India, Dec. 2 -- Continued from front page The most beautiful thing was PM Modi asking gajar ka halwa khilaya ki nahi? Yes, that became quite famous too. Food on the International Space Station is a very important aspect. Imagine you are restricted to a 1BHK house, and for the next six months, you cannot go out. So food becomes a respite for you. There is a lab, DFRL, which is making this for Gaganyaan, so we proposed to take our items. Gajar ka halwa, moong dal halwa, and aamras reached there, and everyone enjoyed it a lot. We submitted more items, but these three got selected through NASA's clearance process. When you met the honourable PM after returning, what conversation took place? The minute I entered, when I met him, the first handshake, from that time until that meeting ended, the feeling was very different. I mean, I was very comfortable. He himself made me very comfortable and was also very happy. I remember that interaction even now. I shared very good anecdotes. We talked about many things, and I was told 20-25 minutes, but I think we discussed things for about an hour. So the Prime Minister was also very curious to know about certain things, like how things are in space, nature, everything is very different there, so we talked about those things. After that the conversation changed to what do we have to do, or what is our vision, where do we want to go. PM Modi also gave you homework during that call? Yes, absolutely. When I came back, he also checked with me whether I did that or not. So I assured him, and I think there is a very clear understanding in his mind too about where he wants to see India in the space sector in the coming times. Your colleagues told, 'Be sure to ask Shubhanshu about the Jodhpur incident, when he had a close shave.' What was that ? There is a very good saying in the aviation community - There are bold pilots and there are old pilots, but there are no old bold pilots. So, this incident is that one day I went for an air test sortie. In that, you don't take any external fuel tanks. I was flying the MiG-21 Bison at that time. So I remember I came back for landing, and then a call came from ATC that something had happened and we had to divert to Udaipur. After flying 40 km, again a call came that, no, the runway is available now. I returned, but again a minor accident happened, and I had to divert again (to Udaipur) with decreasing fuel. There was another pilot who had also diverted so that was also to be taken care of. Finally, when I was touching down, my needle was on zero. And when I was clearing off the runway, the engine halted on its own. That was the kind of margin that I had at that time. So that was a close, close shave....