Sam Manekshaw with his pet dog CaesarField Marshall Sam Manekshaw is no more. With his passing, it has somehow drawn the curtains on an era where brave men who fought for their country lived idyllic yet arduous, simple yet surreal lives.
I was browsing for photographs of Sam Manekshaw, when I came across one with his pet.
Strange, I thought. Brigadier MK Rao, an uncle of mine, had served the army at about the same time that Sam Manekshaw was around. He too had a dog named Caesar.
These men not only fought for their country, but they had a soft side as well, and were constantly of service to the people around them. My uncle started a school in his hometown, Secunderabad.
My uncle died almost unattended to in a hospital in America, where he had gone to visit his son.
Sam Bahadur simply died from complications of old age and had simple funeral. No political bigwig bothered to attend the last rites of this great man.
Fates of men with strong zeal and ideals can sometimes be intertwined in the strangest of ways. But I am sure that the World yonder will bestow upon such men all the laurels that they truly deserve.
After all, they lived with 'Jai Hind' as their motto.
I was browsing for photographs of Sam Manekshaw, when I came across one with his pet.
Strange, I thought. Brigadier MK Rao, an uncle of mine, had served the army at about the same time that Sam Manekshaw was around. He too had a dog named Caesar.
These men not only fought for their country, but they had a soft side as well, and were constantly of service to the people around them. My uncle started a school in his hometown, Secunderabad.
My uncle died almost unattended to in a hospital in America, where he had gone to visit his son.
Sam Bahadur simply died from complications of old age and had simple funeral. No political bigwig bothered to attend the last rites of this great man.
Fates of men with strong zeal and ideals can sometimes be intertwined in the strangest of ways. But I am sure that the World yonder will bestow upon such men all the laurels that they truly deserve.
After all, they lived with 'Jai Hind' as their motto.
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