Even while travelling for work, Capt Sabharwal stayed in close touch with his father, Pushkar Raj recalled.
“He will talk to me on reaching the destination, he will inform me, and if he was in the hotel, he would call very often, say four or five times.”
“I can say it is a loss, an unbearable loss,” he says.
“But I have to bear it. Luckily, the rest of my family is with me and I am not alone.”
His daughter and her son moved from Delhi to Mumbai to live with him and care for him.
He said that family, friends and neighbours rallied around him in the days after the crash, helping him through the immediate turmoil after his son’s death.
These days, he finds comfort in routine.
Some mornings he goes out for a walk – one of the few times he leaves the house – though he now needs assistance.
The walks remind him of his son, who would accompany him whenever he was in Mumbai, Pushkar Raj says.
Nearly a year after the crash, the families of those who died, aviation experts and the pilots’ relatives are awaiting the next findings from investigators.
When asked what he would do if future investigation findings were not in his son’s favour, he paused before replying.
“If I am to keep myself alive and quiet, I must forget – try to forget – which is not possible,” he said.
“That is my situation.”
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