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“Dad never came home early. That night, however, he did. When I asked him, he said, ‘I wanted to surprise you.’ I remember asking him to take me for a long drive and ice cream. My mother intervened, saying, ‘Let him eat, and then you can go.’
“Dad never came home early. That night, however, he did. When I asked him, he said, ‘I wanted to surprise you.’ I remember asking him to take me for a long drive and ice cream. My mother intervened, saying, ‘Let him eat, and then you can go.’
She had made egg curry for him."
"I cannot stand the smell of eggs, so I told him, ‘Call me once you are done eating; I’ll be in my bedroom.’ Little did I know that it would be the last memory I ever had of my father.
"I cannot stand the smell of eggs, so I told him, ‘Call me once you are done eating; I’ll be in my bedroom.’ Little did I know that it would be the last memory I ever had of my father.
Just sitting by the dining table, smiling at me, eating his food", says Divya Salaskar, 21, on the dreadful night of 26/11.
The world may have immortalised encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar as a brave martyr who laid down his life-fighting terrorists during Mumbai’s 26/11 attacks.
But to Divya, he was her best friend, her ‘control room’ for every problem under the sun, and most importantly, just her ‘Dad’.
In an exclusive interview with The Better India, Divya narrates how 26/11 changed not just the lives of those inside hijacked spaces but also their loved ones who watched the horror unfurl on their television Sets.
Read it here:thebetterindia.com/165126/26-11-m…
Read it here:thebetterindia.com/165126/26-11-m…
You may be gone, but you continue to live on in our hearts, Vijay Salaskar. A twenty-one-gun salute to you!
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