"It's OK To Be Mediocre": Officer Who Survived Crash Wrote To His School
NDTV
Group Captain Varun Singh - the sole survivor of the chopper crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others - is being treated for severe burn injuries at the Air Force's Command Hospital in Bengaluru
"It is ok to be mediocre... but it is by no means a measure of things to come in life. Find your calling... whatever you work towards, do your best... never lose hope" - inspiring words from Group Captain Varun Singh - an average student till he found his calling and excelled in its pursuit - who is now fighting for his life at a Bengaluru hospital after suffering frighteningly severe burn injuries.
The only survivor of the chopper crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 Air Force personnel, Group Captain Singh won the Shaurya Chakra in August for courage in handling his Tejas fighter aircraft after it was hit by major technical issues during a sortie.
In September, the Group Captain, an alumnus of the Army Public School in Haryana's Chandimandir Cantonment, wrote to the Principal of his alma mater.
He wrote "not to blow my own trumpet or with a desire to seek a pat on the back", but to share some of his life experiences in hopes it might "inspire children who might feel that they are meant to be only mediocre in this hyper-competitive world".
