Prof. Prodyut Das 2

A Radiance in the Indian skies The Tejas Saga                                     A review by Prof. Prodyut Das by Air Marshal (Retd) Phillip Rajkumar & BR Srikanth        DRDO Monographs Special Publication Series © 2021                     DRDO New Delhi 110011 ISBN 978-81-86514-78-8                              PP194     Several years ago, Air Marshal Rajkumar (PR) and Mr. Srikanth (BRS) had written a smaller book with a similar sounding name. I say similar because I do not have the book with me now. I made the, unusual for me, mistake of lending the book and it has since roamed! As far as I therefore remember the book was a more personal one detailing PR’s experiences as a combat and a very well- known Test Pilot. His participation in the famous Sargodha 2 nd strike – third strike going by Pushpindar Singh Chopra exactitude- was the most successful of all the strikes with the PAF losing about six aircraft on the Sargodha tarmac though the PAF grudgingly admitted to only one,