New Delhi, June 12 -- It has been a year since the Ahmedabad Air India crash that killed 260 people, and the painful memories remain vivid for the friends and families of the victims.

"Kaise ho aap. theek ho? (How are you?)" Omar Ali, a Pakistani colleague at a fancy goods store in London, checks in with his co-worker Kamlesh Chaudhary's parents in India. Chaudhary, from a hamlet in Gujarat, and his wife, Dhapuben, were on the doomed Air India -171 that crashedon 12 June 2025.

After the tragedy, 40-year-old Omar, who works at the fancy goods store in London, started regularly calling Chaudhary's father, Savdhanbhai, a 48-year-old farmer in Thavar, to check on him and offer emotional support. What began as condolences has turned into a d...