AFVOA Newletters of Year 2006

Page 26 of 77 Workshop on 17 Apr 2006 at its location. This programme was in connection with the World Health Day. Over 200 Veterans and their families attended the Workshop. 36. Lt Col Dharmesh and Lt Col S Viswanath who had recently completed their post graduation in Oncology at the Adyar Cancer Institute, spoke on the occasion highlighting the Cancer Epidemiology, Causes, early detection and treatment. 37. Maj Gen B Sivasankar, VSM, GOC, ATNK&K Area who inaugurated the workshop released a Souvenir brought out on the occasion. While delivering his inaugural speech he complimented the OC, MH for the initiative taken towards the welfare of Ex-Servicemen and said that this should be a continuous exercise rather than a one time affair. 38. Corps Day. The Army Ordnance Corps celebrated its 231 st Anniversary on 08 Apr 2006. 39. List of empanelled hospitals of ECHS. The latest list of empanelled hospitals of ECHS in Chennai and Vellore as received from the Regional Centre, Chennai is given in Annexure 1. Members are however requested to check with O i/c Polyclinic regarding the current status whenever referrals are sought. Matters Social 40. Complimentary “A straight man with a straight back at 83!”. News Today, Chennai dated 04 Apr 2006 carried a full page news item with the above caption. And it was on none other than our Senior Veteran and his charming wife – Maj Gen & Mrs Aban Naidu. Interestingly, the tribute was contributed by a very Senior retired bureaucrat, Shri V Sundaram, IAS. We hereby bring for you some excerpts from the said news item, which we are sure, will inspire and boost our pride further being from the same fraternity. “……. Maj Gen Aban Naidu is now 83 years old, a straight man, with a straight back and a straight head. Age might have wrinkled his skin but it has not wrinkled his enthusiasm of his soul. His passion for different types of community and social service has made a deep impression upon me. Now leading a retired life, Maj Gen Aban Naidu is a shining example to the young generation today…...” “……. In September 1947 his unit was shifted to New Delhi in the wake of communal disturbances in the capital. As a young Major and Company Commander, Major Aban Naidu played a key role in ensuring law and order and communal harmony in the areas of Paharganj. Karolbagh. Subzi Mandi and Saddar Bazaar in New Delhi which were witnessing loot, arson, murder, rape and dacoity. During his tenure in New Delhi, he was able to come into personal contact with Mahatma Gandhi, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Moulana Azad, Rajaji, Indiara Gandhi and others….” “……Milton, the great English poet, had this to say about his wife: ‘Sole partner, and sole part of all my joys, dearer thyself than all’. Maj Gen Aban Naidu also feels the same way about his wife Jaya Rukmini Naidu. If Major General Naidu has had a successful career in the Indian Army for 37 years, to a large extent he owes it to his devoted, graceful and charming wife Jaya Rukmini Naidu who is also in her early 80s today. During Major General Naidu’s days in the Army, she played a very dynamic role in welfare activities at all the Military Stations where they were posted. During Indo-Pak war in 1965, she served as an active member of the Women’s Voluntary Service in New Delhi. When her husband was posted as Defence