Vijay Diwas isn’t all about anchors and admirals - sometimes, it’s about a doctor’s quick hands and a teenager’s resolve, both braver than the books ever tell. Most years, talk of Vijay Diwas swirls around daring maneuvers at sea, new tactics, and technical breakthroughs - from dark ocean nights to the shining deck of a missile boat. But peer beneath all that - behind crisp uniforms and commemorative parades, and you’ll find people who did things differently, people who made a difference with little more than gumption and heart. That’s where Dr. Sitara Begum and Taramon Bibi live in memory. Sitara’s Unlikely Hospital Captain Dr. Sitara Begum (1971) It started, as most miracles do, with a crisis and a patch of borrowed land in Tripura. You wouldn’t call it much at first - some tents, odds and ends of canvas, a battered medical kit. Dr. Sitara Begum, newly minted and ...
Vijay Diwas isn’t all about anchors and admirals - sometimes, it’s about a doctor’s quick hands and a teenager’s resolve, both braver than the books ever tell. Most years, talk of Vijay Diwas swirls around daring maneuvers at sea, new tactics, and technical breakthroughs - from dark ocean nights to ...
Vijay Diwas isn’t all about anchors and admirals - sometimes, it’s about a doctor’s quick hands and a teenager’s resolve, both braver than the books ever tell. Most years, talk of Vijay Diwas swirls around daring maneuvers at sea, new tactics, and technical breakthroughs - from dark ocean nights to ...
Vijay Diwas isn’t all about anchors and admirals - sometimes, it’s about a doctor’s quick hands and a teenager’s resolve, both braver than the books ever tell. Most years, talk of Vijay Diwas swirls around daring maneuvers at sea, new tactics, and technical breakthroughs - from dark ocean nights to ...