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so
we made the film on the life of major
sandy pony krishnan
who is one of the saviors of mumbai
in the 26 11 attacks
he was awarded the ashok chakra and it's
a story on his life
my first request would be
is there any way
is there any way in your extremely busy
schedule
i can show you this film
if you
if you come with uh whatever you know
a digital device
to the ashram we can play it on the big
screen for everybody there
and uh you are so close to the armed
forces of our country
i wanted to ask you
can you please tell our youth
what does it mean to be a soldier
oh
i have nothing against whatever you're
doing with your lives
but i want you to understand
you went to the cinema and sat for two
and a half hours
because there are soldiers standing
there and protecting
our nation
here
there are many people
who think they are spiritual because
they can close their eyes and sit
you can close your eyes and sit because
there are soldiers standing on our
border
sacrificing their life
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your children are going to school
because there is some child out there
who is willing to be orphaned
there is some father out there who is
willing to orphan his own children
that is why your children are going to
school
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your wife is all nicely dressed up and
walking around
we're glad
but you must understand that's happening
only because there is a man out there
who is willing to widow his own wife
this is not a small thing
it's unfortunately
see
in india we have this issue
when i talk to people i want all the
young people to listen carefully and
understand hello
i want you to understand this
that anything that we are doing in our
life today is possible only because
somebody is defending this land all the
time with their lives
and
i also want you to understand
that
being a soldier does not mean he wants
to die
but he is willing to die it's a very big
difference
somebody wants to die
that is a different matter
that's a matter of frustration
you know disappointment something else
somebody wants to live but he is willing
to die
for something that matters to everybody
that is a different affair altogether
so
when i'm talking to people i'm hearing
this
people think especially in south india
all of you young people
especially in southern india we have
this problem we think war happens on the
border
war happens in the border because our
brave soldiers have never let anybody
come here
otherwise war would happen here in your
town
in the past it happened isn't it when
the invaders came they came deep inside
and ravaged the place
today in the last 75 years
whatever wars happened only happened on
the border
because
they are defending this country with
their life
no matter what
they're not letting anybody come into
the nation
so you must understand wars don't happen
on the border
the idea of war is to enter the nation
but somebody is stopping at the border
we must owe everything that we do in our
lives whether it's business spirituality
cinema studies whatever you're doing
it's only because those men are standing
there and willing to die for this
national
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in many layers the same emotion that a
real soldier's father is feeling
they're all my children too
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