Pune: Captain Anil Gadgil and his wife Kavita Gadgil have set up a flying school with India's first mobile flight simulator. They took up the task after losing their 27-year-old son Abhijit in a MIG-21 crash.
But Abhijit's death didn't dampen the spirits of his heart-broken parents. Together they set up the Abhijit Air Safety Foundation in 2002 to ensure that other promising lives do not meet the same fate.
Abhijit Air Safety Foundation Chairperson Kavita Gadgil says, "I see other Abhijits and don't want many to suffer the fate of our son."
The Gadgils fought hard to make the government sit up, take notice and accept the many technical failures and inadeqaute safety measures in MIG-21s. Following their continuous efforts, some key changes were made which brought down pilot casualties from 12 a year to just three to four. That was the encouragement that the Gadgils needed....
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09:53 AM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: Former England player Tony Greig accused Harsha Bhogle of 'whinging' on Sunday after the commentator cum cricket expert tweeted his disapproval of the ICC Cricket Committee rejecting the alternative rain rule proposed by the Indian engineer V Jayadevan. Putting his weight behind Sunil Gavaskar - who also on Sunday opposed ICC's decision, Bhogle tweeted: good to see sunil gavaskar take up the cause of the jayadevan method. the... 
