battle of saragarhi

I have always wondered what is to be on winning side .Though to speak honestly , I would rather go down in flames fighting on loser’s side than winning . At times losing has a charm which makes u go through the minefield of life . After all if is there anything left to fight for . Then suddenly , u find one day that u have that one thing to fight for n then u realize it’s just not worth fighting for . ever heard the song piano man by billy joel ? there’s that little bit of cynicism of that song that makes it everlasting . I was reading a couple of days back about the true account of a battle that took place in 1897 ,rated 5th on all time : - not becoz it was lost but because it was 26 people fighting a losing battle and yet fighting .”the battle of saragarhi “ . There were 26 people sitting ducks surrounded by over 3000-4000 tribal pathans n yet all fighting till the finish, at that time does death actually matter ? I guess not . for then wat matters is life needs to be paid back for living . recently one of my friends asked wat would u do if u were in similar situation ….he said most probably do the same thing answering his own question becoz he is going to lose his life anyway . but I still have this doubt in nook of my mind ……..