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00:00ત્તતામાંંંં આંતાલાસ્તેઓ મારથાનત ભાગલોઈશે બહોટો બિધ્ધા આબાલ મણીડાઈ

00:05So, welcome to the ETB, Bharat.

00:34So, I got that you are 76 years old and you are the ex-army.

00:40Yes.

00:41I am Lieutenant Colonel O.P.N. Kalyan.

00:43I served in the nation for 38 years in uniform and I am now retired.

00:49And I participated in this 5-kilometer run of the marathon.

00:53Okay, you have participated in 5-kilometer run.

00:55So, what do you feel about after participating in the marathon here?

00:59It is because of high altitude and breathing is a problem especially.

01:04Yes, it is definitely a tough run whether it is 5-kilometer or half a marathon or a full marathon.

01:10Yes.

01:11But the route was very tough and due to high altitude of course the breathing is quite difficult.

01:17But still, I could complete the 5-kilometers in 58 minutes.

01:2458 minutes?

01:2558 minutes, yes.

01:26Okay, sir.

01:27Have you took part here in the early also?

01:29Yes.

01:30I have been a good-

01:31Third time?

01:32Yeah.

01:33No.

01:34This is the first time I am coming to Tawang.

01:35Okay.

01:36But earlier I have been, you know, during my service I participated in athletics and aquatics

01:44both swimming and won medals both in international as well as national meets.

01:49Okay, sir.

01:50What do you feel after visiting Tawang because it is a very sensitive and statistically important place

01:55of international protests of the Indian-China border and especially in Tivert, Indian-China especially.

02:00And this time, during this time in 1962 there was a war in British China.

02:05Yes.

02:06Now things have changed.

02:07That time in 1962 our army of course was just developing and now we are fully prepared.

02:15And Arnachal Pradesh, the people of Arnachal Pradesh are a great, great patriots of the nation.

02:23And I am sure we will not have any problems here anymore in Arnachal Pradesh from anyone,

02:29whoever it may be.

02:31So, I come to know that you were the two-part in the 1971 war also.

02:35You were in that time in Assam.

02:37Yes.

02:38During 1971 I was commanding a petroleum platoon in Misamani.

02:42And at that time I was just 22-year-old, young left-hand with just two and a half years

02:46service.

02:47And I moved this petroleum platoon to East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.

02:52And operated from that area.

02:54So, what do you suggest in the young generation and some women are taking part in this marathon

03:00in the high altitude?

03:01I come to know some couples also running and girls are coming from the various locations.

03:07Yes.

03:08It is a moral booster.

03:09Actually, I feel not only the youngsters, even the middle-aged and even the senior citizens

03:14should participate.

03:16And this is the way we can show that our generation, they are strong enough to face any sort of

03:25difficulties in life.

03:27So, do you feel that in your age people need to run always for fitness in your self-fitness?

03:38Yes, definitely.

03:39Why not?

03:40Actually, age is the only number as people say.

03:42And I am sure we all, senior citizens can participate.

03:47And it is an encouragement to even youngsters when seniors participate.

03:53Thank you so much for talking with us at ETB.

03:54Thank you so much.

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