Yes sir, You CanSir

Today we lost another Paratrooper but for a different reasons.

Cancer.

Reason, however may be anything his life is superbly inspirational, like of any paratrooper should be. The way he smiled at cancer and lived a king size life, even cancer must have realized,

Yes sir, you CanSir.

I am sharing a message received from his RMO (Regimental Medical Officer) Maj Sanjeev Malik as recieved.

Indian Army, 2 Para SF and we all Indians will always be proud of him.

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Quote,

" RIP Col NS Bal,SC????

True Special Forces Warrior

When i met my CO Col NS Bal,SC in football field way back in May 2018 i thought some young officer(Lt/Capt) is playing given the tremendous amount of energy and effort he was putting in the game. His fitness was remarkable and he displayed unique dynamism in day to day routine activities.

During routine training he observed slight swelling in his rt arm after doing a marathon of chin ups. I thought that swelling could have developed due to exertion or haematoma. However, after radiological evaluation it was found to be some mass involving muscle of rt arm. And then commenced a chain of lengthy and tedious work up like biopsy and MRI. Finally, it was revealed that there is some rare type of cancer called telangiectactic osteosarcoma rt arm. Subsequently, he was managed with chemotherapy and amputation rt arm. Unfortunately, it turned out to be an aggressive cancer with metastasis occuring at a fast rate and soon cancer spread to lungs, liver qnd heart.

I salute to the indomitable spirit of Col Bal and he consistently highlighted it in his routine work despite aggressive spread of the the cancer.

Fighting all odds, once he ran 21Km half marathon inspite of cancer hampering his normal breathing and debunked common notion of defeatability. He was an absolute champion. A true Special Forces warrior. He exhibited optimism and cheerfulnes round the clock. He is a perfect testimony of how a person with cancer should live his normal life.

On one occasion during routine cancer check up treating Onco physician was amazed to see his motivation and cheerfulness during interaction and he remarked that i have not seen a cancer patient in my life with so much positive attitude

When the entire world was battling Corona pandemic Col NS Bal, SC was fighting a more lethal entity than Coronavirus. Hopefully mankind shall vanquish this enemy one day. Finally, he succumbed to the aggressive cancer on 09 Apr 2020 and soul departed. Sir you shall forever remain a champion and inspiration for us. RIP????

Maj Sanjeev Malik

RMO 2 Para SF " Unquote.

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Col Bal, may not be there among us today but his positivity towards life will keep inspiring us forever.

Jai hind