From here and there.

1. My Take.

    While the opposition is clamouring for details of the recently conducted surgical strike by the IAF
    on Balakot and whatever has been put across by the government, thus far, here's my take on the
    issue from the facts available.

      That it's a training facility with an attached Mosque is known and therefore, would have had
      many terrorists-in-the-making(You can't call them under trainees, you see) within it, without
      doubt. Now, when such a destruction was possible on the buildings, the entire lot of inmates 
      must have been burnt to nothing. Neither Pakistan nor the terrorists will tell the world that
      they have lost so many.

      The narrative is not yet over, we'll hear more about it in the coming days. My personal thoughts!

 2. Kuldip's Musings.

     Kuldip is my friend and course mate from the Academy. A voracious reader and in the know how
     about a whole lot of things. Kindly peruse what he has to say about the people's adulation for our
     hero, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.

     "So, what was exceptional in what he did? 
      Actually, our expectations to the contrary are what are troubling. 
      I think we were expecting him to start weeping, begging, bawling, crawling. And it is the
      standard that we as soldiers(And veterans) are holding him up to.
      And now that we see that he did none of that, he is a hero.
      That's why I say that we need to be careful of our warmongers - they think that war is akin to a
      militant encounter - in which we surround the culprits with large numbers and heavy weapons
      and unlimited ammunition and have a turkey shoot! And everyone who got a hit on any militant
      gets a sens medal for bravery".

 3. A Whole New Meaning of Timing.

     This is from a friend who's an unapologetic fan of our Prime Minister and he puts out his
     interpretation about the Timing of the Surgical Strike 2.0!

     "As per the battlefield rules of the days of yore, Mahabharatha, if anyone attains Veergati(Dies
     on the battlefield),

     after 12 days of mourning and rituals, on the 13th day before the sunrise on the Brahma
     Muhurtham, the kith and kin go back into the battlefield to avenge the death......

      It's called 'Veer Sradhanjali'........
      Warriors aspire to seek such battle. Mahabharatha commentary by Sanjaya.

     The day the Indian Armed Forces bombed the terrorists' hideout within Pakistan, was the 13th day
     after Pulwama attack,

     Muhurtham was 0345 hrs and that was the Brahma Muhurtham for the uninitiated.

     According to sources, 'Jai Bhavani' was the code word uttered by the Prime Minister during
     Kumbh, signalling the Indian Armed Forces to go to battle.

     He wore black and took a dip in the Ganges on the 11th day as prescribed in the scriptures.

     The entire process was in compliance with the Hindu scripture recommended for"VEER
     SHRADHAJALI" done for war martyrs in a family.

      Am proud of my PM! Vande Mataram!!

     My take.

     This is the limit of adulation!
   


Tailpiece.

We'd decided, last night, to get up a trifle late this morning, being a Sunday. However, by habit, we'd got up at about a quarter past 6 and were ready well in time. We went about our morning chores and had our breakfast at our usual time.

Lekha undertook the watering of the plants and the grass patch while I went about the washing machinex that we've decided to do on alternate days.