Thread by @srikantkesnur

This is so sad & shocking. Indeed a mighty Oak in the field of defence & aerospace writing. Have had the honour of meeting him just three times but we hit off well & I just loved the way he carried himself. Suave, tall, elegant, great raconteur, shining eyes, cheerful voice,

https://twitter.com/SandeepUnnithan/status/1389502702174969858

2/n. He was a magnetic presence. Last met him at C'garh Mil Lit Fest in Dec 2019. Very encouraging of my Maritime History pursuits, he spoke about @arunp2810 & he working on a sequel of his 2006 book 'Fly Navy' which continues to be amongst the best on Indian Naval Aviation.

3/n.That book incidentally has a foreword by the very distinguished aviator Admiral @arunp2810 . I am not an Avgeek but U can understand the sense of loss not just in that community but Defence writing as a whole. I have often joked with that @IAF_MCC is lucky to have people like

4/n. @ReviewVayu, @TheBrownBeagle @writetake @KapilChandni #JaganPillarisetti do books & act as it's evangelists. We stayed in email touch, he sent me copies of @ReviewVayu & asked me to write for it sometime. We had a flurry of email exchanges a year ago, last May in fact, on

5/n. Indians in World Wars. A mention came up of Indian Brigade in Burma & Timmy, Thorat & Bogey Sen. Pushpinder Sir mentioned that his Dad was contemporary of Timmy & Thorat, had retired as a Maj Gen at 49 yrs & joined the Foreign Service. He also let out that Kumud daughter of

6/n. Lt Gen Thorat & he were like twins sharing the same birthday. I sent him the article 'A Hill called Melrose' written by Dr Yashwant (Bhaiyya) Thorat, son of the late General. He responded asking me if I had the latter's contact number which I promised to find out but alas

7/n. Could not. Was looking forward to meeting him at Delhi post the pandemic but that's not to be. Blue Skies Sir as you Sail yonder. @indiannavy @arunp2810 @JaggiBedi @subnut @rhinohistorian @shekhar19541 @JA_Maolankar @AhujaSurendra @Cmde_GPrakash @realkaypius @TheBrownBeagle

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