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Can an individual take on a system?If you are Kavita Gadgil, you can...
Rediff News
Instead of solving MiG problems, Fernandes is going on joyrides'...
Rediff News
Families of some of the pilots killed in MiG-21 crashes on Tuesday met President A P J Abdul Kalam, the supreme commander of the armed forces, and appealed to him to ensure that country's soldiers were not killed by their 'own weapons'...
Rediff News
The big MiG debate,IAF defends mainstay, cites pilot
error as main reason for crashes...
The Week
Indian Air Force finally apologizes to Mrs. Kavita Gadgil...
Sauboss Blogspot
Pilot's mother exposes IAF...
Central Chronicle
Experts blame a lack of training facilities and poor maintenance for the crashes...
BBC News
Ensure air safety of our pilots...
Sify News
A story acclaimed for the sheer inspiration it drew, a tale of how a fighter pilot's mother turned her grief into a cause to build a memorial for her son.Her exemplary determination to bring safety to the skies for all fighter pilots...
IBN Live
Tragedy can make life seem worthless to some - and give others a cause worth fighting for. Kavita Gadgil belongs to the latter category...
Times of India
The AASF has drawn up a number of steps asking for specific actions to be taken by citizens, including even those whose families that have not been directly affected by the crashes. It then plans to lobby the Indian government, starting with the president...
Atimes
Mumbai, April 26: She inspired Rang De Basanti, but Kavita Gadgil, the mother of a pilot who died in a real-life MiG-21 crash, has a different script for her story...
telegraphindia
Air safety in IAF on the ascent: Kalam...
Hindu on Net
Mumbai-based Kavita Gadgil, who successfully launched a crusade demanding better safety standards in the IAF after her son, flight lieutenant Abhijit, died in a MiG-21 crash in 2001, has finalised an ambitious plan to start an aviation institute in Pune...
AVIndia Blogspot
The Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes has agreed to meet Kavita Gadgil, mother of an IAF pilot, who was killed in a crash involving MiG-21 aircraft...
Tribune India
Her crusade to bring out the truth behind the MiG-21 crashes inspired a film 'Rang De Basanti' and now she is on another mission: To create awareness about flight safety...
Yahoo News
Who is Kavita Gadgil? Unfair Question.Considering it was her real life story that inspired Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra to make his film "Rang De Basanti"...
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