Indian
Former Badminton Player
Damayanti Tambay is a former badminton player and the wife of Flt lt V. V. Tambay (one of the missing 54 Indian defence personnel from the 1971 Indo-Pak war who are believed to be in Pakistani custody).[1][2]
Biography
During the 1971 Indo-Pak war, on 5 December 1971, Tambay's husband Vijay Vasant Tambay, Flight Lieutenant of Indian Army was captured as the enemy by Pakistan Army. Consequently, Tambay had taken several initiatives to bring back her husband along with the other 46 war prisoners, but was not successful and the official standpoint of Indian Army was that all the missing personnel died. By 1971, Damayanti Tambay had won three consecutive National women's singles. But she announced her retirement in 1971, at the age of 23 after her husband got captured in the The missing 54 incident of 1971 Indo-Pak war taking the vow that she would not resume her career in Badminton unless she gets her husband back or receives the confirmed news that her husband was dead.[1]
She later became a leading member of the Missing defence personnel association.[3] She is currently serving as the deputy director of physical education at Jawaharlal Nehru University.[4][5][6][7]
In popular Culture
Film
A short film on 1971 Indo-Pak War featuring Damayanti Tambay was directed by Akanksha Damini Joshi. The short film directed by Joshi in 2005 for Janmat voices the concern and hope of Damayanti Tambay who has awaited the return of her husband for nearly five decades.[8][9]
Notes
- Koul, M. G. (. P. (2014). The Silence Speaks. United Kingdom: Partridge Publishing India.
- Chatterji, S. A. (2015). Filming Reality: The Independent Documentary Movement in India. India: SAGE Publications.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Past Masters of Indian Badminton: Damayanti Tambay's endless wait and a career curtailed by love - Sports News , Firstpost. Firstpost(2020-04-03). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ↑ 50 years on, a wife still waits for her fighter pilot husband. The Times of India(7 December 2021).
- ↑ 47 years on, a wife still waits for her fighter pilot husband.
- ↑ Long road to nowhere. The Telegraph, Calcutta. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ On the border of hope. The Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ War of Memory. The Tribune Chandigarh. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ India's families still hoping for answers(2008-03-08). Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ Flight Lieutenant Vijay Vasant Tambay. YouTube.Template:Cbignore
- ↑ 1971 INDO-PAK WAR, POW. Earth Witness.