Above: Paying homage to Amar Jawan Jyoti, the Tomb of the Immortal Soldier, on Republic Day. (Bharat-Rakshak)

       Few wars have been as scrupulously ignored as the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

       Perhaps because it was so traumatic a national disaster and so painful a national embarrassment, the government, the media and the common man seemingly refuse to acknowledge the conflict. There is such a dearth of information - even recognizance -  of the war, despite it causing a tectonic geopolitical shift in the Cold War, despite the thousands of square miles of Indian territory lost... and, most painfully, despite the thousands martyred in their service to their Motherland.

       It is precisely because of this last point that this website was created. Every internet source describing the conflict, from Chinese forums the authors frequented, to discourteous and blasé references of the War relegated to a few meek sentences in articles in the Indian press, showed an ignorance of the legitimacy of the Indian stance, an ignorance of  the events leading up to the War, and an ignorance of the War itself. Oftentimes, websites - and not just Sinocentric ones - would deliberately engage in misinformation, hoping to force unjustifiable shame on the India well-wisher and cause unwarranted embarrassment to the Indian soldier. The stigma of the War is so far-reaching in Indian society, that for a veteran to even be associated with the War has become just cause for humiliation, though it was the Indian Jawans' finest hour.

       Treating the conflict this way dishonors the memory, the bravery and the dignity of the Indian soldier. Despite them facing insurmountable odds in the enemy's favor, they individually preformed extraordinarily in their duties. Their sheer bravery is an inspiration to the authors of this website.

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Is it not a disgraceful defeat to the courageous warrior
If his glaring eyes so much as blink when the lance is hurled at him?

-Tirukkural 78: 775

       About the Authors:

	Harshavardhan Vedak Harshavardhan can trace his avid interest in military history to a visit to the Willow Run airshow where he met and received autographs from World War Two B-24 aviators. Topics of his greatest interest are India-China and India-Pakistan relations. He is currently attending college and masquerades as a Deejays for gas money. You can check out his remix crew's website: Detroit Desi & the  Milwaukee '305 Northside Crew
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