call of duty @ LoC

earth grew angry again and she displayed her wrath by a colossal earthquake,which cast a shadow of doom upon everyone.

the epicentre was in pakistan.regions near it were severely affected as well.

well now,why is a recapitulation of the news?i dunno,just like that!i had read an article in the week ,which prompted me to pen it down here.

the article talked about the devastating earthquake(obviously),then it turned to the rehabilitation part.this event occured so close to the dreaded LoC(it affected parts of India too) ,that it forced the involvment of both the countries-two warring nations.

the indian defence was swift in action and started the rescue missions.it had done it job par excellente(the indian army is considered to be the best diaster management agency).remarked an affected villager,there had been no army on the "other" side of the border.seemed like they deserted the dead and the injured ,right when they needed help.

little activity was shown from their side.the pakistan high commissioner aziz ahmed khan called up our prime minister mammohan singh to tell him that he was worried that india would play the propoganda war,to which the latter comforted him with no.

a sore point however was pakistan's rejection to india's proposal to send soldiers to the other side of the LoC to search for victims.they say nobody lives at the LoC,but reality speaks otherwise.

the indian defence refused to comment on the rescue operations on the other side(they hadnt seen any).quoted was one air force officer,"we didnt talk to them before bringing our helicopters so close to the LoC,neither did they protest or query".

we are talking about an area where even a truck from the other side seen close enough is open for gun fire.now this very area sees convoy bringing in supplies.

the helicopters are allowed till 1km to the LoC and fighter crafts till 5k.m. The brigadiers who were constantly on the watch for an enemy movement were now constantly in touch ,sharing information about the rescue operations.

one thing we are forgetting over here arent we.yes,the militants,what about them?this area is the fertile grounds for them.they too havent been spared.much of their infrastructure has been damaged and now they are on the run.

there have been no militant ambush of any sort,for if they did,they would betray the motive they were working for(to give the villagers their rights,is what they say) and then the villagers would go against them.so the militant activity has been an all time low.

suprisingly the united jihad council,an amalgam of the militants has ordered them to go for rescue operations.a militant was blurting out orders for rescue operations through a satellite phone.strange developments!said the militant ,"we are fighting a different kind of jihad by helping people in the hour of need."

a host of other rescue missions are also underway,but i wanted to put the spotlight on the behaviour of the two nations.

along the line,where going stray would spell death,through the hidden bunkers were the watchful eagle eyes monitoring your every breath,today is seeing a different act all together.

perhaps this earthquake was meant to be.if the nations couldnt settle through a dialogue,guess somebody else took the matter into his/her/its own hands and so far ,it seems ,everything is going according to plan.

it had a heavy bill though!

ciao.