Rakesh Sharma: The making of a reluctant Indian space hero
March 14, 2017 10:12
Did you meet God?
This was a question Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to travel into space, often faced from admirers at home after he returned to Earth in 1984.
"I would say, no, I hadn't met God," he says.More than three decades later, fact and fiction blur easily with his modern-day fans when they meet Mr Sharma, 68.
"Now many young mothers introduce me to their kids and tell them, 'this uncle has been to the Moon!'".
India's only man on the moon speaks to the BBC. Read the full interview here.
Image: Rakesh Sharma in a 2009 picture. Read his interview with us then.
This was a question Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to travel into space, often faced from admirers at home after he returned to Earth in 1984.
"I would say, no, I hadn't met God," he says.More than three decades later, fact and fiction blur easily with his modern-day fans when they meet Mr Sharma, 68.
"Now many young mothers introduce me to their kids and tell them, 'this uncle has been to the Moon!'".
India's only man on the moon speaks to the BBC. Read the full interview here.
Image: Rakesh Sharma in a 2009 picture. Read his interview with us then.
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