He was flawed in a few ways but inspiring & exemplary in many others, and was directly responsible for the best in me.
In loving memory of lt Vijai Kumar Malviya (1953-2021)
इति लघुजीवनकथा समाप्त ।
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Pls continue to keep an eye on your close ones who recovered from COVID.
I lost my father a little over a week back to a suspected heart attack. He'd recovered from COVID last Nov, regained his fitness, and vaccinated in the recent months (both doses).
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I understand this might be rare, and there's no way to be conclusive here, but we're suspecting long COVID effects, as his physiological parameters were great, was very fit and physically active.
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Born in a Brahmin family in a UP village close to Varanasi (Teyara Nayak, Robertsganj), he was the eldest amongst his siblings. He excelled in both academics and sports, and went against his father's wishes (the only time) by pursuing engineering instead of BSc -> IAS.
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As an adult, almost all of his career was in NTPC. He was known to speak his mind, was fiercely competitive, and had an unshakable self-belief that there's nothing in the world he can't do.
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His courage was phenomenal. He once dragged himself & his Yezdi on a broken leg for ~10kms after an accident in the dead of the night, and I never saw him lose his cool over the many times our poor Fiat's brakes failed on the hilly curves of Markundi, UP.
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As a son, his name is cited in our village as "Shravan Kumar", for his commitment to my grandparents. Post retirement (my mother passed away before it), he chose to stay back in our village to be able to serve my grandmother, and tend to the fields.
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As a father, he was demanding but loving in his own way. He'd bring me a ton of books that gobbled up. He didn't allow his prejudices to stand in the way when I decided to marry outside of our caste. As a grandfather, he was shockingly loving & gentle.
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From my eyes, he was a person who could build & fix anything, and had a lasting effect on how I thought. Many a dinner were spent discussing induction motors, transformers and internals of combustion engines.
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So many of you left such kind messages. I wrote abt his life as a way for me to process my emotions, but you spent a small part of your life to read through his story. I'm deeply grateful 🙏, and it wells me up.
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Growing up in Shaktinagar, I vividly remember his voice & presence at departmental picnics and gatherings. I've always seen my father and others have so much respect for him. It was hard to believe the news when it arrived a few days ago.
My heartfelt condolences. Om Shanti. 🙏🏼
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So sorry for your loss, Amod and more strength to every one of you in the family. Such a beautiful tribute. May his soul rest in peace!
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@amodm
May you find the strength to recover from this grief. Covid has taken many great souls untimely and left many friends in my circle emotionally fragile. Hope we all get over this soon enough.
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