AFVOA Newletter August 2020

Section 7- From the Archives CV 2 No. 02 / 2020 Page 222 of 237 Section 7 – From the Archives 1 Lest We Forget Part II (From the Archives) Col A Krishnaswami VrC VSM & Bar Genre: Chronicle ear 2000 was eventful for the Association. The membership increased, attendance improved the interest taken by the new entrants was encouraging and there was a sense of participation and willing cooperation exhibited by all members. Some of us married off our children and a few of us were elevated to the status of Grandparents and the oldest one amongst us Lt Col Vijaya Rangan became a great grandparent .We lost a few of our brother officers, parents and our dear wives. A few sustained injuries and suffered ailments. Some others had to undergo traumatic experiences and hospitalization - but life carried on. Editorial Committee under the computer savvy Brig VA Subramanyam, took over as the honorary editor of our Newsletter in the beginning of the year 2000. He was assisted by ”Five Pandavas” Muthu, Krishnaswami, Viswanathan, Narayanan and Ravi Mani. Our First publication 1 of 2000 received the appreciation of the readers as a welcome step. Progressively we endeavoured to cover wider aspects to cater to the interests of all our members. We sought their opinion by introducing “Letters to the Editor and added topical articles of interest to the fraternity. To build up camaraderie, we wished all those whose birthdays and wedding anniversaries occurred during that period. Not all possessed Desk/lap top computers so made adequate photocopies of the Newsletter and sent it by post. As a measure of economy, the number of pages was restricted to adhere to the weight permitted by the Post office for sending by book post. This meant that the total number of pages should not exceed 12 pages (using both sides of the sheet.) All other efforts by the team were a LABOUR OF LOVE. Economy does not mean miserliness, it means concern for public assets and dedication to the organization for the trust reposed. Additionally Col Narayanan would deliver a number of copies using his dependable two-wheeler. We under took challenging assignments to help ourselves and brought out useful handouts to help the community at large - like Preparation of Wills, Actions to be taken Y