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00:30Abstract they are practical. They are lived every day. This is a forward pull
00:35closed, far from the parade routes and public ceremonies. Here, Republic Days of Zion
00:40is preserved not with speeches but with continuity of duty. Borders rarely
00:45feature in national celebrations. Yet it is here that the idea of the Republic becomes standard.
00:50The soldiers posted along the line of control here are not
00:55only fighting an unseen enemy but hostile weather conditions as well.
01:00Thousands of miles away from their families. They guard these barbed wires.
01:05To ensure that no infiltrators cross their friends and create
01:10any unrest in the Kashmir Valley. There is no visible change in routine today.
01:15And that perhaps is the point. The morning begins with briefings. Terrain is reviewed
01:20Equipment is checked methodically without urgency. Modern border management
01:25is not built on constant confrontation. It is built on preparation, information and
01:30judgment. Much of that process cannot be filmed, nor should it be. What can be
01:35seen is disciplined, quiet, repetitive, deliberate. Every decision here is shaped
01:40by one overriding consideration that stability is best preserved when situations are
01:45understood early and handled calmly. Republic Days often associated with this
01:50display of capability, of confidence, of national pride. Here it is marked
01:55differently. The tri-colour flies as it does every day. The watch continues
02:00as it always has. For these soldiers, the Republic is not something celebrated annually.
02:05It is something maintained daily through consistency rather than ceremony.
02:10Whether there are times of peace or war, the soldiers
02:15deployed along the line of control have always their fingers on their rifles.
02:20And their only aim is the enemy sitting across the fence. The firing
02:25drills are a normal practice along LOC to sharpen their scales.
02:30In shooting down the enemy. As evening approaches elsewhere in the country,
02:35families return home from celebrations. At the border, the rhythm does not change.
02:40Night alters the landscape. Visibility narrows. Distances feel longer.
02:45This is when training matters most, not for dramatic moments, but for long hours of
02:50attentiveness. There is little to distinguish this night from any other. And again, that is
02:55deliberate. The Republic is sustained not only by laws and institutions, but by people
03:00entrusted with responsibility far from public view. From this forward post along
03:05the line of control on India's Republic Day, the work continues.
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