Thread by @meenakshisharan

My mama Arun Mehta,fought 1965 & 1971 Indo-Pak wars,resigned from Air Force due to unavoidabe circumstances
🔥of Patriotism in me thrives because of the books he’d gift me
I got #VeerSavarkar Indian War of Independence 1857 at age 14
Today, he resigned from his worldly duties..

.. but the legacy of National Pride that he left behind will continue to live in me & after me in my children.. ..

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ।।

आत्मा को न किसी शस्त्र द्वारा खण्ड-खण्ड किया जा सकता है, न अग्नि द्वारा जलाया जा सकता है, न जल द्वारा भिगोया या वायु द्वारा सुखाया जा सकता है ..
...in his last moments he was reading 👇🏻