July 19, 1999

Chandigarh

Neetika Poonia, a young dentist, came to the Command Hospital one morning with a very pertinent request. She wanted to help the injured soldiers by writing out their letters to their families. "It's a small way to share their pain," says Poonia who visits the battle casualty wards each evening. "What they tell me to write is sheer patriotism and courage." The gesture is not lost on the jawans. "It calms our nerves," says sepoy Surinder Singh who lost an arm and a leg in battle.

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