My Military Grandfa

He born and studied his primary education in Burma and that time Burma faced drought so government asked other country people to leave. So he back to his mother country India. His father left India some 40 years before

When he came back he doesn’t have any means to survive. He is having one elder sister and younger brother. One day from Indian Army officers came to select people. He went for selection without asking anyone in home. He is young, aggressive, stout man so he got selected very easily

But the problem is because he born in Burma and now he is an immigrant from Burma. But the positive thing is his father born in India. After enquiring all this stuffs, that military officer asked him to get certificate from panchayat thalaivar and finally he got that certificate

Within two months he got call letter and entered into a prestigious and proud service ya, Indian Army. And he got married and gave birth to one girl. He worked in Maharashtra as an Army officer for 4 yrs and then he moved to navy

He started working in Indian Navy in Andaman. Stayed with his wife. He arranged marriage to his only beloved daughter. Even he is a military man. He is soft nature, he never shouts his people, he never get angry on his daughter he loved his daughter to the core.

After a year his daughter gave birth to one gal child on July, 1994. He felt happy and peace when he touched his granddaughter’s tiny legs, pinkish hands he found his meaning of life. Even he is a grandfather he felt very young by his heart. That child’s smile made him feel blessed.

After that visit, he didn’t come India for 15 years. Most of his conversation with his granddaughter is via telephone. He sees her growing through photographs. He is living with those photographs. Soon, they became his treasure. He heard each and every news about her only via phone

.Being Navy officer became this tough??  Even now he loved his job. He wants to serve his country. He felt pride in serving to his mother country. The worst part is he and his wife didn’t attend their parent’s funeral. But he never regrets that. He didn’t do his duty to his mother but he did to his mother country.

And now he got retired, and came to Tamil Nadu. He had broken when his granddaughter didn’t identify him. He earned so much but he didn’t earn love from his granddaughter. And gave all his savings, pension money to his granddaughter.

He gave all his love to her. His granddaughter didn’t expect money from him. She expects only a love and affection from him. She wants him to stay with her. And he granted her granddaughter wish. Build home in Tamil Nadu stayed hereafter...

And stayed with his family... and started living happily...

 And I ‘m proud to tell that, man is my grandfather. And I’m saluting for his hard work and honesty  in his service…