Mangaluru : BAMSON Eshaque Passes away
Popular personality of automotive field with many firsts to his credit
Mangaluru, Oct 24: The veteran of tourist vehicles services industry in Mangalore, Mohammed Eshaque aged 66, popularly known as “BAMSON”demised on Wednesday in his residence “Bamson House” in Falnir.
Marhoom Mohammed Eshaque was the proprietor of MANGALORE TOURIST SERVICES (MTS) the business he inherited from his father marhoom B. Mohammed Hajee who had established business in 1960’s.
After his father’s demise in 1980 marhoom Eshque was operating the business successfully, winning the heart of his company’s clientele. MTS is the only tourist services company in undivided Dakshina kannada & Udupi district to be recognized by Govt. Of India and Karnataka state tourism development corporation.
His fleet of services has wide range of vehicles from saloon cars, station wagons, MPV’s, SUV’s, Mini buses etc. In 70’s & 80’s his fleet included vintage cars such as old British Morris minor and German cars Mercedes Benz and Peugeot for wedding and special events. His list of clientele includes individuals, corporate companies, semi-government organization like KIOCL and Government authorities etc.
Besides tourist vehicles business he had passion for automobile. In 70’s & 80’s he used to modify his personnel used vehicles to have imported vehicle look. He was automotive sports star winning many awards by participating in automotive sports rallies in Karnataka and other south Indian states. He initiated the first automotive sports club ‘Karavali Automotive sports club’ and its first ever car rally in Mangalore in 1986 that had live all India TV coverage. He was motivator for many youth automotive sports participants and aspirants
The demise of Marhoom Eshaque is a huge loss for automobile tourist industry & his clients, automotive sports club members & sport aspirants in Dakshina Kannada & Udupi district. He was suffering from illness from sometime. He survived by wife Aysha; only daughter Ashmitha, son – in law Mohammed Anees and grandson master Ayan.
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India harbouring big and bold dreams in space sector: Shubhanshu Shukla
Kolkata (PTI): Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to go to the International Space Station, on Wednesday said the country is harbouring “big and bold dreams”, foraying into human spaceflight after a hiatus of 41 years.
Shukla was the first Indian to visit the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission. He returned to India from the US on August 17, 2025, after the 18-day mission.
The space is a “great place to be”, marked by deep peace and an “amazing view” that becomes more captivating with time, he said, interacting with schoolchildren at an event organised by the Indian Centre for Space Physics here.
“The longer you stay, the more you enjoy it,” Shukla said, adding on a lighter note that he “actually kind of did not want to come back”.
Shukla said the hands-on experience in space was very different from what he had learnt during training.
He said the future of India’s space science was “very bright”, with the country harbouring “very big and bold dreams”.
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Shukla described his ISS flight, undertaken with support from the US, as a crucial “stepping stone” towards realising India’s ‘Vision Gaganyaan’.
“The experience gained is a national asset. It is already being used by internal committees and design teams to ensure ongoing missions are on the right track,” he said.
Shukla said the country’s space ambitions include the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme, the Bharatiya Station (India’s own space station), and eventually a human landing on the Moon.
While the Moon mission is targeted for 2040, he said these projects are already in the pipeline, and the field will evolve at a “very rapid pace” over the next 10-20 years.
He told the students that though these targets are challenging, they are “achievable by people like you”, urging them to take ownership of India’s aspirations.
The sector will generate “a lot of employment opportunities” as India expands its human spaceflight capabilities, he noted.
Echoing the iconic words of India’s first astronaut Rakesh Sharma, Shukla said that from orbit, “India is still the best in the world”.
Shukla also asserted that the achievement was not his alone, but that of the entire country.
“The youth of India are extremely talented. They must stay focused, remain curious and work hard. It is their responsibility to help build a developed India by 2047,” he said.
Highlighting a shift from Sharma’s era, Shukla said India is now developing a full-fledged astronaut ecosystem.
With Gaganyaan and future missions, children in India will be able to not only dream of becoming astronauts, but also achieving it within the country, he said.
“Space missions help a village kid believe he can go to space someday. When you send one person to space, you lift million hopes. That is why such programmes must continue... The sky is not the limit,” Shukla said.
“Scientists must prepare for systems that will last 20-30 years, while ensuring they can integrate technologies that will emerge a decade from now,” he said.
Shukla added that he looked forward to more space missions, and was keen to undertake a space walk, which will require him to "train for another two years".
