It was Sqn Ldr Minty Agarwal who told Wing Commander Abinandan Varthaman to turn back on the day since the communication system was jammed by the Pakistan Air force but he could not hear her instruction.

The country still mourns the loss of CRPF personnel in the recent Pulwama attack, where at least 40 soldiers died in the terrorist attack on 14 February, according to a report by Indian Express. Since then a lot of bravehearts have shown courage and determination to support the families of the martyred. While the martyred soldiers are honoured and […]

“Those baying for war should fight it themselves,” says Vijeta Mandavgane, the widow of Squadron Leader Ninad Mandavgane, the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot who was killed in the Mi-17 crash in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Ninad’s wife paid her last respects to her husband and called for peach between India and Pakistan. “We do […]

Squadron Leader Aarti Singh is the epitome of quiet strength. Widow of deceased IAF officer, Squadron Leader Siddharth Vashisht, whose last rites were performed on Friday with full military honours in Chandigarh, she bid adieu to him clad in her uniform. Vashisht died in a M1-17 helicopter crash at Budgam near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir […]

As the entire country cheered the return of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, one woman who stood tall amid all the uncertainty is Abhinandan’s mother Dr Shobha Varthaman. Having worked in Liberia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Papua New Guinea, Haiti and Laos, Dr Shobha has healed the wounded in some of the worst conflict zones. The nation cheered her for raising […]