Let me thank rediff.com for providing us the life-sketch of this brave brother of ours who has laid down his life for our sake. Although no words can console his bereaved family, I have this from Shreemad Bhagwad Geeta to offer them: "Hato vaa praapsyasi swargam, jitvaa vaa bhokshyasay maheem; Tasmaaduttishtha Kaunteya yuddhaaya krtnischaya." If thou meets a warrior's end in battle, thou shall attain the highest heaven; if thou emerges victorious, thou shall enjoy this earth. The warrior's swarga it is for our beloved Vinay. His supreme sacrifice shall not be in vain. And it is futile to expect the Andhra Pradesh government to honour this national hero with a state funeral, as it is the grip of an evangelist criminal hungry for the mullah vote. We thank your site for letting us read about a true hero and offer our homage via e-mail to him, instead of making us sick with unwanted details and undeserved hype about worthless cricketers and sleazy antertainers. Jaganniwas Iyer
