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'To deal with a bully, you have to deal from a position of strength, not a position of weakness.'
'I am ashamed we are dealing with such adversaries.'
'They have done in Eastern Ladakh what we did in Dokalam in 2017.'
'India and China have the wise and sage leadership to steer this complex relationship in the coming decades.'
'At a time when the economy is depressed, a pandemic is raging, and the Chinese are making noises on the border, the NRC could be resuscitated.'
'Right now, politics is operating in a state of suspended animation. That works to Modi's advantage.'
Major Suman Gawani, who served as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan, is the first Indian to receive the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. 'On seeing the Indian flag on my uniform,' she says,' the locals would get very excited and say, 'Hindi, Hindi'.'
'The Chinese have been moving in step by step; inch by inch for the last 40 years.'
'We are not going to be threatened by China neither are we going to threaten China.'
'India is not going to accept whatever the Chinese say. That is not going to happen.'
'We will not accept these misadventures by the Chinese.'
'The safety regulations drastically reduce the chances of contracting the virus on a two-hour flight.'
'Many are coming hungry and thirsty.' 'Some told us they were stopped from filling water at roadside village handpumps because villagers told them 'tum Carona ho'.'
'Jawans are not rich and their families need succour in their time of loss.'
'Yet, in J&K even if you are not involved in active combat, you can come under enemy fire.' 'However young a soldier is, he is not immune to action.' 'He may face challenges during the course of discharging his military duties.'
'A tiger knows his territory in and out.' 'A tiger demarcates his terrain and never lets anyone enter.' 'Similarly, Ashu knew the trees, houses, rivers and rocks of the Rajwar jungles.' 'He didn't allow any militant to come into his territory.'
'I am not scared of corona, I am sure God is protecting us.'
Major Anuj Sood, scholar and daredevil soldier, had finished his Kashmir tenure and would have been home had COVID-19 not come in the way. He did not live to be old enough, but he lived the soldier's life to the fullest, reveals Archana Masih/Rediff.com.
'After days of waiting in uncertainty and anguish, I was finally going home.'
'Different people resonated with different films of his, but beneath all of that was his unique ability to capture the human spirit in an intimate and honest way.'
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