I have read the item "Memories of Mistry” (Events and Personalities, Parsiana, March 7-March 20, 2021) about Mahavir Chakra awardee Sqn Ldr Jal Manecksha Mistry. I happened to be a student of his older brother Nariman, a professor of physics from Dadar Parsee Colony. While trekking in the Sikkim Himalayas in April-May 1968 with the professor and Bombay High Court advocate Earuch Sethna, we took the Calcutta Mail from Bombay and broke journey at Allahabad. There we were entertained by Mistry’s younger brother Jal and his family who were stationed at an Indian Air Force (IAF) base.
In 1971, after Jal......