Meet Jitendra-a security guard who spent 17 yrs writing letters to families of martyred soldiers
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How many of us personally thank Indian soldiers for protecting our Indian borders, or how many of us thank their families and acknowledge them whenever a soldier sacrifices his life for the country?
This security guard, who works with a firm in Surat, has been thanking the families of martyred soldiers for 17 years now.
Meet 37-year-old Jitendra; he has written around 3,000 postcards to families of soldiers who laid their lives, fighting with the enemies.
“I have been writing these letters since theKargil war . I think that being in the army is a tough job, and it is the country’s duty to respect those martyrs who sacrifice their lives for us. There are many people who have been living under the dark clouds of grief after losing their loved ones, and we should fulfil our moral duties towards those families,” he told The Better India.
Jitendra, a resident of Kutkheda village in Rajasthan, was inspired to write and pay respect to those families as his father was also a soldier with the Army.
Jitendra wanted to join the army as well, but could not do so.
“My family thinks I am crazy to be doing something that gives no returns in spite of coming from a middle class background, but I am determined and will not leave this path till the end,” he told The Better India.
Jitendra has details of nearly 20,000 martyrs, with their names, numbers, unit details, addresses, etc, which he picked up from local newspapers of martyr’s home towns.
READ ALSO: We bet you didn’t know these crazy, interesting facts about the Indian Armed Forces
(Images: The Better India)
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This security guard, who works with a firm in Surat, has been thanking the families of martyred soldiers for 17 years now.
Meet 37-year-old Jitendra; he has written around 3,000 postcards to families of soldiers who laid their lives, fighting with the enemies.
“I have been writing these letters since the
Jitendra, a resident of Kutkheda village in Rajasthan, was inspired to write and pay respect to those families as his father was also a soldier with the Army.
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Jitendra wanted to join the army as well, but could not do so.
“My family thinks I am crazy to be doing something that gives no returns in spite of coming from a middle class background, but I am determined and will not leave this path till the end,” he told The Better India.
Jitendra has details of nearly 20,000 martyrs, with their names, numbers, unit details, addresses, etc, which he picked up from local newspapers of martyr’s home towns.
READ ALSO: We bet you didn’t know these crazy, interesting facts about the Indian Armed Forces
(Images: The Better India)
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