The Love Story of a Soldier

He was an Indian soldier, she was a Kashmiri. Could this have a happy ending?

ByLt Gen H S Panag
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The Love Story of a Soldier
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Spring was in full bloom in the Vale of Kashmir and sitting in the 100-year-old Chinar Hut, as the Northern Army Commander, I looked back upon the first five months of my tenure with mixed feelings. Two hundred terrorists had been eliminated; summer posture for counter infiltration was in place; the snow-damaged fence was being repaired at a feverish pitch; but human rights violations were continuing to be a matter of concern.

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