what to do all in 3 sec kr On Sun, 23 Nov 2025 at 14:28, Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: N Sekar <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 12:57 PM > Subject: Re: Fwd: > To: <[email protected]>, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]>, > Bala N. Aiyer <[email protected]>, ARR <[email protected]>, > Dr Sundaram Srinivasan <[email protected]>, Chittanandam V R < > [email protected]>, APS Mani <[email protected]>, YM < > [email protected]>, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]>, > Capt. Ravi Mahajan <[email protected]>, Vanakkam Subbu < > [email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>, V. > Sridharan <[email protected]>, Yeddanapudi Markandeyulu < > [email protected]>, gopala krishnan <[email protected]>, > SRIRAMAJAYAM <[email protected]>, Mathangi k kumar < > [email protected]>, Suryanarayana Ambadipudi < > [email protected]>, Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>, > Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]>, venkat raman < > [email protected]> > Cc: Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>, Surendra Varma < > [email protected]> > > > Thank you. > > What a tribute, what a tribute, that too from an enemy Nation. Thanks to > him for a truly remarkable obitury. > > I wish our leaders, opposition leaders mainly, read this and learn to > respect our soldiers. > It is under the protection they provide, we sleep well. > > My heart goes out to the family of the hero, who undertook dangerous > manoveurs just so that our flag can fly high. > > My pranams and thanks to all our braveheets, we remember you in our > prayers. > > N Sekar > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer> > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM, Rama > <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Subject ... A Tribute* > > *An obituary for a fellow fallen air force pilot can't get better than > this. And it becomes at its finest when the words come from none other than > your "so called" arch enemy. This is professional respect and camaraderie > beyond borders of hate at its best.* > > *This piece on Wing Commander Namansh Syal is written by a fellow Air > Force pilot from Pakistan Air Force Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan.* > > *Here's the tribute... It is a MUST READ.* > > *š¼ ššš”šŖš©š š¼šš§š¤šØšØ šš šššØ* > > *The news of an Indian Air Force Tejas falling silent during an aerobatic > display at the Dubai Air Show breaks something deeper than headlines can > capture. Aerobatics are poetry written in vapor trails at the far edge of > physicsāwhere skill becomes prayer, courage becomes offering, and precision > exists in margins thinner than breath. These are not performances for > cameras; they are testimonies of human mastery, flown by souls who accept > the unforgiving contract between gravity and grace in service of a flag > they would die defending.* > > *To the Indian Air Force, to the family now navigating an ocean of > absence: I offer what words can never carryācondolence wrapped in > understanding that only those whoāve worn wings can truly know. A pilot has > not merely fallen. A guardian of impossible altitudes has been summoned > home. Somewhere tonight, a uniform hangs unworn. Somewhere, a child asks > when the father returns. Somewhere, the sky itself feels emptier.* > > *But what wounds me beyond the crash, beyond the loss, is the poison of > mockery seeping from voices on our side of a border that should never > divide the brotherhood of those who fly. This is not patriotismāit is the > bankruptcy of the soul. One may question doctrines, challenge strategies, > even condemn policies with righteous furyābut never, not in a universe > governed by honor, does one mock the courage of a warrior doing his duty in > the cathedral of the sky. He flew not for applause but for love of country, > just as our finest do. That demands reverence, not ridicule wrapped in > nationalist pride gone rancid.* > > *I too have watched brothers vanish into silenceāSherdil Leader Flt Lt > Alamdar and Sqn Ldr Hasnatāmen who lived at altitudes where angels hold > their breath, men who understood that the sky demands everything and > promises nothing. At the moment an aircraft goes quiet, there are no > nationalities, no anthems, no flags. There is only the terrible democracy > of loss, and families left clutching photographs of men who once touched > clouds.* > > *A true professional recognizes another professional across any divide. A > true warriorāone worthy of the titleāsalutes courage even when it wears the > wrong uniform, flies the wrong colors, speaks the wrong tongue. Anything > less diminishes not them, but us. Our mockery stains our own wings, > dishonors our own fallen, makes our claims hollow to valor.* > > *Let me speak clearly: courage knows no passport. Sacrifice acknowledges > no border. The pilot who pushes his machine to its screaming limits in > service of national pride deserves honorāwhether he flies under saffron, > white and green, or under green and white alone.* > > *May the departed aviator find eternal skies beyond all turbulence, where > machines never fail and horizons stretch forever.* > > *May his family discover strength in places language cannot reach, in the > knowledge that their loss illuminates something sacred about human courage.* > > *And may weāon both sides of lines drawn in sand and bloodāfind the > maturity to honor what deserves honoring, to mourn what deserves mourning, > and to remember that before we are citizens of nations, we are citizens of > skyāall of us temporary, all of us mortal, all of us trying to touch > something infinite before gravity reclaims us.* > > *The sky grieves without borders. Let us do the same.* > > *Cheers* > *Rama * > > *Ramaswamy* > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZcoS%2B%3Dw%2B8prf6Tn3SP0kDc1%3DETAKTJ41fDE2x_DPmy%2B%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZcoS%2B%3Dw%2B8prf6Tn3SP0kDc1%3DETAKTJ41fDE2x_DPmy%2B%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoob4JkhDYMOtFLYmMpSOZQ%3DGWdXVCF5vYY-PGj2UbZ0Wg%40mail.gmail.com.
