AFVOA Newletter August 2020

CV 2 No. 02 / 2020 Page 3 of 237 S IMLA S UMMIT 1972 81 Gp Capt L V Mohandas M Y L OCKDOWN B LUES 84 Maj Gen Jose Manavalan AVSM K ISSA C ALL -O N K A 87 Ms Pankaja Srinivasan T HIS IS H OW L EGENDS ARE M ADE 89 Ms Nishi Bahl T HE W ANDERING L OST S OUL 92 Ms Merlyn Franklin C ROSSING B RIDGES 95 Ms Jaya Krishnaswamy B HUJ TO J ORHAT : T RAVAILS OF R AIL T RAVEL WITH AN I NFANT 101 Ms Chandrika Harsha W AR & P OETRY 106 Lt Gen V R Raghavan, PVSM UYSM AVSM A N O DE TO A S OLDIER 108 Maj Gen Ian Cardoza / John McRae T HROWBACK TO 1975 110 Maj V Raghavan FEAR – I S IT R EAL OR F ALSE E VIDENCE A PPEARING R EAL 114 Wg Cdr S Harshavardhan R AISED A T OAST , F INALLY 118 Wg Cdr C Ravishankar W HEN M ADRASIS S AVED I NDIA ’ S C APITAL 124 Capt D P Ramachandran W HO IS G OVERNMENT OF I NDIA ?? 127 Wg Cdr Unni Kartha W HY THE W ORLD D OESN ’ T N EED T RAINING 130 Sqn Ldr Unni Nair L IFE T IME A CHIEVEMENTS OF A S ERVICES S PORTSMAN 132 Wg Cdr D Gurunath Reddy M Y C LUE THAT S OLVED A M YSTERY 137 Wg Cdr P Arulanandam C ROSSING T HE L INE C EREMONY 140 Capt (IN) N Vijayasarathy 15 A UGUST 1990 – C ORPS OF S IGNALS AND THE R ED F ORT 143 Brig V A Subramanyam M Y T RYST WITH M ELVILLE DE M ELLOW 146 Col A Krishnasami VrC VSM & Bar H UMOUR IN THE C IVIL S ERVICE 148 Capt R.Sivasailam IAS A MADRAS SAPPER REMEMBERED 154 Dr Rekha Rajesh