AFOVA New Letter 2 of Year 2021

Section 1-Messages CV 2 No. 02 / 2021 Page 7 of 332 Section 1 – Messages Message from the President AFVOA Chennai Vanakkam Vanakkam! The Nation is in the midst of the Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebrations, honouring the greatest military victory of recent times. Your Editorial Committee had its objective of this issue clear as crystal. Our stalwarts and many veterans the world over have contributed to this edition of Chennai Veterans Vibes (CV2) to eternally imprint the stories of valour and courage. We chose the Kargil Vijay Diwas to release this issue to commemorate yet another victory of our mighty military. Members and Friends, this edition is a kaleidoscope of stories, covering a wide canvas from your own Chennai to Life Onboard Submarines; Battle that Forever Changed Europe to Fall of Dacca; Grand Trunk Express to Botswana; Vimana Shastra to Solar Eclipse; NDA to Ode to a Fallen Air Warrior and more. Included is an Audio Article, first of its kind ever, the “Battle Action” spoken by the War Hero himself. The E-Connect Series is a success story with many distinguished personalities speaking to us on their expertise. We strongly recommend you visit our YouTube Channel to watch over 40 talks. The AFVOA celebrated the centenary birthday of Col GT Thampi, our oldest member, virtually of course, respecting the pandemic protocols. Your Association has embraced, like fish to water, the advances in digital technology to make it in sync with the new world. We now have a digital compliant Logo to state-of-the-art accounting software. Do spare your time to read the last article on Living Will and give it your consideration. The format of the Living Will is included; you could download from our website www.afvoa.in. The website also has a link to take you to our YouTube Channel. On behalf of the Editorial Committee, I thank all the authors who have readily shared their articles. Wg Cdr Harshavardhan and Wg Cdr C Ravishankar are the stars who put together this mammoth CV2. They constantly innovate, find solutions, travel across frontiers never travelled before. My salute to them! We have not met even once while making this edition of CV2 - indeed a digitally compliant AFVOA.