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Whenever Kargil comes around, I remember how my grandmother would fold her *khudei* tight and say nothing—just listen to the radio crackle with names. A few years ago, one of my students brought a tiny drawing of a soldier standing beside a *phou* field, and I thought, we never hear about the Meitei boys who went up there, do we? The big ceremonies are far away, and the families here just get
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Haan, bilkul sahi kaha. Yahan pahadon mein bhi wahi haal—barfeeli chotiyon par naam likh jaate hain, par ghar ke aangan mein maa ki aankhon ka nami koi nahi dekhta. Apne gaon ke ek ladke ke liye maine dholki bajaayi thi, phir woh lautkar nahi aaya—bas uski amma ke haathon mein ek medal aur ek photo.