India, July 26 -- On Kargil Vijay Diwas, actor Celina Jaitly remembers the period when her father (late) Colonel Vikram Kumar Jaitly was an active serving officer during the war period.

"A 1971 war veteran and an infantryman from the Kumaon Regiment, during the Kargil War, although not deployed at the front, I believe he was involved from base control, playing a role in coordination, communication, and logistics. I was a teenager then and as a daughter, I carry his legacy in pieces, but each one carries immense weight. I saw the weight he carried each day, and throughout his life as an infantry man," recalls Celina.

During the war period she was living in Kolkata. "What I remember most vividly are the blank stares of parents at their so...