# Celina Jaitly's Heart-Wrenching Army Day Tribute: "Families Serve Too, Just Without Medals" **Imagine a family torn apart by unseen battles—not on the front lines, but in courtrooms and waiting rooms.** On Army Day, Bollywood actress and former beauty queen Celina Jaitly poured her heart out in an Instagram post honoring her brother, retired Major Vikrant Kumar Jaitly, detained in Abu Dhabi for over 14 months.[1][3][4][6] Celina's post strikes deep, reminding us that soldiers' families bear invisible scars. She captioned it: "#armyday Families serve too, just without medals."[1][2][4] Sharing a throwback photo from her visit to Vikrant's unit in the valley, she recalled a poignant moment: an officer, later martyred on a mission, placed his para beret on her head and said, "'Ma'am, our families stand behind us & pay an equal price of bravery while we stand at the front.'"[3][4][5] Vikrant, a fourth-generation soldier from a lineage including their father Colonel Jaitly, joined the Indian Army at just 18 through technical entry.[1][3][5] He served with the elite 3 Para SF, earned the Chief of Army Staff's Commendation Card, and contributed to UN peacekeeping in Lebanon.[3][5] Celina shared a 2000 letter he wrote shortly after enlisting, capturing his youthful patriotism: a boy "forged long before the uniform, long before the medal, & long before the battlefield."[1][3][5]
*Image: Honoring the unwavering spirit of Indian Army personnel and their families (Unsplash).*
Citations
1.https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/celina-jaitly-pays-tribute-to-detained-brother/story
2.https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/features/celina-jaitly-pens-heartbreaking-tribute-army-day-brother-detained-uae-families-serve-just-without-medals/
3.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sunjay-kapur-inheritance-row-priya-sachdev-files-criminal-defamation-case-against-mandhira-kapur-smith-amid-estate-dispute/articleshow/126615548.cms
4.https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/on-army-day-celina-jaitlys-emotional-note-for-brother-vikrant-who-was-detained-in-uae-families-serve-too-just-without-medals-10762270
5.https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/celina-jaitly-pens-heartbreaking-tribute-army-day-brother-detained-uae-families-serve-just-without-medals/
6.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/celina-jaitly-makes-emotional-army-day-post-amid-brothers-detainment-families-serve-too-just-without-medals/articleshow/126615685.cms
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