Lalita Ramdas Praises Himanshi Narwal For Speaking Against Targeting of Muslims and Kashmiris
The Wire Staff
New Delhi: Lalita Ramdas has praised Himanshi Narwal, whose husband Lt Vinay Narwal, a naval officer, was killed in the recent Pahalgam terror attack for demonstrating strength and conviction by speaking out against hate and targeting of Muslims and Kashmiris.
Ramdas is the daughter of Admiral Ram Dass Katari, the first Indian Chief of Naval Staff. Her husband was former navy chief, Admiral Ramdas.
“This is a personal tribute from possibly one of the oldest Navy daughters/wives alive today ....to the newest and youngest among the special fraternity of Naval Wives. I am so proud of you as I watch the clip of your words to the press, over and over again,” Ramdas has said in a letter written to Narwal, reported Rediff.com.
“Your extraordinary strength, composure and conviction when you speak out against hate and targeting of Muslims and Kashmiris after the horrific killing of so many innocent men in Pahalgam on the 22nd is truly remarkable! And so badly needed in our times,” Ramdas added in her letter.
On Thursday (May 1), Narwal had said that while she sought justice for her husband who was killed in the terror attack, Kashmiris and Muslims should not be targeted.
“We dont want people to go after Muslims and Kashmiris. We want peace and only peace. Of course, we want justice. The people who have wronged him should be punished,” she had said.
The couple were on their honeymoon in Pahalgam when Lt Vinay Narwal was shot dead by terrorists.
"We only want peace", you said, and of course rightly, "we want justice too". You are the perfect Fauji wife Himanshi, true to the spirit of the service, the constitution and to our secular values. You are clearly a woman who knows her mind, and there could not have been a more courageous partner of a Navy man like Vinay. You have echoed the thoughts and feelings of every thinking citizen of this country.. And we should all take your message of love and compassion far and wide,” said Ramdas in her letter.
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