Undaunted Quotes

“The perfect ending remains elusive. The day no author has to dip his or her pen in the blood that flows unabated in the Valley to write its stories, that would be the day that is worthy of a perfect ending”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“When death claims your dearest ones, anger takes root in the mind and grows like an incurable disease that eventually consumes you.”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“All those boys celebrated Eid with me, so why wouldn’t I celebrate their festivals?’ Ummer asked, innocently perplexed.”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“Ummer was humbled; it was a deep lesson indeed. He understood now why he was punished when he wasn’t the one smuggling pen drives and why his team-mates were penalised when he couldn’t maintain the squad formation.”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“He was a patient and attentive listener, a trait that I have found to be common amongst people who hold responsible positions”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“And you were the one who forwarded that message to me, about the candlelight march at India Gate in his name. And you forgot his name!”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“On 8 June 1994, Jameela and Fayaz were blessed with a boy. They named him Ummer, commonly pronounced as Umar.”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“If Allah is all-merciful, I wonder why he would take away an innocent boy who had barely lived. It is in situations like these that I doubt the very existence of God.”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“When a lie is repeated often enough, it takes on the appearance of truth. This happens in India as well, but democracy, to an extent, keeps a check on these mechanisms of deception.”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir

“Peace is not in the hands of the defender, ma’am. It is always in the hands of the aggressor. India’s defence budget is only 1.17 per cent of its GDP whereas Pakistan spends 2.81 per cent of its total GDP on the defence sector. Why do they need this kind of money for defence when we have never initiated a war”
― Bhaavna Arora, Undaunted: Lt. Ummer Fayaz of Kashmir