We rarely mourn the passing of the common man. I wrote an article about this in Business Standard  this morning. Following which, Sonam Kapadia wrote me a mail saying how “We never really grieved publicly for the loss of our citizens in a sustained manner. It is a short out pouring of emotion and that is it. ”

He also says his family faced a similar dilemna when his brother Lt. Nawang Kapadia was killed on November 11, 2000 in Anti Terrorist operations in Kashmir. And they wanted to create an easily available memorial.

Sonam’s family chose to go on the world wide web. They created www.nawang.com in Nawang’s memory. Sonam says the site gets 10,000 visitors a month and is considered one on the best memorial sites in the country. “I am sure you will find it of interst,” he says. Well, I visited it and I did find it of considerable interest. Check it out if you can. Thanks Sonam.