Saturday, August 10, 2013

A salute to Jomon




PG Jomon Pottechira of ITBP who died in the helicopter crash during
the rescue operations at Kedarnath.

“In your homes
Tell them of us who will never return
And say
For your tomorrows
We gave our today.”

[This is from the inscription on the War Memorial at Kohima, Nagaland,
with some modification by me.]  

"Shaurya – Dridata – Karm Nishtha"
(Valour – Determination – Devotion to Duty)
Motto of ITBP.

My brother Hormis Tharakan IPS Retd., (A good man and a good cop,PK Hormis Tharakan IPS retires.) who was DGP, Kerala, Chief of RAW and Adviser to the Governor during the last President’s Rule of Karnataka State wrote an article in the New Indian Express of July 3, 2013 paying tribute to Jomon and others who died in the helicopter crash.
He attended Jomon’s funeral.

Another of my brothers, Jacob Tharakan who is at our Tharavad (ancestral home), Thekkanattu Parayil, Olavipe which is in the village next to Jomon’s had the article translated to Malayalam and made a booklet for free distribution. The cover of it with a photo of Jomon 
is reproduced under the Tricolour.


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5 comments:

ER Ramachandran said...

Thank you Jamon. What you did would be applauded by the Gods up above and some human beings.

Thanks for this Mr. Tharakan. Remembering them is the least that we could do to such precious souls who didn't think twice before embracing hardship for the cause of others.

Thanks.

ERR

Anonymous said...

Dear AT Sir;
It is due to numeorus unsung heroes who sacrificed their very self for ourselves- we stand tall and dignified.
Be it war of calamity.

Unknown said...

Thank you, ERR.

Unknown said...

You are right, Kariyachan

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True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.