“Some wars are fought with silence.”
© 2025 Comic Dimension News — Cover from The Silent Salute by Eshorjit Koijam
THE SILENT SALUTE
A soldier stood for the country. And silently, for his broken heart.
Captain Aarav returned home from duty, never suspecting the battlefield would begin in his own house.
Narrator: Aarav was a decorated officer — loyal, disciplined, and calm.
His wife Rekha, radiant and gentle, had once waited for him at train stations with handwritten notes.
But time had drifted them apart.
Rekha (to Rohan, laughing): “He doesn’t even notice when I wear something new anymore.”
Rohan (grinning): “Maybe it’s time someone else did.”
And so, a line was crossed — quietly, then constantly.
“Some wounds bleed louder when you pretend not to hear them.”
Aarav noticed one day. A whisper. A message left open.
Aarav (to himself): “I’ve seen enough lies in war to recognize one at home.”
But he said nothing. He packed his uniform and left — not to a base. But to Tera Dhaba.
At the roadside hotel, he met **Priya**, the cook.
Simple. Honest. No masks.
Priya (smiling): “You look like a man carrying a thousand unsaid things.”
Aarav (softly): “And you serve paratha with peace.”
So he kept returning.
Months passed. Aarav smiled more. Rekha noticed.
Rekha (suspicious): “Where are you always going these days?”
She followed once. Saw him laughing. Talking on the phone.
It wasn’t anger — it was surprise.
Rekha (whispering): “He moved on?”
That night, they argued.
Rekha (crying): “You have someone else!”
Aarav (calm): “I found someone who didn’t lie.”
She broke.
Rekha: “I was wrong, Aarav. I betrayed your love. I lost it.”
Aarav: “You didn’t lose it. You gave it away.”
“Forgiveness is not forgetting — it’s choosing not to carry the pain forward.”
Rekha: “Can we try again?”
Aarav: “Only when truth sits at the table — not just love.”
Silence. A nod. No promises. Just space.
Aarav didn’t leave. But he didn’t return the same man.
Sometimes the strongest salute is the one that chooses peace — even after war.
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