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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9491)11/9/1999 8:01:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12475
 
Arifa Iqbal the Precious Indian. (Profiles in courage-Ashok Banker)

Arifa Iqbal knows what an exploding Pakistani shell looks like, sounds like, and even how gruesomely effective a killing device it can be. She sees them falling like rain every day on her way to school. Once, a shell fell near her schoolbus, close enough to rock the entire bus from the side to side. She held on tightly to the back of the seat in front of her and tried not to scream like the other children. But when shells began landing close by her school, she could no longer hold back the screams........

Yet their courage and strength are an inspiration to anyone who wonders what we are fighting for in Kargil. When you see little Arifa Iqbal stick out her chin and answer a question in class with her bright-eyed, cheeky confidence, you realize the meaning of patriotism. She is India. And she is well worth fighting for.

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