming continuously,

Not just you.

Those who cross-check these

letters are also reading them!

Can I ask you a

personal question?

In your life, have you ever

fallen in love with someone?

What does that have

to do with this?

She has written this letter

as if it's the Mahabharata.

She has written even where

the glue is applied!

You shouldn't be going to the

war front with a girl on your mind!

Such people cannot

became good warriors!

Like that, all

your memories too.

I am always ready to sacrifice

my life for our country!

Everyone says that.

But you shouldn't die. You should

stay alive to fight for your country!

Here you go!

Two letters for you.

Lakhs of refugees are fleeing for safety

to India at the Bangladesh border.

Meanwhile,

Pakistan has already begun a fierce war

at India's Rajasthan & Punjab borders.

There are no official reports on

Indian Army's death count, until now.

Pakistan has surrendered to the

Indian Army at many sectors.

About the Bangladeshi refugees,

Dad would've gone for war now.

Right, mom?

He has told me that he will make me a

military officer and make me salute him!

I know that my dad will come back!

Don't worry, mom!

Come on!

Make it fast!

Vacate this area!

Come on! Fast!

Keep moving forward!

Come on!

Allah,

please save us from

all the troubles!

Protect us from the

disasters of this war.

Oh Lord, please

protect our country!

Come on!

Keep moving!

Poor souls!

Who knows if their houses would still be

there when they come back after the war!

Yes, Sir.

- No one bothers about all this!

Sir, he says that

he is not leaving.

Why aren't you leaving?

I asked him, Sir.

He's saying that he didn't leave

even during the partition,

So why should he be

scared of this war?

He said that he will stay here and pray

5 times a day to Allah for our victory.

If he dies, he wants

to die on his own land.

Every person who has faced

the calamities of war,

will become a patriot who loves

the land he is standing on!

What is your name, Sir?

- Rasoolullah.

Let him stay here.

Protect him.

If there is too much firing,

please come to our base.

May God protect you!

Good bye.

The people here are not

Hindus or Muslims.

They are all Indians!

Patriotic Indians.

Is it hurting?

- Yes, Sir.

Evacuation happens

every night, Sir.

Until then?

We have life saving systems.

During the daytime, we maybe

vulnerable to attacks.

Are you in pain?

- No, Sir.

Allah will make

everything all right!

- Tell me your RB number.

He is also a human.

So what if he's a Pakistani?

Enemies should only

be on the war front.

And nowhere else in this world.

Compassion.

That's all that is needed!

What happened?

- A mine exploded, Sir.

He is not letting us

admit him in a hospital.

Didn't I tell you, you scoundrel?

Ask them to inject that

stuff to kill my pain!

The letters have come!

Letters for everyone!

The letters have come, and all

have left even their guns behind!

Oh my God!

MBRHDRGs

To my dear husband,

when is your next leave?

Our son has scored good marks.

He is saying that he wants to

study at his uncle's place.

PanickerChettan had

come last week too.

He said he needs the

money urgently.

Expecting a reply soon.

With love,

Malini.

Papa, my teacher asked me what I

want to become when I grow up.

I told her that I want to

become a soldier like my father.

Papa, my exams start next week.

Won't you come back by the

time my exams are over?

Don't forget to bring

what I asked for.

Papa, it is Lohri festival next month.

Bring some nice things for me.

Mummy doesn't buy

anything for me.

Please come back soon.

Bring a toy gun as well!

Didn't you receive

any letter, Sir'?

There's no point.

I know what's going

to be in there.

Many worries and complaints that

the money sent wasn't enough.

If I have to hear

some words with love,

that will be only

from my mother.

And that poor thing doesn't

know how to read & write.

Usually he becomes upset when

he gets a letter, right?

How come he is

really happy today?

Hasn't he said that he has only

a father who sends him letters?

Is this from someone else now?

Hello, Sir.

- Hello!

You seem really happy!

Did you get leave?

Even if I get leave now,

I'm not going home, Sir.

Have you gone crazy?

The biggest fear in my life,

was whether my father would have to see

my dead body while he is still alive!

What happened now?

- Nothing.

This is a letter from my father.

You should read it aloud, Sir.

Let all of them hear it.

It's in Malayalam, right?

You read it out! We'll listen.

I will read it then.

My dear son,

your father can only ask if you are

doing well, and pray for that.

But, you are a warrior now.

I have only thing to say.

Don't think about your father,

fight for your country as a

brave warrior & come back.

Even if you lose your

life in between that,

I will accept that with pride.

I pray that God showers all

his blessings upon you.

With blessings,

your father.

Now my father is with me, Sir.

You didn't get any

letters, Kunjikkannan?

But ya, you've never

had all that, right?

It's good that I don't

get letters, Sir.

I know what all would

be written in them.

A father who is

drinking to death;

a mother who worked in several

households and broke her back,

and a sister.

In short, it's like the condition

of a poor family in an art film.

It's better that I don't get letters

which talk about all this, Sir.

So, if something happens

to you during this war'?

Sir, I'm always hanging around you

so that I don't die that easily.

Nothing can be guaranteed

on a war field, man.

If something like that happens,

you don't have to send that

usual telegram in my case, Sir.

I have a 10 year old boy who

is waiting for his father

to return home in a worn-out army

uniform, carrying a suitcase.

That's all he has to boast about

to his friends, in his life.

So,

Something is said when a person

goes missing in a war, right?

Missing in action.

- Ya. That's enough.

In that case,

he will have a hope.

Does this tiny body of yours have

the space to store so many sorrows?

You have never brought

any of it out so far.

How will I? You keep

asking me to fix drinks.

And never gave me time to

open my heart.

Since you reminded me,

fix a couple of drinks!

- Right away!

Bravo Company has begun their

counter attack at the defence post.

We have to move fast!

MBRHDRGs

You bloody scumbag!

You want to kill me?

Bloody dos!

How dare you!

Bloody dos!

He's dead!

Bloody Madrasi!

Let's

Sir!

Our Sudarshan,

Their General tortured

and killed him, Sir.

Give it to Sir.

I'll go give the content

for sending the telegram.

No.

- Why, Sin'?

Sir, while we left for the attack,

a telegram had come for him.

That his father is admitted in the

hospital in a serious condition

He is the only child!

That father wouldn't have the

strength to read a telegram.

You should go & console

him in person.

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