India’s Most Fearless Quotes

“Six months later, Capt. Jaidev Dangi was awarded India’s second highest peacetime gallantry award, the Kirti Chakra,”
― Shiv Aroor, India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes

“The wait was laced with tension, a numbing irony all commandos are familiar with- there is infinitely more disturbance in calm than in an actual firefight. Once 'contact' is made and bullets begin to fly, that's when calm truly returns.”
― Shiv Aroor, Rahul Singh, India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.”
― Shiv Aroor, India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes

“In my heart, a voice would tell me that as a commando's wife, I needed to be as fearless as he was. If one has to die, it could be anywhere.”
― Shiv Aroor, Rahul Singh, India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes

“Death on the battlefield is the ultimate privilege for a soldier. We don’t go there to die. But if it happens, we have to turn it around into a celebration,’ says Col. Dabas. ‘Only soldiers who have bled together in combat will understand that.”
― Shiv Aroor, India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes