SikhiWiki:Today's featured article/October 11, 2009
In 1986-87, I was posted as a Major, at an army outpost in the village of Segang-Menchukha, in the north western corner of West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
One night I was woken up in the middle of the night by loud and persistent knocking at my door. “Who could it be at this time?” I wondered.
When I opened the door, I found it to be the village headman, locally known as 'Gaon Burha'. He was in an obvious state of distress and told me that his son was dying of a severe pain in his stomach and asked if I would send for a doctor.
I considered it fit to check the patient myself before I telephoned the doctor, who was some distance away and the track was quite hazardous. I decided to accompany Gaon Burha.
He led me to his wooden hut, which was divided into two, the portion in front was for cooking and at the rear was the living room where I found a young boy writhing in pain and crying.
As a precautionary measure, I had taken some pain-killing and Digene tablets with me, which I offered to the sick boy. .....More
