“Sir, I’ll cremate my soldiers first. Then I’ll go home.”
That’s what Subedar Major Diwan Singh told us in Siachen.
He had just lost his daughter.
And still — in minus 30 degrees, with three fallen soldiers wrapped in tarpaulin —
he chose duty over grief.
He sat by their bodies for 48 hours.
No food. No water. No sleep.
The wood wouldn't catch fire in the cold.
Still, he waited. Still, he stayed.
Only after the last soldier was laid to rest… did he go home to bury his own child.
No MBA.
No resume.
Just spine.
🎙️ Watch him recite this incident and get goosebumps here
Meanwhile, let’s talk about you.
You’re 28. Maybe 31. Maybe still “figuring it out.”
You’ve got a CV with 3 internships, 9 courses, 27 LinkedIn certificates —
and a mind full of confusion, comparison, and career panic.
You scroll through reels that say “discipline is freedom” while lying in bed at 2:37 AM.
You scream internally:
“I’m 29. Still broke. Still lost. What the hell is wrong with me?”
You know what’s wrong?
YOU HAVE NO CODE.
You’re chasing careers, not causes.
Recognition, not resilience.
You want shortcuts to success —
while men like Diwan Singh lived by a code so fierce, it burned through blizzards and bullets.
And the man who told me this story?
Not some old-timer with nostalgia goggles.
It was Major General Anil Sengar — Sword of Honour, Gold Medalist from IMA (1979),
Commander of 5 GUARDS, Sector Commander of Rashtriya Rifles in the Valley,
UN Peacekeeper, 8-time author, and recipient of the Government of Lebanon’s Medal of Honour (Silver Degree).
He’s not just a soldier.
He’s what most of us will never dare to become:
A man of conscience.
A leader who said no to flawed orders.
A warrior who put his men before medals.
A thinker who chose to “die empty” — pouring his wisdom into books so you don’t rot in your excuses.
So what does this mean for you?
It means this:
- Stop crying over your CV.
Start building character. - Stop blaming Instagram for your FOMO.
Start asking: What will they say about me when I’m gone? - Stop overthinking your next career move.
Start asking:
“What the hell do I stand for?”
You don’t need a perfect plan.
You don’t need a flawless past.
You need a code —
Something you live by when no one’s watching.
Something that holds when everything else breaks.
Because in the end, your degree won’t carry you.
Your resume won’t bury you.
Only your character will remain.
So stop waiting to be chosen.
Start becoming the kind of person no one can ignore.
Let the world chase titles.
You?
Chase truth. Chase discipline. Chase legacy.
And when it’s your turn to choose —
between comfort and conscience,
between running and rising—
Choose fire.
-Ravi Kapoor IRS (R)