Parrikar releases book on fighter pilot M P Anil Kumar

October 24, 2016 23:38

A book chronicling the life of fighter pilot M P Anil Kumar, who became an icon of armed forces through his prolific writings despite having been paralysed after an accident, was released on Monday by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.

The minister said everyone should draw inspiration from Kumar's determination and adopt it.

MP, as he was fondly called, was MiG 21 fighter pilot. On June 28, 1988 he met with an accident which left him paralysed below the neck. He was confined to the paraplegic home in the Military Hospital at Kirkee in Pune.

MP taught himself to write with a pen clenched between his teeth. His articles on military history and current affairs were published widely.

He was a regular columnist with Rediff.com besides the Indian Express, Indian Defence Review and the Purple Beret to name a few.

His autobiographical article 'Airborne to Chairborne' was included in English text books in Maharashtra and Kerala. With the earnings from his works, he sponsored two underprivileged girls through school.

Early in 2014, he was diagnosed with cancer and succumbed to the disease on May 20, 2014. The biography has been penned by Air commodore Nitin Sathe.

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