Dear Dr K Sivan,



I would first like to congratulate you and your team on the big achievement. You worked really hard to make Chandrayaan-2 a success but unfortunately, Chandrayaan-2’s lander, Vikram, lost contact with the ground control minutes before it was to land near the south pole of the moon.

I know you wanted to make your nation proud! Who doesn’t? I also know how painful and disheartening it is to lose communication when you are so close. I completely understand. I too, lost communication with my Moon – my mother, a month ago. My mother lives in Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir, and I haven’t spoken to her in weeks.

You are a great scientist and you know how to handle everything, but you still broke down before the prime minster. It hurts when you lose connection, when you cannot communicate with someone (or something) close to you.