India still looks ‘saare Jahan se achcha’: Shubhanshu Shukla evokes Rakesh Sharma’s line from 1984 space Odyssey

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is likely to return to Earth on Monday, after his more than three weeks long space expedition onboard the International Space Station, evoked fellow astronaut Rakesh Sharma’s line and remarked, “India still looks ‘saare Jahan se achcha’.” Sharma, the first Indian who travelled to space, had made the remark during his 1984 space Odyssey mission.

Mentioning about his journey, Shukla said it has been an incredible one and almost magical.