Category: National Heroes

Remembering Sardar Bhagat Singh Shaheed…

Today is the 104th birth anniversary of Sardar Bhagat Singh Shaheed – a man who truly became a legend in his own lifetime. His story must be familiar to almost all of you. Many...

In the season of fasts, does anyone remember Jatin Das?

From “Remember Jatindra Nath Das?” by Sh Balbir K Punj (emphasis added): On September 13, 1929, a youth from Bengal gave up his life in a prison of Lahore fasting for 63 days. He literally...

Kargil’s first hero & a truly humbling experience..

Just spoke to the brave parents of Captain Saurabh Kalia, Kargil’s first war hero…It was a truly moving and humbling experience.. As many of you would know, On May 15, Lt Kalia along with...

Remembering Khudiram Bose..

Most of us brought up in an education system that does little to celebrate our national heroes can be forgiven for forgetting that today is the death anniversary of one of the most extraordinary...