Bengaluru: Bengaluru Prayana, a community-driven platform, hosted the inaugural edition of ‘Valiant Veterans’, a new community initiative designed for veterans to share their real experiences of courage, leadership and service to the nation.

The first session, held at Higginbothams book store on MG Road, featured Squadron Leader Pushp Vaid, a decorated Indian Air Force officer who played a key role in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.

Vaid detailed the critical, 10-day operation in which his unit, attached to the Indian Army’s IV Corps, undertook the major task of establishing a “heli-bridge” across Meghna River.

This river, the veteran explained, was considered by the Pakistan Army to be an unbreakable natural barrier.

“The Pakistanis thought we would never cross the Meghna River. N

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