AFVOA Newsletter May 2020

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS SECTION 1 – MESSAGES 5 M ESSAGE FROM OUR P ATRON 5 M ESSAGE FROM THE P RESIDENT AFVOA C HENNAI 8 M ESSAGE FROM F ORMER VCOAS 10 SECTION 2 - NEWS / UPDATES FROM THE ASSOCIATION 12 Y OUR N EW M ANAGEMENT C OMMITTEE 12 P AST P RESIDENTS 13 D IARY OF E VENTS 14 G REETINGS ON B IRTHDAYS &W EDDING A NNIVERSARY 15 B I -M ONTHLY M EETING – 17 N OV 2019 16 B I -M ONTHLY M EETING – 02 F EB 2020 17 B ANK D ETAILS FOR O NLINE R EMITTANCE 18 L IST OF N EW M EMBERS 18 H ELLO V ETERANS 19 O UR GOC, D AKSHIN B HARAT A REA 21 V ISIT TO L & T S HIPYARD K ATTUPALLI 22 O BITUARIES 24 F IND A N EW N AME 25 SECTION 3 – MEMOIRS 27 T HE S INKING OF N.R.P.V EGA - A F IRST P ERSON N ARRATIVE 27 V ISIT TO C HENNAI M ETRO R AIL – 11 JAN 2020 34 AFVOA C HENNAI – A S APLING TO B ANYAN T REE 38 E NCOUNTERS OF A D IFFERENT K IND 40 I NDONESIAN I NTERLUDE 42 M Y F IRST F ORAY TO THE N ORTH – E AST 47 T ECHNICAL G LITCH OF A D IFFERENT K IND 49 L OCKDOWN ?? W E W ILL E MERGE V ICTORIOUS 51 K AILASH Y ATRA – O UR J OURNEY W ITHIN 53 AFVOA S ILVER J UBILEE C ELEBRATIONS 55 COVID 19 AND S USHIL D USHYANT S INGH 58 J OI B ANGLA – A T RIP D OWN M EMORY L ANE TO B ANGLADESH BY ’71 W AR V ETERANS AND F AMILIES 61 COVID-19: D IFFICULT D AYS A HEAD FOR I NDIAN P RIVATER D EFENCE S HIPBUILDING I NDUSTRY 66 I MPROVEMENT 72 210 Y EARS OF C AMARADERIE 73 S TAY S AFE I S N OT E NOUGH – S TAY S TRESS F REE 74 L EST W E F ORGET (F ROM THE A RCHIVES ) 77 அபிநந்தன்எனும்வான்த ழன ் 87 SECTION 4 – LIST OF MEMBERS 92 AFVOA – D ETAILS OF M EMBERS 92