Chhattisgarh Attack: When Reputational Approach for Martyrdom gets blurred for a soldier
By Shazia Anwer Cheema
The Mongol’s lightning-swift horses, surprise attacks, skillful military tactics, and use of terror to subdue populations had made them the feared scourge for ancient China as well as Europe. Genghis Khan is said to have remarked: “The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them wet with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.”