When 27-year-old gentleman cadet (GC) Rajshekhar was commissioned from the Indian Military Academy (IMA) as Lieutenant in the Indian Army in Dehradun on Saturday, it was no less than a miracle.
Not too long ago, doctors at the Dehradun military hospital ruled out his chances of survival as he had suffered multiple organ failure after collapsing during a routine drill in the academy.
Doctors said his kidney and liver had suffered 70% damage. He had to be confined to hospital for 40 days.
Hailing from Maidanbatti, a small village in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, Lieutenant Rajshekhar learnt to fight against all odds as a teenager.
He got his first posting, attached with the 12 Assam Rifles in Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield.
Read more of this story of never-say-die attitude in a report by Kalyan Dar published in Hindustan Times....
