25.April.2014

Major Mukund Varadarajan (31) of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles was posthumously conferred the Ashok Chakra on this Republic Day. He laid down his life fighting bravely in an operation in Shopian on 25.April.2014.
His wife Indu Mukund (31) wrote this verse on the night she got news of his death.
There lived a man who loved me with all his heart,
There lived a man who fathered my child,
There lived a man who believed in integrity,
There lived a man who loved his profession,
There lived a man who never feigned to be a hero,
There lived a man who was my soul,
There lived a man with a heart full of generosity,
There lived a man who revealed all to me,
There lived a man who loved me with his life,
But... now I wait... for he is with God,
I know this for sure,
One day I will meet him,
I know this for sure,
And he will give me that warm strong hug of his,
I know this for sure,
And I will not complain that I can't breathe,
You can hug me, hug me all you want.