Brig BM Cariappa, another Kargil hero from the 5 Para Regiment (Special Forces), said the lesson for him from the war was that one needed to be fit and prepared for any eventuality, all kinds of contingencies, at all points of time.He said there was always a way to defeat tactics brought in by the enemy.”So, they had laid landmines all over the place. But, we actually walked through those landmines, despite so many being laid over there,” he told PTI.Special honours were conferred posthumously on two war heroes of Kargil. Neha Dwivedi, daughter of Maj CB Dwivedi, received it on behalf of the family.Dwivedi, the co-author of “Vijyant At Kargil: The Biography of a War Hero” said, “Essentially, every braveheart who laid down his life is an equal contribution in the victory of Kargil War and the nation, so to speak.”A doctor, Dwivedi said she recalled the day with “some sadness” but also with a “lot of pride”.”Twenty-five years is a long time, and a good chunk of those 25 years, we recalled it with a sense of loss and sadness perhaps. Because we were also very young. I was only 12 when we lost him. My mother herself was just in her 30s. And we have processed the story, retold his story, lived with it, cried with it. And now is the time, on a day like this, I can speak without breaking down,” she said.”But we remember him like he was with us yesterday,” she added.
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