Love Letters

20 April 2019

My Dearest Sweetheart

It was a brilliant day. I received your letter. I saved it up to read after I came back from the mission. I barely had time to pull out my wallet and look at my favourite pic of you. It stays close to my heart you know. In the blink of the eye, I travelled back to the newly inaugurated Café, where we had gone , just chatting, and laughing together. You looked like a dream in your bright yellow tee shirt flashing your dimples at me, as your eyes twinkled with mischief!

It was a tough task. We had come to know of some guys who had crossed over as the snows have started to melt. The whole day we were out tracking them. Its such a beautiful place, Nature’s blessings abound, yet there was no time to stop and stare. Thankfully, the training kicks in with everyone focused on their task. We are proud of our regiment and will not let anything sully its name.

Now, to listen to your heart talking to mine…

More after I finish reading!

A big kiss to Superman!

Love you with all my heart,

Kisses and hugs

Yours alone

Romeo

25 April 2019

My Dearest Darling,

What a wonderful day it has been! I received your love wrapped in the Army mail.

So proud of you Darling! Go and get them Tiger. Sometimes I wonder how lucky our country is to have her sons and daughters ready to lay down their lives before they would allow anyone to harm the rest of their brethren.

Well, our little one is growing up fast.

He is gobbling up Parathas, without making me run after him. He says, “I have to be strong like DaDa!” Ha ha!

Lots of love from your Superman. I have enclosed his drawings for his Dada.

With all my love to my one and only Romeo

(Such a tacky nickname)

Yours lovingly

Wifey! ( Just a quickie today)

22 April 2019

My Dearest Sweetheart

What a lot is happening in our world! So glad you are there to bring up our little Superman. Reading about all he does and says makes me feel I am not missing out anything. He makes my heartbeat extra fast, extra loud! Definitely he takes up after me.  We will be the proud parents one day, when he dons his uniform. He has to join the regiment. After all he has parental claim… the only inheritance I can pass on, is of grit, valour, and service to our country.

As a child I was most impressed by the driver of my Father’s Jonga. Did I tell you that? I wanted to be a Jonga driver Ha! Ha! But my father was proud I wanted to don the uniform.

It has been a little hectic here, but with Ma Durga’s blessings and your love with me, I am in the pink of health. Missing my runs with dear Sheroo. Running after these rascals definitely revs up the adrenaline but running with your loving pet is bliss. So, when are you going to start running with me?

I have been struggling with the pen for an hour now and managed to write just this much. How do you manage to fill page after page, is a mystery…? But I don’t want it to stop. They are my life potion.

 Do give a big hug and kiss to our Superman!

Love you with all my heart,

Kisses and hugs

Yours alone

Romeo

27 April 2019

My Dearest Darling,

 We had a little Pooja at home as suggested by Mom and Dad! Everything went off well, Sheela from next door was as helpful as ever. We ladies in the Separated family accommodation are lucky to have each other, as soul mates, and extended families.

Its such a relief to be able to have friends who don’t judge you and understand you.

I am sure you got those rascals. Some cheek they have to thumb their noses at us.

Ah that evening at the café! How time flies! It seems like the other day, when you were out to charm me to death… but I had already given my heart to you!

I actually felt like the heroines from a Yash Raj movie. You can pass off for a hero with a little imagination. In my mind I was playing the song … sooraj hua maddham chand jalne laga…. On loop, the chinar leaves are at your end of course! Ha ha!

Lots of love from your Superman. I have enclosed a special card made for his Dada.

Our favourite song these days is guess what….

Tum bharat ke veer ho,

Tum apne desh ke rakshak ho.

 Tu apni himmat badaye ja,

 jati bhedbhav ko mitaye ja.

Kadam Badaye Ja,

Piche Hatna kaam nahi,

aage badhe ja.

There’s some good news too, in the offing. A new member is on its way to join our family. When can you come home for some leave?

With all my love to my one and only Romeo

Yours lovingly

Wifey!

05 May 2019

My Dearest Sweetheart

Fantastic! Good news! I am going to be a father again! I wish we have a little girl, someone like you… Wonder Woman. Rushing this to you with all my love.

Do give a big hug and kiss to our Superman! He will soon become an elder brother.

Got to go!

Love you with all my heart,

Kisses and hugs

Yours alone

Romeo

25 May 2019

My Dearest Darling,

How could you just leave us like this?

Yes, duty before anything else, Yes, the men you command  before your own family or self, but at least we deserved a goodbye. Didn’t we?

What will I tell our Superman… that he may join his father’s regiment, but he will never meet him again?

And our child yet to arrive? Thanks for that gift to me, for these two will be my purpose. Such responsibility you have entrusted me with.

Both will don the uniform and hopefully both will be a spitting image of you. My tears I have wrapped up along with your uniform and put them at the bottom of our black trunk.

They said you killed all four of them, that you saved your men by taking the bullet in your own chest, that your men kept their cool and brought down each one who dared to cast their evil eyes towards the Motherland and caused you harm.

I am proud of you, but I miss you so much….

Lots of love from your little Superman.

With all my love to my one and only Romeo, my hero

Yours lovingly

Wifey!

Author’s notes : The following is the anthem of the Paracommandos

Tum bharat ke veer ho,

Tum apne desh ke rakshak ho.

 Tu apni himmat badaye ja,

 jati bhedbhav ko mitaye ja.

Kadam Badaye Ja,

Piche Hatna kaam nahi,

aage badhe ja.