‘I believe Vijayant still lives in Kargil... I go there every year’
Hindustan TimesNoida: A photograph of Captain Vijayant Thapar in uniform, and of his younger self, flexing his muscles with a mischievous grin, his medals, commendations and certificates of various achievements preserved in glass casings at an open gallery at his residence in Noida, are among the remnants of the 22-year-old. We say a little prayer in memory of him every morning, and believe that everything good that happens to us is because of him,” his father Colonel VN Thapar said. “I believe Vijayant still lives in Kargil, and that is why I go there every year to meet him,” he added. “The war showed the entire nation what patriotism really means.,” he said, adding that Vijayant was the fourth generation army officer in the family, as his great grandfather, grandfather and father also served in the defence forces. However, we, as parents, feel extremely proud to be known not by our names, but as Captain Vijayant Thapar’s parents,” his father said.
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