The 26-year-old Navdeep had planned and led the operation that saw the Army killing 12 infiltrating militants at the Line of Control in Bagtor area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gurez sector. Lt Navdeep went down fighting upholding the values and ethos of service before self.

It is sad that the nation is not recalling the yeoman services rendered by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose even on his birthday (January 23).

As India is celebrating the resounding victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war against the Pakistan today (December 16), it is high time that we also remember Arun Khetarpal.

As rock-solid Shiv Narain Chanderpaul is not playing in the current Mumbai test against India, the large Indian community in both Trinidad and Guyana would be feeling sad. Inarguably, Shiv is their hero. Not long ago, he was fasting when he came out to bat against India at the capital's Kotla ground on the second day of the first test match.

For all the avid fans and followers of theatre, the news related to Sanjana Kapoor to quit the Prithvi Theatre came as a shock. The graceful daughter of Shashi Kapoor was taking care of the affairs of the Mecca of experimental theatre in Mumbai for the last many years.

Quite contrary to the far more well-known abodes of Gandhi-Nehru family like Anand Bhawan,10,Janpath and 1,Safderjung Road, this very abode did not get that kind of high.