When this reporter met Squadron Leader (Retd) Parvez Rustom Jamasji, 76, at his Dadar Parsi Colony home, he had just switched off the television following news about the India-Pakistan developments. Feisty Jamasji, who walks with a stick due to the injuries he sustained as a helicopter pilot while conducting heli-borne operations during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, warmed up to his current 'mission' of becoming the medium for a message to his countrymen as India and Pakistan stands on the precipice.

As the sunbeams streamed into the living room bouncing off the gallantry medals on his shirt, and the campaign trophies in the room, Jamasji said when asked about the current fraught climate, "We are at war. We have to stop being in denial of the fact that we have been at war for the past 30 years. When a nation loses five of its soldiers on an average and is left with five widows almost every day, then, plain and simple, it is at war." When asked about the capture of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the crack-chopper pilot said, "Every country has Prisoners of War.