India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes

by Shiv Aroor

One often hears the phrase ‘supreme sacrifice’ being used to describe the death of a soldier in the line of duty. It is a paradoxical term, heavy with implication. Yet, it instantly conveys what it intends to: an act of selflessness so high that the most basic instinct—to survive—fades away and yields to the decision to fight to the death.