A SALUTE TO MARTYRS OF 26/11, MUMBAI -2008

ACTSWA (REGD.)

Society Regn. No. 1678-2009 GBBSD

EMAIL ADRESS: actswa@gmail.com

President: Shri P S Tanpure

Gen. Sec. Shri Seetharama D

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Grievances and official problems are invited.

TRIBUTE TO THE MARTYRS OF 26/11

am a soldier not afraid to die,

Two stars on my shoulder are better

than the billion in the sky,

shall i die in combat zone,

box me up and send me home,

put all the medals on my chest,

and tell my mother i did my best,

for glory lights the soldier's tomb,

and beauty wipes the brave,

tell all the pretty girls not to cry,

for soldier i was and soldier i die...

ACTSWA salutes all the brave soldiers and police officers who laid down their lives between Nov 26-30, 2008 in Mumbai, protecting us from the terrorist attacks.

1.Sri Hemant Karkare, Joint Commissioner of Police, ATS, Mumbai


2.Sri Ashok Kamte, ACP, Mumbai East


3.Sri Jaywant Patil, Police Constable


4.Sri Yogesh Patil, Police Constable


5.Sri Ambadas Pawar, Police Constable


6.Sri Mukesh B.Jadhav, Home Guard


7.Sri Rahul Shinde, Constable, State Reserve Police Force


8.Sri M.Chowdhary, Constable, Railway Police Force


9.Sri Arun Chitte, Police Constable


10.Sri Balasaheb Bhosale, Asst. Police Sub-Inspector


11.Sri Tukaram G.Omble, Asst. Police Sub-Inspector, D.B.Marg PS


12.Sri Bapusaheb Durugade, Asst.Police Sub-Inspector, Naigaon PS


13.Sri Prakash P.More, Police Sub-Inspector,L.T.Marg PS


14.Sri Shashank Shinde, CST Railway PS


15.Sri Vijay Saluskar, Police Inspector, Anti-extortion cell, Mumbai


16.Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, NSG Commando


17.Sri Gajendraji, NSG Commando

A poem for the martyrs - This is a poem many of us would have read in school Hindi textbooks - Pandit Makhanlal's 'Pushp Ki Abhilasha'.

चाह नहीं मैं सुरबाला के गहनों में गूँथा जाऊँ

चाह नहीं, प्रेमी-माला में बिंध प्यारी को ललचाऊँ
चाह नहीं, सम्राटों के शव पर हे हरि, डाला जाऊँ
चाह नहीं, देवों के सिर पर चढ़ूँ भाग्य पर इठलाऊँ
मुझे तोड़ लेना वनमाली उस पथ पर देना तुम फेंक
मातृभूमि पर शीश चढ़ाने जिस पर जावें वीर अनेक ।।

Translation:The flower's yearning

I don't want to be a part of the necklace of a beautiful girl,


I don't want to woo the lady love,


I don't want to be spread over dead bodies,


I don't want to act like a snob, after someone offers me to the Gods


Just pluck me gardener and throw me on the road,


which is taken by the brave soldiers to give away their lives for the Motherland !

Lets bow our heads and observe a minute of silence tomorrow in homage to those soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the defence of our nation.