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I quote: “If there is anything like being on top of the world, this is it.Īs a commentator and a voice artist, I cannot resist the charm and excitement that a good story has to offer. She summed up what all of us felt back then.

His wife, Madhu, was watching her husband’s space sojourn on a colour TV screen in their flat in Star City near Moscow. “ Ji main bagair kisi jijhak ke keh sakta hoon, saare jahan se accha.“īut to be fair, the entire ‘ jahan’ or the whole world, was actually in front of his eyes. Mrs Gandhi asked Squadron Leader Sharma several questions about his historic trip but one among them was striking - “Upar Se Bharat kaisa dikhta hai, aapko?” (plays in the background) An Indian had managed to break free from the grasp of gravity and had reached where few humans had reached before. India’s space aspirations had gained its enduring symbol. Like millions of my fellow Indians at the time, I remember reading about this conversation in the newspaper and feeling completely exhilarated and even a little emotional. I had just started out as a commentator at All India Radio in Hyderabad. Gandhi was in the Doordarshan studio in New Delhi. Wearing a bright white giant space suit and barely able to stifle his grin behind his giant glass visor, Squadron Leader Sharma was sitting inside the Soviet space station Salyut 7 while Mrs. Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, the first and only Indian to have travelled to space, was in conversation with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

“Ji main bagair kisi jijhak ke keh sakta hoon, saare jahan se accha.”įor the first time in history, an Indian was floating in space, miles above the earth and describing that experience to another Indian … on earth. Yeh ek aitihaasik kadam hai, meri aasha hai ki isse hamara desh antariksh ke prati jaagruk hoga….prashn toh aapse bahut puchney hai lekin thodi si puchti hoon … “Upar se bharat kaisa dikhta hai aapko?” “ Squadron leader Rakesh Sharma, saare rashtra ka dhyan aap ke taraf hain, aur hum sab aap ko badhai dete hain.

British declaration of war against Germany –.

ISRO & Vikram Sarabhai during it’s early years –.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech – “A Tryst with Destiny” –.

First photographs of the Earth from space –.

Joseph Stalin speech at the start of the Cold War –.

President Harry Truman’s Address to the US regarding the Cold War - “Truman and the Cold War”.

Rakesh Sharma – Indian National Congress YouTube Channel –

Conversation between Indira Gandhi & Sqdn.

ISRO – A Personal History – by R Aravamudan and Gita Aravamudan was used for sections of this episode.

Amrita Shah’s book, “Vikram Sarabhai – a life” was quote in this episode.

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