Sir, It was exactly 47 years ago on Dec. 16, 1971 the Indo-Pak war ended with the liberation and birth of Bangladesh. A few days before that, may be a month or two, a youngster came to me for some ailment when I was working in Dr. Kamala Raman’s Nursing Home. Somehow I still remember his face vividly as a trim pleasantly mannered youth of early twenties. He had enrolled as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army. After the end of the 11-day war, I was deeply saddened to hear the news that this boy, 2nd Lt. Ashok Mutgikar succumbed to the enemy bullets. He was the eldest son of Prahlad Rao Mutgikar who was working in Railways, Mysore. The 93-year-old Rao resides with his third son Mukund Mutgikar in Mysore. His second son Dr. Mohan also lives in Mysore.
