Senior
journalist
Barkha
Dutt
recently
took
to
social
media
to
share
the
news
of
her
father
SP
Dutt's
demise
on
Tuesday
(April
27,
2021).
Dutt
who
was
an
Air
India
official,
breathed
his
last
after
battling
COVID-19.
In
a
series
of
tweets,
Barkha
opened
up
about
her
bond
with
her
late
father
and
said
that
she
couldn't
keep
her
word
of
bringing
him
back
home
in
two
days.
She
tweeted,
"The
kindest,
loveliest
man
I
have
ever
known,
my
father
Speedy,
lost
the
COVID
battle
and
died
this
morning.
When
I
took
him
to
hospital,
against
his
will,
I
promised
I
would
bring
him
home
in
two
days.
I
couldn't
keep
my
word.
I
failed.
He
never
broke
a
promise
he
made
to
us."
Barkha
also
thanked
the
frontline
workers
who
helped
her
family
during
this
crisis
and
wrote
in
another
tweet,
"My
father's
last
words
to
me
were:
"I'm
choking,
treat
me"-
to
all
the
doctors
at
Medanta,
nurses,
ward
staff,
security
guards,
ambulance
drivers,
my
gratitude
for
trying
so
hard."
She
continued
in
another
tweet,
"My
father
loved
to
invent
things,
make
trains,
planes
and
of
course,
his
grandchildren.
I'd
like
to
remember
Speedy
as
the
handsome
man,
eccentric
scientist,
doting
father
who
gave
my
sister
and
I
wings,
than
to
think
of
him
strapped
to
pipes.
My
best
tribute
to
him
is
to
redouble
my
commitment
to
report
Covid
on
the
ground
&
give
voice
to
those
who
don't
have
one."
Priyanka
Chopra
wrote
on
her
Twitter
handle,
"So
sorry
to
hear
about
your
loss
@BDUTT
losing
a
parent
is
excruciating.
My
condolences
to
you
and
your
family.
Sending
love
courage
and
prayers."
So
sorry
to
hear
about
your
loss
@BDUTT
losing
a
parent
is
excruciating.
My
condolences
to
you
and
your
family.
Sending
love
courage
and
prayers
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