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Winter 2015

Family

portrait of a large beautiful lion

I am going to share something about my uncle. His name is Mr.Kamaljit Singh. He is my father’s younger brother. He has his own restaurant in Dinanagar which is a very small town in India. On the morning of 27th July 2015 he was going to buy vegetables for his hotel in his car at 5 o’clock. When he was on his way suddenly, three terrorists started shooting bullets on him.

Despite being shot in the left arm twice, my uncle reversed his car and tried to run over three terrorists amid firing. He was again shot in the chest and his right arm. He is such a brave man, being in such kind of situation he pretended to be dead. The terrorists took his car and attacked Police Station there. By the evening three of them were killed by the police and army.

Five years later my uncle has recovered partially. His left arm amputated and walk like a shuffle. His daughter who got married in the October, was never given the promised job. He has a son which is mentally disabled. Life is now like a nightmare for my brave and courageous uncle.