Damayanti Tambay is an Indian 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]
Damayanti Tambay | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Badminton Player |
| Known for | Wife of Vijay Vasant Tambay Former Badminton Player |
| Spouse | Vijay Vasant Tambay |
Biography
editDuring 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 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
editFilm
editA 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b "Past Masters of Indian Badminton: Damayanti Tambay's endless wait and a career curtailed by love". Firstpost. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "50 years on, a wife still waits for her fighter pilot husband". Avijit Ghosh. The Times of India. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "47 years on, a wife still waits for her fighter pilot husband".
- ^ "Long road to nowhere". The Telegraph, Calcutta. Archived from the original on 20 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ^ "On the border of hope". The Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ^ "War of Memory". The Tribune Chandigarh. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ^ "India's families still hoping for answers". BBC. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ^ "Flight Lieutenant Vijay Vasant Tambay". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
- ^ "1971 INDO-PAK WAR, POW". Earth Witness.