Gujjar Houses, Padri Pass, Chamba, HP

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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

From the poem “For The Fallen” by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), published in The Times newspaper on 21 September 1914.

Lt Nawang Kapadia

Nawang, the younger son of Harish, was keenly interested in adventure with his father. He joined him for several treks in the local hills and few expdiitopns, including one to the Siachen Glacier. But he wanted to excel more than his father. So, he opted for more challenging and adventurous life- to join the Indian army.

Though he came from a family of cloth traders, he called the business environment and shop he was to go everyday as an “Air-conditioned Jail”! So, he applied to join the army, worked very had for it and was selected to join the famed Gorkha Battalion. When he joined, in the year 2000, the militancy in Kashmir was at peak. Many young officers and soldier lost their lives or were seriously injured. Lt Nawang was one of them, who made the supreme sacrifice in service of the country and protecting the Himalaya.

Rangjung monsatery, East Bhutan

Full details of his life, valour and events are available on a dedicated website www.nawang.com. It contains pictures, stories of his life and details of the action which claimed his life.

Here are few short articles that Harish wrote for his son and about his feeling as he made ‘The Longest Journey’ from Darjeeling (where he was trekking then) to Mumbai on receiving the news of death of Nawang. His various thoughts are written here as small articles.

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