Pangs of Leadership

My dear folks, Have you ever experienced the divine intervention of God in your life?

- COL. ASOKAN

Ever felt the exhilaration of being close to your creator? I felt this mystic, inexplicable close encounter with my Maker, once in my life. I was a young Lieutenant posted in an Air Defence Missile Regiment, near Chandigarh. That fateful day my Battery (sub-unit) was returning from Ramgarh Firing Ranges after our Annual Firing practice camp. I was the Convoy Commander of our fleet of vehicles and equipment. As the convoy approached Nada Sahib Gurudwara, I got a wireless message from my 2/IC, from the rear. One huge 5 KVA Generator and the towing truck had crashed against a tree and tumbled into an abyss. I rushed back and to my dismay found that the giant Generator had crushed the truck from top and five of my jawans were trapped inside it. There was utter chaos and pandemonium. We climbed down into the deep pit and could witness the pain and agony of the jawans, pinned down under the rib cage of the truck. It was my first experience of a life