12/13/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/13/2020 07:37
EAM s remarks at the Second Manohar Parrikar Memorial Lecture
Gen. Shekatkar
Dear Friends,
1. We are all here virtually to remember Manohar Parrikar ji who would have turned 65 years old today. It is natural for us to express our feelings and recall our associations. I myself had the opportunity of working with him as Foreign Secretary. Quite apart from our many official interactions, my recollection is of a warm and informal person, with no airs about him. He could be very caring and it was very easy to build a rapport with him. So, I can well imagine that there are many plugged into this event who would share my sentiments about him.
13.12.2020
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PARLIAMENT ATTACK A proud nation salutes it s bravehearts who sacrificed their lives defending the parliament in 2001. It is on this day, in 2001 that a heinous and cowardly attack aimed at the hallowed precincts of India s democracy, the Parliament was thwarted.