“Please Think Of Me As One Of Your Sons”: An Emotional Letter To The Parents Of A Martyr

On Friday, Indian Army major Mukund Varadarajan gave his life for the country while fighting militants in an ambush in Shopian, 6km from Srinagar. And Captain S Srinivasan, a pilot from Air India was given the responsibility to fly the body from Delhi to Chennai to his parents.

But Captain Srinivasan did something beyond his duty. He wrote a moving condolence letter addressing the martyr’s parents as ‘Dearest Father and Mother”. The raw emotion of the letter is enough to drive the strongest of men to tears.

Here’s the letter

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— Suchit (@suchit_tweets) April 28, 2014

RIP Tiger RT @ikaveri: RIP Major Mukund Vardharajan We salute you. Jai Hind! pic.twitter.com/2Lp753LiQe

— GAURAV C SAWANT (@gauravcsawant) April 26, 2014

Moments like these restores our faith in humanity. There are a few good men and a few good men is all we need. May his soul rest in peace.