What Is CRPF ??
CRPF is:-
When a cold and shivering jawan gets you a cup of hot tea on a DEEP JUNGLE UNDER LIFE THREAT.
When your sixth sense tells you that there is something wrong AT DISTANCE OF 100 meters.
When you meet with an accident and the first thing you check is hows is Ur buddy before checking the serviceability of your legs.
When u wake up suddenly from a dreadful dream and try to find Ur rifle, and then realising that u are at home on leave..
When you speak the language of your boys.
When you sit from dusk to dawn in an ambush on FESTIVAL DAYS, and u keep on waiting to celebrate later..
When you are a master at LUP, lanterns, solar lights, and travelling in trains without reservations.
When u don't even think once before sitting or lying down anywhere, and Ur brother says "Abe bhai Kahan baith Raha hai".
When u mistakenly ask " koi or point to nahi h na"., to Ur mom..
When u look for olive green for every shirt or t shirt, even for Ur wedding suit.
When you know more about cramps and cold injuries than your average doctor.
When a girl in the pub is indicated by clock-ray method. 2 BJE KI LINE ..
When only your buddy can dig out the thing you want from your rucksack.
When your pain submits to your will.
When you find it funny when your relative says he’s going on a holiday to a hill station. OR WANT TO LEAVE IN PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT
When your profession is a matter of discussion during marriage proposals., And u just get rejected because u r serving in CRPF.
When you do not believe in ghosts but do believe in Peer BabA, Regional God's, Bheji Mata..
When u take leave of Ur loved ones to invest more of Ur time caressing Ur rifle and uniform..
When you know the real meaning of camouflage, in field, in parties, in unit routine and in your own house.
When any wake up call seems like CHM calling u and knocking in your head during training..
When you can live, anywhere, with anybody, on anything that nature can offer.
When you know this LMG will be re-sited by everybody up the ladder, till it comes back to where you had sited it initially.
When somebody asks, “Do you play Golf?” and you look at the brass on your shoulder and say “Not yet!”
When you are the biggest consumer of foot powder, DMP oil, water sterilization kit, ORS packets and Meals Ready to Eat in the JUNGLE.
When you gave it all that you have got, and some more.
When you are the only one to get trained in JUNGLE SURVIVAL . And expect it to happen.
When your girlfriend thinks you are Rambo, Commando, Gladiator and Braveheart, all rolled into one. Your CO, by the way, thinks you are none.
When you get lost in a multiplex with signboards but are at ease in a jungle with a compass.
When you can die for, what you have lived for.
Thats the CRPF..
Pipl call it CRPF,
The CRPF MEN call it LIFE...
Shubh@m Gupt@
Asst. Commandant
CRPF
