Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

by Bhaavna Arora

Ayush Joshi, a lanky cadet, was asked to crack a joke instead. ‘I couldn’t crack a joke even if I tried, sir,’ pleaded Ayush. ‘Why not?’ ‘Because I don’t have a hammer, sir,’ he said, delivering his punchline with great comic timing.