Chetan

I received this letter from the wife of an Indian Army officer who lost his leg in a terrorist encounter in Kashmir when he was posted at the front lines with the Rashtriya Rifles They had been married four years. Their daughter was two. He survived eight surgeries. Forty blood transfusions. Months in hospital. A rare autoimmune disorder triggered by trauma. He could have been boarded out. He chose to continue serving — on a prosthetic limb. Now, under the Finance Bill 2026 proposal, his disability pension will be taxed because he completed his tenure instead of being invalided out. His wife asks a question that deserves to be heard: Does a war injury become less of a sacrifice because a soldier refuses to quit? “A disability pension is not income,” she writes. “It is compensation for a lifelong limitation.” This is not just about taxation. It is about dignity. About the moral contract between a soldier and the nation. Can resilience become a reason to penalise sacrifice? This soldier’s wife had a request - to share this letter far and wide . Please do. So that more voices urge a review of a decision that taxes our war wounded if they continue to serve . 💔

A man filed a complaint about potholes at 11 AM in Dubai. By 4 PM, the road was fully repaired along with lane markings, and quality was such that it didn't look like it had been repaired. This process is atleast 100 years ahead of India.